PROBLEMS OF FUNCTIONING THE NET OF THE INFORMATION– ANALYTICAL CENTERS OF UKRAINE ON THE MODERN STAGE

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to analyze the main problems of functioning the information-analytical centers (IAC) of Ukraine on the modern stage. The methodology of the research is based, firstly, on multifactorial analysis which is directed on the complex studying of internal and external factors of IAC work with the purpose of revealing its key problems, and, secondly, on methods of generalization and typology, thanks to  which is possible to form and separate closely connected blocks of problems. The scientific novelty of the work is in separation the key blocks of problems of IAC functioning in Ukraine nowadays: 1) financial (absence of stable financing from the state, lack of institutional grants, problems of legislative regulation of diversification of sources of income, etc.); 2) communicative (absence of the proper level of communication between IAC, power institutions, and business, between different subjects of analytical activity); 3) institutional-regulatory (“hybrid” and situational type of activity of major agents of the information-analytical market, absence of Ukrainian IAC association, etc.); 4) educational-scientific (“staff shortage” which is closely connected with the absence of educational centers of analysts’ advanced training); 5) reputational (low level of Ukrainian IAC integration into the global analytical community, non-system work in raising the level of Ukrainian society trust to IAC, weak presence on the regional level, non-effective media activity, etc.). Conclusions. It is affirmed that the IAC NET of Ukraine as the basis for the effective intelligent platform for the management decisionmaking process which, is still on the stage of evolution and formation, nonetheless, its activity is not only possible but also is effective, even note the closed nature of the political system and the risk of increasing social tensions, given the unresolved nature of many socio-economic problems in Ukraine nowadays.

Key words: Ukraine; information-analytical centers (IAC); subjects of analytical activity; informationanalytical market; analysts’ advanced training, media sphere.