The Public Policy Implementation Mechanisms in the Context of Digitalization

Abstract

The tightening of the globalization and eurointegration processes make it necessary to reformat the influence of the state on society and require the involvement of effective measures, forms, methods, tools, levers and incentives for the implementation of public policy. In such conditions the problem of the influence of digital technologies on the mechanisms of implementation of public policy, which become an integral component of the activities of public authorities, becomes relevant This paper aims to deepen the research on the theoretical foundations and practical suggestions of the research on the mechanism of public policy implementation under the conditions of digitalization. Another important aspect is assessment of the digitalization impact on public administration. The methodological basis of the study consists of general scientific and special methods of economic analysis, namely: analysis and synthesis; analogy and comparison; generalization and systematization; graphical and tabular methods; grouping and cluster analysis based on the k-means method. Regarding the results of the study of the mechanisms of state public policy implementation under digitalization and the evaluation of the degree of its impact on public administration, it was found that in Central and Eastern European countries there are three groups characterized by common features: countries with a relatively high level of ensuring public administration efficiency and significant digitalization indicators (Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania); countries with an average level of public administration efficiency and sufficiently high indicators of digitalization (Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Georgia, Romania) and countries with a low level of public administration efficiency and low indicators of digitalization (Ukraine, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Moldova). It was defined that the most common tools of digitalization of public policy processes in the countries of the analyzed group are digital workplace, blockchain, artificial digital intelligence of typical management decisions, smart-service, cloud-service, portal-service and network-service. HIGHLIGHTS m The tightening of the globalization and eurointegration processes make it necessary to reformat the influence of the state on society and require the involvement of effective measures, forms, methods, tools, levers and incentives for the implementation of public policy. m This paper aims to deepen the research on the theoretical foundations and practical suggestions of the research on the mechanism of public policy implementation under the conditions of digitalization. m It was defined that the most common tools of digitalization of public policy processes in the countries of the analyzed group are digital workplace, blockchain, artificial digital intelligence of typical management decisions, smart-service, cloud-service, portal-service and network-service.