Abstract. Subject of the study: the components of the mechanisms of public management of the economy of Ukraine in the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic. Objective of the study: development of theoretical foundations and elaboration of methodological recommendations on substantiation of directions of improvement of mechanisms of public administration of economy in the conditions of COVID-19 pandemic as well as formation of theoretical model of their use in Ukraine on the basis of the studied positive experience of other countries.
Study Methodology: laws and principles of dialectical logic, the provisions of economic theory, the concepts of prominent scientists on the problems of public administration and management. Methods of system analysis were used when studying the essence of the mechanism of public administration and its tools, structural-logical methods — when substantiating the directions of improving the existing mechanisms of public administration. Methods of analytical-synthetic processing of information and modeling became key in the construction of the model of administrative and legal support of public administration.
The article analyzes the approaches of different scholars in the field of public administration to the definitions of «public administration», «mechanism of public administration», «public administration» and «mechanism of public administration». The historical link between public administration and public management, transitional form of which was public administration, was established. The structure of administrative and legal support of public administration, which contains certain elements, has been proposed. It was found that a positive source for the formation of domestic models of public administration is the experience of European countries, for which the issues of modernization of public administration, overcoming global socio-economic challenges and creating an effective system of response are the key areas of work. It is noted that the country forms the basis for the progressive transformation of the system of public administration by creating new opportunities for the development potential of territorial communities and territories, new centers of concentration of resources.
The structure of administrative and legal support of public administration, taking into account the allocation of objects, subjects, rules and forms, as well as the means of protecting the rights, freedoms and legitimate interests of individuals in the field of public administration is justified.
At present, the state bodies of Ukraine in order to improve the mechanisms of public administration of the economy of Ukraine should use the experience of the UK in their activities, namely the active use of «big data» to determine the effectiveness of public spending by applying the practice of online surveys, in particular based on the use of social networks.
Keywords: public administration, public management, public management mechanism, decentralization, territorial community, e-government, economy, Ukraine, COVID-19.
JEL Classification O11
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