CRITERIA FOR THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION MECHANISMS IN THE FIELD OF ECONOMIC COOPERATION OF THE EASTERN PARTNERSHIP COUNTRIES

Abstract

The article highlights the criteria for the effectiveness of the implementation of public administration mechanisms in the field of economic cooperation of the Eastern Partnership countries. The main criteria are relevance, cost-effectiveness and efficiency, as a result of which appropriate indicators are proposed. The correspondence of perspective mechanisms of public administration in the sphere of economic cooperation of the Eastern Partnership countries and stages of their realization is proved. Such mechanisms are proposed to include socio-political, legislative, institutional-administrative, financial-economic, information and communication. Accordingly, at the first stage, the priority is to involve effective institutional and administrative mechanisms in public administration in the field of economic cooperation of the Eastern Partnership countries. This will help to improve the clear interaction between the relevant public authorities and local governments. However, given the content of key reforms, all these mechanisms are relevant at this stage. In the second stage, the priority of mechanisms is constantly changing. Therefore, the progress of the observance of the provisions of the Association Agreement and the implementation of the European integration policy in general should be constantly monitored in order to determine the situational priority of the relevant mechanisms. At the third stage, the information and communication mechanism, which is responsible for the level of public awareness, promotes openness, transparency and accessibility of relevant information at various levels for public authorities, etc., becomes especially relevant. Keywords: economic cooperation, Eastern Partnership, public administration, public administration bodies, mechanisms, development.