Assessment of Information Support of Ukraine in the Context of International Requirements

Abstract

Topicality. Since, according to the strategy of the state environmental policy of Ukraine for the period till 2030, one of the root causes of Ukraine's environmental problems is an inefficient system of public administration in the field of environmental protection, monitoring of its state, regulation of the use of natural resources and ensuring environmental safety, the question of improving information support of the country is especially relevant.Aim and tasks are to address the problems of processing and presenting environmental information in the context of Ukraine's international activity and to identify the country's real capabilities in providing environmentally valuable data in accordance with European requirements.Research results. The study outlines major international projects aimed at improving statistical support in the field of ecology, in which Ukraine has been participating in recent years, presents an analysis of the country's significant results upon completion of one of the projects. The main requirements of the current project for providing environmental information are also considered. Provision has been made of providing Ukraine with statistical information on environmental indicators of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe within the framework of the project and the actual availability of these indicators in the statistical documentation of Ukraine. One of the ways improve information support of Ukraine in the field of ecology is considered.Conclusion. It is justified that, despite the countries' participation in international projects aimed at improving statistical support in the field of ecology, Ukraine does not make the necessary efforts to obtain significant results in this area. It is analyzed that at the end of one of the projects in the field of data and information management on the state of the environment and their shared use, Ukraine from all the participating countries made almost the smallest contribution to the development of information support, and within the current project part of the indicators Ukraine does not provide despite the availability of necessary environmental information data in open sources.