LEGAL BASIS FOR ASSESSING THE CONDITION OF INTEGRATED STATE BORDER MANAGEMENT OF UKRAINE

The article deals with the analysis of the legal basis for integrated state border management (hereinafter - ISBM) in the context of the gradual establishment of an integrated management system, with an emphasis on the development of a system for assessing the task performance quality of integrated state border management. The model for Ukraine is the European Integrated Border Management mechanism developed and implemented in the EU, which consists of 15 components. The aim of this mechanism is to ensure effective, efficient and coordinated management in order to achieve open but well-controlled and secure EU external borders. To fully implement the EIBM, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency Frontex was established. For successful European integration, Ukraine needs to ensure the functioning of its own ISBM system in order to achieve a sufficient level of operational compatibility with the EIBM. The assessment of Ukraine's ISBM is carried out at the tactical, operational and strategic levels of assessment, which requires methodological and legal support that must correspond to each of these levels. The objectivity of assessing the ISBM condition is ensured by: a) an appropriate methodological basis, in particular amendments to the national methodology for assessing the task performance quality of integrated state border management; b) involvement of external entities (foreign and international experts) in the assessment processes; c) public control over the activities of entities involved in the ISBM of Ukraine.