In the article there were defined and substantiated the theoretical and legal foundations of the formation and formulation of state policy to ensure national security. The essential features of the formation of state policy on ensuring national security as a legal category were determined. Structural elements, main forms and their varieties, methods of the formation of state policy were substantiated and characterized. It was proved that state policy of ensuring the national security of Ukraine was inextricably linked with the law. The meaning of legal principles is revealed and the need for their implementation and observance is substantiated, as well as the creation of a system of scientific support for the principles of implementation of state policy to ensure national security. Author’s proposals were presented in the article.

The purpose of the article is to determine and substantiate the conceptual foundations of the implementation of the state policy for ensuring national security. The methodological basis of the study consists of a set of general scientific and specialized methods of scientific cognition, such as dialectical-phenomenological, systemic analysis and synthesis, structural-functional, deduction and induction, among others. As a result of the study, the essential features of the implementation of the state policy for ensuring national security, its subjects and objects, have been determined, the mandatory components, principles, main forms, methods, and means of implementation of the state policy have been characterized. A classification of the legislative activity of state authorities in the implementation of state policy has been proposed based on the nature of the activities of state bodies and the level of the legislative body. Attention is focused on the need to adhere to constitutional principles in the implementation of the state policy for ensuring national security. Suggestions are made for ways to improve its scientific and methodological support.

Today the task of counteracting biological threats in the world has become extremely important. Any states that take proper care of national security attach great importance to it, establish appropriate systems and develop government programs. In Ukraine, the domestic system for combating biological threats is in its infancy. Therefore, foreign experience in the formation of relevant systems, in particular Canada, which is one of the countries where this problem has already been successfully solved, can be useful. The article examines the content and purpose of Canada’s comprehensive national biological threat program. The following structural elements are defined: biosecurity program, biosafety program, as well as the program of control (supervision) of biomedical activities of institutions related to the use of hazardous biological agents, state management support for the implementation of biosecurity and biosafety requirements, communication program of subject ensuring biosecurity and biosafety with the public, the program of information and analytical support of biosecurity and biosafety, the program of control over observance by institutions of performance of the biosecurity and biosafety established requirements. The content of each of these elements of this comprehensive program is revealed. The purposes of Canada’s national comprehensive biosecurity and biosafety program are to ensure the safe handling, handling and storage of hazardous pathogens and toxins, and to prevent the use of research in that country which harm human health and safety. It is the core of Canada’s national biological threat management system. Its development was due to the peculiar approach of this country to solve this problem. It is substantiated that this positive experience of Canada in forming a comprehensive program of biological security and biological protection should be used in Ukraine in developing a national program that will help counter threats to Ukraine’s national security of a biological nature, including biological terrorism.