Public administration the education sector of Ukraine in the context of European Integration

The article examines the theoretical foundations and practical aspects of public management of the educational sector in Ukraine in modern conditions of transformational changes in the context of European integration, the essential characteristics of public management of education, and the system of state education management bodies in Ukraine. The theoretical aspects of the formation of modern mechanisms of influence of public authorities on the development of the educational sector of Ukraine, the formation of an effective system of public administration in the sphere of education of Ukraine in the conditions of innovative development and integration into the European educational space are analyzed. The conceptual foundations of modernization are considered, the European experience of public administration and the possibilities of its adaptation to Ukrainian realities are analyzed. The main directions of modernization are identified, in particular, the introduction of innovative management models and the development of human capital. The education sector of Ukraine is considered as an object of public administration in the context of decentralization and the formation of public administration based on European experience. It is noted that the scientific and theoretical substantiation of the innovative development of the educational sector on the principles of public administration, the development of recommendations for the implementation of effective management in education as a whole as a priority of the state educational policy of Ukraine in the modern conditions of modernization of education and decentralization of management, is of great importance. It has been determined that the system of public management of the development of the educational sector provides for the implementation of strategic measures at the national, regional, local and regional levels, each of which determines the corresponding list of administrative, financial, economic and other instruments, resource provision that will contribute to the effectiveness of state regulation of the educational sector. The main functions of public authorities in the field of education (prognostic-targeted, organizational-legal, coordinating-regulatory, motivational-stimulating, consolidating, informational, social, controlling, corrective) and the mechanisms necessary for the implementation of educational policy and its innovative development (regulatory-legal, organizational, motivational, informational) are systematized. Relevant directions for improving public management of innovative development of the education sector of Ukraine have been formed as a tool for strengthening the capacity of territorial communities and streamlining the system of state management bodies in the education sector in modern conditions. A set of mechanisms for implementing European public administration practices is proposed, taking into account the national characteristics of Ukraine in the context of acquiring the status of a candidate for accession to the European Union.