СЕКЦІЯ 2. PROCESSES OF INTERACTION BETWEEN PUBLIC AUTHORITIES AND CIVIL SOCIETY

А. Mykhailovska, student ПМ-181

Supervisor – Cand. Sc. (Economic), Associate Professor

S. Ponomarenko

Chernihiv National University of Technology

PROCESSES OF INTERACTION BETWEEN PUBLIC AUTHORITIES AND CIVIL SOCIETY

Public administration and civil society have a social basis in the areas of a single communication field, that’s why the effective interaction between public authorities and the citizens is one of the most important conditions for the development of democracy in Ukraine. The success of such interaction is determined by constant dialogue, improvement of the practice of the relationships, active and conscious participation of citizens in public cases. Therefore, the interplay between civil society and public power is a determining factor for ensuring the democratic development of Ukraine, that’s defined in the Constitution of Ukraine (Article 1), as the creation of a “sovereign and independent, democratic, social, rule of law state”.

Naturally, the realization of that constitutional goal is the contents of the activities of Ukrainian civil society. That’s the circumstance which requires the formation of partnerships between public authorities and civil society institutions.

At the same time, the problem is in the need to establish the necessary balance between the country and the mechanisms of its influence on the society as well as civil society needs the mechanisms of its self-development and social control. That's the precisely scheme to create the balance which is so needed for creating a democratic and legal country. It should be emphasized that the establishment of effective interaction concerns different subjects: society; local government; business structures; foreign countries [1].

That is due to the expected results of public participation: reduction of corruption; increase of citizens’ confidence in the authorities; increasing their openness and accountability; the cooperative solution of socio-economic problems in the government and public institutions.

Moreover, the goals of public administration should be laid down from the civil society, which is truly actual for the democracy.

The issue of developing effective relationships between public authorities and civil society is one of the key issues of the society, which depends the country’s political stability and the “political consciousness” of each person.

There should be pointed out the orientation of the functions on the path of formation a politically conscious society. Political participation of the population had recognized among the main human rights, which surely had received international legal recognition. So, Art. 25 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Res. 2200 (XXI) of the United Nations General Assembly of December 16, 1966) contains the following provisions [2]: “Every citizen must have, without any discrimination have the rights and the opportunities: a) to take participation in the conduction of public cases, either directly or through the freely chosen representatives; b) to vote and be elected at truly periodic elections, which are carried out on the basis of universal and equal suffrage by the election ballots and ensuring the free expression of the voters; c) have the access to the country by the general conditions of equality to the civil service”. Therefore, the practice of the strategies of ensuring a constructive dialogue between the country and society promotes the participation of citizens and their associations in the formation of the public policy.

Nowadays, the achievement of the partnerships between public authorities and civil society is an important prerequisite for the development of the Ukraine and the creation of a high-quality and effective interaction between all elements of the subsystems.

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