EFFICIENCY OF THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN CULTURE IN THE CONDITIONS OF DECENTRALIZATION (ON THE EXAMPLE OF RIVNE REGION)

Abstract

This article describes the investigation of public administration efficiency in culture in the conditions of decentralization. A necessary condition for ensuring the full development of culture is the organization and implementation of effective public management principles. These are interrelated goals and ways to achieve it, which indicate possible or necessary ways, mechanisms, means to achieve the goal in the development of culture in conditions of decentralization.The main components of the public administration system in culture in Ukraine are characterized. The basic elements of the state cultural policy are defined. An analysis of the essence and features of the transformation of public administration in culture in the context of decentralization reform. There are detected reasons of inefficiency in public administration of Rivne region. The urgency of introducing changes in the functioning of cultural institutions to meet the needs of the local community in modern conditions is proved. Emphasis is placed on the need for legislative innovations that prohibit the misuse or re-profiling of local cultural institutions to ensure the effectiveness of public administration. The need to develop and implement a new model of cultural institutions in the context of decentralization reform is indicated. Peculiarities of improving the functioning of social sphere institutions to ensure the effectiveness of management at the expense of grant organizations, international and Ukrainian funds from the experience of the Rivne region are considered. The expediency of introduction of measures of organizational, legal, and economic character which in a complex will lead to an increase of the level of efficiency of public management in the field of culture is offered and substantiated.