The main purpose of the article is to model the main stages of the implementation of anticrisis management in an engineering enterprise that has a crisis situation. The object of the study is the system of anti-crisis management and business in the engineering sector of the economy. The research methodology involves the use of modern modeling methods that contribute to the achievement of the goals. In particular, the basis is the technique of modeling control processes using functional-graphic elements. As a result, we have chosen a concretely operating engineering enterprise that has crisis signs of development and requires the use of an anti-crisis enterprise. The elements of novelty of the obtained results of the study are presented in the form of established models for overcoming a crisis situation due to the use of anti-crisis management measures. The study is limited by targeting only one engineering enterprise. In the future, it's need to expand the scope of the study in future research work, so that the results can be more generally applicable. Further research needs to expand the application of the methodological approach.

The purpose of the study was to identify how the reshaped COM-B model-based refresher courses for the civil servants influences the sampled students’ intrinsic motives of performing their job functions and to identify how the students perceived the upgraded course that used the COM-B model. The study combined an exploratory design that was used in the baseline phase and a one-group-based pre-test-post-test design that was used in the quasi-experimental intervention. It used the data collection tools such as the baseline study online survey, the Intrinsic Motivation Inventory, the HR departments’ assessment reports, the Awareness of Public Service Legislation Test, and the focus group survey questionnaire. The IBM SPSS Statistics (25.0.0.1) was used to process the data. The reshaped COM-B model-based refresher courses for the civil servants are capable to influence positively the sampled students’ intrinsic motives of performing their job functions. The use of the COM-B model provides a triple influence on the intrinsic motives of the civil servants, changes their behaviour, and increases their work performance level. It was found that respondents benefited from the challenges of performing different roles in the civil service that they experienced in the course. They upgraded their professional knowledge. The extrinsic motivation factors dominate the civil servants’ motivation and the management of public institutions underperforms in identifying and using the appropriate solutions to stimulate the inner motivation in civil servants for higher standards of their work performance. The civil servants should receive yearly training using more student-focused methods, the cognition function development-aimed, and function-through-context-based.   Received: 12 December 2020 / Accepted: 9 April 2021 / Published: 10 May 2021

The article highlights the advantages and disadvantages of using e-learning in the educational process, systematizes modern distance technologies, ranked and grouped universities in countries by level of e-learning, gave a rating assessment of the readiness of states for distance learning.The author examines the integrated indicators of the latest international indices such as the RemoteLearningReadinessIndex and the E-LearningIndex.In the wake of the Covid-19 epidemic, the closure of higher education institutions in 223 countries resulted in 1.57 billion students (90% of the world's population) being forced to study remotely.Higher education institutions had to quickly and efficiently organize distance or blended learning, modernize its material and technical base. The threat of future pandemics and economic unrest increases the importance of a reliable distance education system to prevent the next global socio-economic crisis, avoid health emergencies and bridge educational gaps at the national and international levels.In order to assess the readiness of countries to implement distance education, the UNESCO Institute for Statistics conducted a survey in 53 countries.The UNESCO report on the results of monitoring global education in 2021 noted that only 3 countries in the world are fully ready to move to distance learning, 19 countries have partially used online methods, and 28 countries have used a hybrid approach – a combination of distance and full-time learning. Middle-income countries from Colombia to Egypt and from China to the Russian Federation have developed online platforms for blended and distance learning. The survey found positive the fact that 39% of students from sub-Saharan Africa enrolled in institutions that offer different options for distance learning. In the EU, on the other hand, 41% of online students lost their jobs (29% temporarily with the right to return to work and 12% permanently without a job). These results prove the effectiveness of distance education only with the development of an effective model of online learning and its support by the state.

Urgency of the research. Taken into consideration the existing advantages of Ukraine as a powerful European State, promising directions of its development is being involved in cross-border cooperation. Target setting. Modern analysis of regional development of Ukraine testifies to the presence of negative trends, in particular, to deepen inter-regional differences, economic disparities and the exacerbation of social problems. Concerning this. crossborder cooperation is becoming an important factor of sustained development of Ukraine, a channel of involvement in European integration. Actual scientific researches and issues analysis. Devoted to problems of euroregìonal policy of Ukraine are the researches of such scholars as V. O. Martynyuk, N. A. Mikula, C. C. Troyan, L. I. Fedulova, T. M. Uhnovska, A. Hubert. Uninvestigated parts of general matters defining. Further analysis is needed for the system of institutional and financial mechanisms of innovative development of euroregions. For Ukraine, urgent is a need of scientific justification of cross-border partnership benefits and problems, as well as a need of developing regulatory procedures providing the clustering process. The research objective. The analysis of the social partnership of Ukraine with the EU in the framework of cross-border clusters and euroregions. The statement of basic materials. The article deals with priorities of cooperation between Ukraine and the EU within the European regions and cross-border clusters. Based on the data SWOT-analysis identified the main objectives of European regions, effective mechanisms for inter-regional cooperation. Conclusions. It is important to implement in national statistical agencies the collection and processing of cross-border statistics in accordance with the recommendations of Eurostat; allocate budget funds for co-financing projects supported by the European Commission; create together with the Governments of neighboring States special funds, which will be accumulating finances to support social initiatives.

This research analyzes the demographic situation in China and its impact on socio-economic stability. Stable and balanced demographic reproduction is an important condition for the development of any economy, state and society. The implementation of effective social policy in China requires constant monitoring of the living standards of various social groups. Usually, in periods of deep and prolonged economic downturns, fiscal crisis, the state is forced to cut social spending, reduce the package of social services. Public services must justify budget expenditures in terms of costs and benefits. It is important that the monitoring and evaluation of budget expenditures is carried out efficiently and with minimal financial costs, so that the groups of the population who need it most can be identified. Scientific analysis of the Human Development Index and Population Reference Bureau data from 1950 to 2100 in China, Austria, Switzerland, the United States and the Netherlands shows a direct proportional economic dependence: the growth rate of gross domestic product (GDP) directly depends on the growth rate population and GDP growth per capita. Using the statistics recorded in the Seventh National Census of China, it is possible to trace the relationship between the level of socio-economic development of the country and its demographic situation. The author identifies 5 models of gender and age structure of the population: triangle, umbrella, helmet, spinning top, hat. Until 1979, China had an umbrella model with a high level of population growth. After the “one family – one child” policy, the situation has changed. The current demographic situation is reminiscent of the helmet model, the main characteristics of which show a decrease in the birth rate, a decrease in the working age population and an increase in the share of older people, which leads to excessive overload of the country's pension system. This pattern is described by the formula 4: 2: 1, which characterizes the situation when the Chinese government must, on the one hand, stimulate population growth, and on the other hand, be aimed at meeting the needs of older people and creating conditions for a new system of economic relations "longevity economy" or "silver economy".