Annotation. The article substantiates the scientific and methodical approach to assessing the competitiveness and innovative potential of the region in order to find mechanisms for the optimal regulation of sustainable development. The system of indicators for assessing the level of development of the region is worked out.

Key words: region, sustainable development, competitiveness, strategic management.

Summary. Basic models of local and central authorities’ interaction in the sphere of public policy formation and realization is analyzed. Main principles of this interaction are defined.

Keywords: local authorities, central authorities, interaction, public policy, foreign experience.

Annotation. This article explores the principles of transparency and openness as an integral part of public administration.

We aim to clarify the core ideas of the principles of transparency and openness, identify their essential traits and determine the ways in which observing the principles affects the relations between public authorities and society.

During the conduction of our study we found out that the legislative approval of governmental transparency is the result of years of development in countries with liberal-democratic social and political systems. We also investigated the impact of transparency during the core historical stages of state development.

We found that the introduction of the term «transparency» in the scientific community and daily life is caused by the concept of «open society», which is characterized by the freedom of sharing and obtaining information from public authorities, provided that reasonable statutory restrictions are established.

We also analysed the ideas of foreign and Ukrainian scientists on the subject. Our analysis concluded that the term «transparency» is the most popular way of characterising the external activities of the public authorities and the possibility of holding them accountable in modern terminology. However, both Ukrainian and foreign scientists use such terms as «openness» and «transparence» as interchangeable with «transparency».

We classified the core traits of the concepts of «transparency», «openness», and «transparence» which was crucial in the process of developing the category system of this paper.

We highlighted the differences in dictionary definitions of the terms «transparency», «openness» and «transparence».

We determined that the main objectives of the public authorities is the formation, nourishment and realisation of the transparency and openness principles.

We explored the theory and practice of the principles of transparency and openness in such areas as public administration, administrative law, economics, political science, sociology, law, which allowed us to witness an interdisciplinary understanding of those principles and further develop of this paper.

We concluded that public authorities declare the principles of transparency and openness on their own in the self-regulating legislative acts. However, it should be noted that none of those contain a clear definition of these principles. In most cases they are used without explanation or are equated with the principles of  publicity.

We have also compared the achievements of the Ukrainian and foreign scientists, which allowed us to reveal and explore the core differences in the understanding of the principles of transparency and openness. This indicates that the priority for Ukrainian scientists should lie in meaningful review of the principles of transparency and openness in accordance with the recommendations of the European research programs, the Council of Europe and general legislation.

Keywords: transparency, openness, transparence, principles, public authority.

Summary: The article considers the problems of social security in the state. Found that education and health are the most important factors influencing the quality of life of the population. Also suggested that the main priority of the state in providing social security, should be the development of education and health.

Key words: social safety, quality of life, society, state, personality, social policy, education, health, information security.

Summary. The main aspects of the creation of an effective state system of crisis response were considered (the network of situational centers of the central executive bodies). The main directions of improvement, increasing the efficiency and quality of management decisions to ensure the national security of Ukraine were determined.

Abstract.Theories of local self-government bodies and state executive organs interaction in the sphere of public policy formation and realization is analyzed. Main model of this interaction is defined.

Keywords: local self-government bodies, state executive organs, interaction, public policy.

Abstract. Summary of existing methodological approaches to the analysis and evaluation of public administration, demonstrates the need for thorough and objective assessment of selection parameters functioning of the regional system, and based on them develop the methodology of calculation of integrated indicators that reflect and evaluate the level of sustainable ecological and socio-economic development . Given the strengths and weaknesses of existing methodological approaches, in this study, we propose a technique analysis of the region and for its condition, for which settlement is subsequently serve as information base for future prediction assess the effectiveness of public administration.

Keywords: governance, methodology, analysis, evaluation, integrated indicator.

Summary:  The  basic  aspects  and criteria of classification system of a cross-border cooperation’s forms are investigated and analyzed.

Key words: forms of a cross-border cooperation, border region, cluster, euroregion, cooperation.

In the article the modern approaches to the improvement of the legal mechanism of state regulation of state and communal ownership of land turnover in Ukraine, in particular: system, process, situational and strategic. Identify practical ways to improve the legal components of the mechanism of state regulation of state and communal ownership of land in Ukraine.

Key words:  land circulation, government regulation, legal framework, areas of improvement, modern approaches.

Summary: It was investigated the structure and powers of state authorities in the management of the state defense order sphere, it was suggested the ways of improvement of state control system in this area.

Keywords: national security and defense, state defense order, state administration bodies. the public authorities.

Summary: Article analyzes the method of case-study as an effective teaching method within the courses of public policy. Special attention is given to the comparison of the method of case-study with special characteristics of the process of policy project design and implementation.

Key words: case-study, public policy, active teaching.

Abstract: Challenges were updated last decades of national security in democratic Ukrainian in particular, such as terrorism and political violence, causing a growing need to rethink the term "resilience", ie stress, safety factor. The interaction between national security and stress tolerance is rooted in perceptions and attitudes of the government and leaders as individuals. The article presents an analysis of several studies and suggested that political and psychological characteristics form the basis of the perception of citizens of the national definitions of stress. Comparing national definitions of stress created by the citizens of the two democratic countries facing domestic threats of war and terrorism (the United States and Israel) found that the perception of threat, optimism and social relations, such as patriotism and confidence in public institutions, are the most common components of perception national stress . On the basis of these results is presented to rethink the term "national resistance to stress." It can rezultirovat in the methods of stress measurement and give a basis for further study of this concept in Ukraine.

Keywords: national resilience, the perception of the threat of terrorism, the United States, Israel, terrorism and political violence, Ukraine.

The article determines the features of the implementation of public control over the activities of state authorities and local self-government. The selected object, subject, principles, forms and characteristics of social control. Provided suggestions for improving the process.

Key words: staff, management staff, system management staff, project approach, project organization activities.

Summary: In the article the order of completing the mobilization and invocatory resources of the armed forces is investigated developed figure in modern terms. 

Keywords: state administration, organs of military management, completing, soldiery subdivisions of the states of the world. 

Аннотация: в статье раскрыты особенности политико-управленческого лидерства в системе исполнительной власти, определены конституционные основы политико-управленческого лидерства в системе исполнительной власти Украины, особенности назначения членов правительства Украины на разных этапах развития государства, выявлены проблемные моменты современного политико-управленческого лидерства в системе исполнительной власти Украины.

Ключевые слова: лидерство, политическое лидерство, политико-управленческое лидерство, особенности лидерства в системе исполнительной власти, конституционные принципы, назначения.

Summary: A study of the legal mechanism of the state defense order of the United States of America.

Key words:. The defense order, the procurement program, weapons and military equipment (AME), expenditure on national defense, the defense order program.