In Ukraine, small business has not yet become the foundation of the national economy and an important factor of socioeconomic development. The negative trends in the activities of small business in Ukraine include a decrease in the number of small enterprises, reduction of the number of employees in small enterprises, and worsening of financial results of their activities. The purpose of the paper is to sum up theoretical and methodical foundations and develop scientific and practical recommendations for improving the efficiency of using the potential of small business in ensuring sustainable economic growth. In the process of the study, the following general and special methods were used: dialectical method; method of system analysis; method of graphic analysis; and method of logical generalization of results. Improvement of the organizational and economic relations of small enterprises with large and medium enterprises was determined as one of the directions of increasing the efficiency of small business potential, and the formation of an integration model of business associations as a set of possible forms of interaction of small, medium and large enterprises and areas of integration was suggested. The role of small business in reducing labor emigration as a form of self-employment and employment was studied. Specifics of innovative activity in the small business sector in Ukraine were considered. In order to increase the efficiency of small business potential, the introduction of innovative incubators was suggested. It is advisable to use the practical results of the study for intensification of business activities, for the purpose of increasing the efficiency of using the potential of small business in ensuring sustainable economic growth of the country.

The article discusses the features of teaching programming in Python of high school students, taking into account the experience of programming in the Pascal language obtained by students in the main school. Based on the analysis of the content of textbooks for in-depth study of informatics and their own experience of teaching informatics, the authors show the advantages of the Python language for motivating students to study it and use specific examples to reveal certain methodological aspects of teaching programming in the Python language. In particular, using a comparative analysis of program codes for implementing data input and output procedures, conditional algorithmic construction, as well as for describing data types in two programming languages, the authors clearly show the advantages of developing programs in Python. More specific details of programming are considered on the example of the theme "Arrays".

The aim of the article is to define a modern interpretation of the categories "public policy" and "the sphere of activity of bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs", as well as the essence and content of public policy of Ukraine in this field. To achieve this goal, general scientific and special methods of cognition are used, namely: methods of analysis, synthesis, structural and functional, hermeneutics, comparison, special legal and some others. It is emphasized that public policy should be considered in two notions: 1) as the established course (state) of development of the State and society; 2) as a type of public activity (process) regarding the formulation of public policy (political process) and its implementation (executive activity). The focus of the study is on the social relations that arise in the course of activities of the bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are relatively close, similar, and related in their nature. Therefore, objectively existing link between these social relations and their specificity require the integration of these relations into one domain. In the current context, public policy in the sphere of activity of bodies of Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine is proposed to consider as the purposeful and organizational activity of specially authorized public bodies and representatives of civil society in determining strategic goals, targets, forms and means of their achievement in the field of law enforcement activity. It should be emphasized that this law-enforcement activity is directly related to providing improvement of safe living environment as a basis for internal security in Ukraine, the formation of a modern system of internal security as a deterrent to the aggressor country, as well as the implementation of effective integrated border management and balanced migration policy in Ukraine.

The article discusses the general characteristics of the concept of “media information literacy” and its components. The content of the methodological developments aimed at the formation of various components of media information literacy is analyzed, the possibility of their inclusion in the programs of classwork and extracurricular activities in informatics and mathematics is discussed. The results of the extracurricular activities aimed at the formation of one of the components of media information literacy — security in the information and media environment are presented.

The role of legislation and state policy in minimizing the impact of threats to environmental safety in the field of automobile transport has been studied. The main directions of the development of state policy and legislation in the field of reducing the negative impact of motor vehicles on the environment and public health have been defined. The main problems of reducing the negative impact of motor vehicles on the environment and public health, as well as the development of state and legal mechanisms to overcome them have been determined. The main environmental problems faced by governments are the use of internal combustion engines and fuel quality indicators. Many EU countries are refusing to further impose more strict requirements on the operation of motor fuel engines, instead introducing mechanisms to completely abandon such vehicle propulsion systems. However, such a refusal raises another problem of greening of road transport – the problem of electrification of transport, in the process of which it is necessary to solve the problems of transport energy and disposal of used batteries of electric vehicles. The authors have emphasized on inexpediency that to be limited in the long run only to mechanisms for setting more strict emission requirements for cars. The authors have indicated the need for a comprehensive approach to solving environmental problems to prevent the emergence of new significant difficulties – the accumulation of used batteries of electric cars, the depletion of non-renewable resources for their manufacture, etc. It has been offered to join Ukraine to the pan-European initiative of electrification of road transport, to develop the state program for the transformation of the motor transport industry with clear deadlines for the introduction of restrictions on the use of internal combustion engines, to introduce mechanisms to financially stimulate the transition from internal combustion engines to electric combustion engines.