The dissertation is one of the first in Ukraine comprehensive substantive
theoretical and practical aspects of administrative and legal regulation of the state's
digital policy in the conditions of modern state-building and global changes.
Scientific generalizations and proposed conclusions that form the results of the study
are significant for the current state of development of the science of administrative
law. In the process of preparing the dissertation using modern methods and
techniques of scientific knowledge and taking into account the results of scientific
achievements, works and approaches of administrative and other scientists, new
approaches to understanding the trends in the formation of modern digital policy of
Ukraine were outlined, a study of theoretical, legal and historical prerequisites for
the formation of the state's digital policy was conducted, the main technological tools
of digitalization used in the implementation of new approaches to improving this
sphere of relations were analyzed; the substantive component and specific features
of global digitalization as a priority direction of development of modern Ukraine
were investigated; the system of public management and administration entities in
the field of digital policy formation and implementation was analyzed, their powers
and functions were analyzed; the regulatory and legal support for Ukraine's digital
policy was significantly and critically analyzed, and international experience and
experience throughout the EU in implementing changes and transformations in
Ukraine's digital policy were also studied, the prospects for implementing
approximate and time-consuming changes in digital policy and acceptable ways of
implementing these innovations were examined.
The dissertation proposes the author's definition of the state's digital policy as
a purposeful activity of public authorities, civil society, business representatives and
other participants to create conditions, determine directions, goals, objectives, tools
and mechanisms of digitalization, taking into account the state of development of
the state and society to meet the needs of all participants in public relations. The
central place in the system of objects of research of digital policy as a complex
formation is occupied by digitalization as a process of transforming models of
interaction of participants in legal relations using digitization tools, which are an
obligatory technical aspect of this process. In this regard, it is proposed to distinguish
the concepts of «digitalization» in its origin and technological aspect and consider
their relationship as special and general, which in turn means the following:
digitalization of state policy is possible provided that a reliable and effective
technical, infrastructure system is created, which are essentially implemented
through digitalization. It is substantiated that the state policy of digitalization should
not be interpreted as simplifying and digitizing the processes of the state itself and
government entities, but instead should be aimed at satisfying the interests of the
population, business entities and developing various spheres of relations, which
significantly expands its subject and the development of relations at the levels of
«state-citizens», «state-business entities». At the same time, it is proposed to
consider digitalization as a direction of state policy as a strategically planned set of
measures to introduce digitalization processes and tools into public relations, create
a digital infrastructure, build a new communication environment based on digital
information to achieve the ultimate goal – the digitalization of public life, and to
understand the digitalization of state policy as the process of implementing
digitalization processes provided that there is a created digital infrastructure, an
appropriate level of digital knowledge of public entities, the availability of a digital
space and digital tools, etc.
