Shako V. Improvement of mechanisms of organization of state management of environmental policy at the regional level.

The dissertation is devoted to solving a scientific problem related to the development of theoretical, methodological and practical recommendations for improving the mechanism of organization of state management of environmental policy at the regional level. The hierarchical approach to grouping the subjects of the mechanism of state management of environmental policy at the regional level is improved, which, unlike existing, will allow to determine the degree of influence of each of them on monitoring and to find out their role in ensuring environmental safety. Proposals for improving the regulatory and legal framework for environmental protection have been made, which will facilitate strengthening of state control over the process of monitoring the environment and ensuring access to environmental information. The structure of interconnections in the system of national ecological safety has been redone through the definition of the main factors influencing the state of ecological safety and allows it to be assessed both at the national and regional levels. The mechanism of organization of state management of ecological policy at the regional level has been improved, distinguishing among others that its structure is proposed to be considered using a functional approach as a set of measures on planning, organization, motivation and control over the implementation of environmental policy at the regional level. The content content of the main categories is revised: "state environmental policy", "state management of environmental policy", "environmental safety", "mechanism of organization of state management of environmental policy at the regional level", which, unlike the others, is formed on the basis of public administration, that provides a holistic approach to the development of the appropriate mechanism. Continued study of European practices of state management of environmental policy, which allowed to systematize the main instruments of environmental protection in accordance with the legislation of the European Union and contributed to the development of measures. The environmental safety assessment of Ukraine and certain regions was carried out, the results of which allowed to identify the main factors that negatively affect the state of the environment, and to establish gaps in the legal protection of its protection. The state of implementation of the state ecological policy in Cherkassy region was analyzed, which allowed to find out the gaps in public administration and to propose measures for its improvement. Identification of the problems of the functioning of the environmental monitoring system in the field of implementation of the state environmental policy has been identified, which contributed to the provision of recommendations for improving its efficiency at the regional level.