Khrenova-Shymkina R. Implementation of international projects by public authorities to ensure energy efficiency of housing and municipal economy in Ukraine.

The dissertation presents scientific and theoretical substantiation of problematic issues, principles and approaches to the implementation by public authorities of international projects to ensure energy efficiency of housing and municipal economy in the country, which form a scientific basis for improving public administration and public policy in housing and municipal sector of Ukraine. The dissertation specifies the content of project activities of public authorities as an object of scientific research and at the same time as an important component of public administration, which ensures the implementation of public administration goals, sectoral development policy, continuous improvement of the quality of public services. It is determined that the project activity in the field of housing and communal services is a process that includes consistent and synchronous implementation of measures united by a common strategic goal, which have a clearly defined beginning and end of implementation and as a result of which new housing and communal benefits will be created useful a particular community or society as a whole. It is proposed to define the classification of project activity as an object of scientific research according to the level of implementation, time of implementation, goals and results. The main factor of effective project activity is the knowledge component, which depends on human capital. The level of education, competentness of participants of the project activity determines the effectiveness of the project: it can be higher, and the risks during implementation are minimized.