State management of economic and social processes in the country plays a very important role in its future well-being, which directly depends on the quality of personnel training. Therefore, finding opportunities to improve its educational potential remains relevant for any state. The work was carried out within the framework of Ukraine, taking into account the realities of war. The purpose of the work was to justify the need to strengthen the personnel potential for the qualitative future development of Ukraine, as well as to propose ways to improve the opportunities for personnel training. The main research methods were analysis, deduction, forecasting and abstraction. The work assessed the state and prospects of achieving the goals of sustainable development; indicators characterizing its condition in terms of individual components were provided. It was shown that, due to the onset of a full-scale invasion and the consequences of the COVID-19 crisis, Ukraine has some difficulties in providing opportunities for economic, environmental and social development. As part of the research, an analysis of the causes of Ukraine’s existing development problems in the field of sustainable development was carried out, their generalization was formed, and advice was offered to solve the existing problems. In addition, an assessment of the possibilities of strengthening the personnel potential of the authorities in the country was carried out and methods for achieving this goal were described. The situation of the provision of secondary and higher education in the country, as well as opportunities for improving the qualifications of the personnel potential of authorities, is described in sufficient detail. This work brings new knowledge for the development of the field of education and personnel training. In addition, it makes it possible to better understand the peculiarities of the current state of sustainable development in Ukraine.