ENSURING THE OPENNESS OF UKRAINIAN CITIES IN THE INFORMATION ECONOMY: CURRENT REALITIES AND FORECAST SCENARIOS

The article considers the problem of ensuring the openness of cities in the conditions of the information economy. The works of Ukrainian scientists regarding the impact of the information economy on the process of ensuring the openness of cities are analyzed. Three scenarios for ensuring the openness of cities are outlined: the negative one is based on low evaluations of ensuring the openness of the city in combination with unfavorable external factors and a slowdown in the pace of key development indicators; basic, based on the most likely development trends and the existing socio-spatial and socio-political context of the model of ensuring the openness of the city; positive, which outlines the city as an open platform where there is a synergy of actions in the paradigm of "government-business-population" relations and which is determined by the optimistic dynamics of indicators on the way to achieving common goals and objectives of the city's development in various spheres. It is proven that the structural vision of the concept of a modern city should include the following concepts: compliance with the policy of open data; adherence to a participatory approach in the development of concepts, strategic, tactical plans and forecasts of the city's development with an orientation towards a vision of the post-war recovery scenario agreed at all levels; the priority of innovative and informational progress in the organization of the urban environment and ensuring the life of the city; taking into account and adapting the practices of world experience in matters of ensuring inclusiveness, resilience, forming digital infrastructure, innovative ecosystem and security; ensuring a balance between the processes of ensuring openness, confidentiality and security of the city. Attention was drawn to the need for the synergy of the concepts of the information economy and the openness of cities, which will enable the activation and realization of the existing potential of economic growth, the spread of innovations, ensuring inclusiveness, stability and sustainable development of cities.