DEVELOPMENT FEATURES OF UKRAINE'S SOCIAL AND HUMANITARIAN SPHERE: A MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.35433/ISSN2410-3748-2026-1(38)-24Keywords:
social and humanitarian sphere, public management and administration, security, socio-humanitarian policy, managerial perspective, public authority, civil society, education, science, culture, spiritual development, religion, state-confessional relations, healthcareAbstract
This article examines the key aspects of the social and humanitarian sphere's evolution in Ukraine through the lens of management. Research findings reveal that new conditions are being established within this sphere to safeguard individual interests, foster harmony with societal values, and align with the broader social and ecological environment. Ukraine is actively forming a policy for social and humanitarian development that reflects European integration trends while prioritizing national interests.
The analysis underscores the significant impact of the social sphere on internal state policies. By enhancing citizens' welfare and granting access to essential material, cultural, and spiritual resources, the social sector emerges as a cornerstone of human-centric governance. Its core humanistic orientation highlights a commitment to fostering personal growth and well-being. Through social policy mechanisms, Ukraine leverages the social sphere as a means of regulating market dynamics. This includes equitable distribution and redistribution of public goods and incentivizing collaboration among employees during their creation.
The humanitarian sphere's development is explored, encompassing various facets of state policy such as language, education, science, innovation, culture, spiritual growth, state-confessional relations, and healthcare. Anthropocentrism serves as the guiding principle within this domain, positioning the individual as the primary focus. Activities within this sphere aim to bolster human capital by stimulating intellectual and creative advancement, fostering spiritual and artistic expression, preserving universal values, and providing opportunities for self-fulfillment. Emphasis is also placed on ensuring well-being through education, health care, security, and spiritual enrichment.
References
United Nations General Assembly. (2000). Deklaratsiia tysiacholittia Orhanizatsii Obiednanykh Natsii [United Nations Millennium Declaration] (Resolution No. 55/2). Retrieved from https://www.un.org/ru/documents/decl_conv/declarations/summitdecl.shtml [in English]
United Nations General Assembly. (1948). Zahalna deklaratsiia prav liudyny [Universal Declaration of Human Rights] (Resolution No. 217 A (III)). Retrieved from https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/995_015 [in Ukrainian]
United Nations General Assembly. (1973). Mizhnarodnyi pakt pro ekonomichni, sotsialni i kulturni prava [International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights] (Ratified by the Presidium of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian SSR No. 2148-VIII). Retrieved from https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/995_042 [in Ukrainian]
United Nations General Assembly. (1973). Mizhnarodnyi pakt pro hromadianski i politychni prava [International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights] (Ratified by the Presidium of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian SSR No. 2148-VIII). Retrieved from https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/995_043 [in Ukrainian]
Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. (1990). Fakultatyvnyi protokol do Mizhnarodnoho paktu pro hromadianski ta politychni prava [Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights] (Resolution No. 582-XII). Retrieved from https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/995_086 [in Ukrainian]
Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. (2025). Konstytutsiia Ukrainy: stanom na 01.01.2025 [Constitution of Ukraine: as of 01.01.2025] (Official text). Kyiv: Vydavnytstvo Palyvoda. [in Ukrainian]
United Nations. (1989). Konventsiia pro prava dytyny [Convention on the Rights of the Child] (Adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on November 20, 1989). Retrieved from https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show [in Ukrainian]
Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. (2024). Pro derzhavni sotsialni standarty ta derzhavni sotsialni harantii [On state social standards and state social guarantees] (Law of Ukraine No. 107-VII, effective as of June 26, 2024). Retrieved from https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/2017-14 [in Ukrainian]
Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. (1999). Pro humanitarnu dopomohu [On humanitarian aid] (Law of Ukraine of October 22, 1999). Retrieved from https://ips.ligazakon.net/document/T991192 [in Ukrainian]
Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. (2025). Pro status veteraniv viiny, harantii yikh sotsialnoho zakhystu [On the status of war veterans, guarantees of their social protection] (Law of Ukraine No. 3551-XII, effective as of May 2, 2025). Retrieved from https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/3551-12 [in Ukrainian]
Kabinet Ministriv Ukrainy. (n.d.). Ministerstvo sotsialnoi polityky, simi ta yednosti Ukrainy [Ministry of Social Policy, Family and Unity of Ukraine]. Retrieved from https://www.kmu.gov.ua/catalog/ministerstvo-sotsialnoi-politiki-ukraini [in Ukrainian]
Ministerstvo kultury ta informatsiinoi polityky Ukrainy. (2022). Pro zatverdzhennia Metodychnykh rekomendatsii shchodo stvorennia i orhanizatsii funktsionuvannia tsentriv kulturnykh posluh u terytorialnykh hromadakh [On the approval of Methodological recommendations for the creation and organization of the functioning of cultural service centers in territorial communities] (Order No. 466). Retrieved from https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/rada/show/v0466921 [in Ukrainian]
Kabinet Ministriv Ukrainy. (2020). Deiaki pytannia orhanizatsii vedennia avtomatyzovanoi systemy reiestratsii humanitarnoi dopomohy [Certain issues of organizing the operation of the automated humanitarian aid registration system] (Resolution No. 927). Retrieved from https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/927-2020-п [in Ukrainian]
Kabinet Ministriv Ukrainy. (2023). Deiaki pytannia propusku ta obliku humanitarnoi dopomohy v umovakh voiennoho stanu [Certain issues of the passage and accounting of humanitarian aid under martial law] (Resolution No. 953). Retrieved from https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/953-2023-п [in Ukrainian]
Horbatiuk, S. (2018). Kontseptualizatsiia modeli humanitarnoi polityky v Ukraini na suchasnomu etapi reform [Conceptualization of the model of humanitarian policy in Ukraine at the current stage of reforms]. Efektyvnist derzhavnoho upravlinnia, (55), Part 1, 80–90. [in Ukrainian]
Varych, O. H. (2020). Derzhava ta zdorovia naselennia: pereosmyslennia tsinnisnykh oriientyriv [The state and public health: rethinking value orientations]. Almanakh prava, (11), 96–99. [in Ukrainian]
Karlash, V. V. (2020). Derzhavne rehuliuvannia suchasnym stanom okhorony zdorovia Ukrainy [State regulation of the current state of health care in Ukraine]. Investytsii: praktyka ta dosvid, (1), 101–104. [in Ukrainian]
Klantsa, A. I. (2018). Hromadske zdorovia yak umova natsionalnoi bezpeky derzhavy [Public health as a condition of the state's national security]. Visnyk NADU pry Prezydentovi Ukrainy. Seriia: Derzhavne upravlinnia, (1), 107–113. [in Ukrainian]
Nabkhan, O. V., & Moiseienko, R. O. (2021). Derzhavne upravlinnia sferoiu okhorony zdorovia yak skladova sotsialnoi bezpeky derzhavy [Public administration of the health care sphere as a component of the state's social security]. Investytsii: praktyka ta dosvid, (5), 110–116. [in Ukrainian]
Medyanyk, V. A. (2021). Administratyvno-pravove zabezpechennia derzhavnoi sotsialnoi polityky v Ukraini [Administrative and legal support of state social policy in Ukraine] (Doctoral dissertation). Zaporizhzhia. [in Ukrainian]
Kirieieva, O. B., Khmil, T. V., & Holubchyk, H. D. (2017). Priorytety publichnoho upravlinnia u sferi sotsialnoho i humanitarnoho rozvytku [Priorities of public administration in the field of social and humanitarian development]. Publichne administruvannia: teoriia ta praktyka, (2), 1–14. [in Ukrainian]
Sydorova, E. O. (2020). Normatyvno-pravove zabezpechennia formuvannia ta realizatsii derzhavnoi polityky v humanitarnii sferi [Regulatory and legal support for the formation and implementation of state policy in the humanitarian sphere]. Yurydychna nauka, (12), 94–102. [in Ukrainian]
Chechel, O. M. (2019). Poniattia i zmist mekhanizmiv derzhavnoho upravlinnia v humanitarnii sferi [The concept and content of public administration mechanisms in the humanitarian sphere]. Publichne upravlinnia ta mytne administruvannia, (3), 137–145. [in Ukrainian]
Chornomordenko, I. V., & Kutsuruk, V. M. (2014). Rol dukhovno-intelektualnoi spadshchyny I. Franka u formuvanni natsionalnoi elity [The role of I. Franko's spiritual and intellectual heritage in the formation of the national elite]. Visnyk Zhytomyrskoho derzhavnoho universytetu, (76), 3–7. [in Ukrainian]
Vovkanych, S., & Kravtsiv, V. (2011). Ukrainska natsionalna ideia (UNI) yak dukhovno-intelektualnyi kod sobornosti narodu: etnichnyi, intehratsiinyi ta tsyvilizatsiinyi vektory [Ukrainian national idea as a spiritual and intellectual code of the people's unity: ethnic, integration and civilizational vectors] (Scientific report). Lviv: Instytut rehionalnykh doslidzhen NAN Ukrainy. [in Ukrainian]
Troshchynskyi, V. P. (2001). Humanistychna spriamovanist etnonatsionalnoi polityky derzhavy [The humanistic orientation of the state's ethno-national policy]. In V. A. Skurativskyi (Ed.), Humanitarna polityka v Ukraini [Humanitarian policy in Ukraine] (pp. 154–187). Kyiv. [in Ukrainian]
President of Ukraine. (2021). Natsionalna stratehiia u sferi prav liudyny [National Strategy in the field of human rights] (Decree No. 119/2021). Retrieved from https://www.president.gov.ua/d [in Ukrainian]
Kozhemiakina, S. M., & Kryvusha, S. H. (2023). Naukovi doslidzhennia sotsiohumanitarnykh peredumov rozvytku sfery formuvannia liudskoho kapitalu [Scientific research of socio-humanitarian prerequisites for the development of the sphere of human capital formation]. Naukovyi visnyk Mizhnarodnoi asotsiatsii naukovtsiv. Seriia: ekonomika, upravlinnia, bezpeka, tekhnolohii, 4, Vol. 2. Retrieved from https://elibrary.kubg.edu.ua/id/eprint/47576/1/S_Kozhemiakina_S_%20Kryvusha [in Ukrainian]
Chuprі, L. (2013). Kontseptualni zasady polityky natsionalnoi bezpeky Ukrainskoi derzhavy v humanitarnii sferi [Conceptual foundations of the national security policy of the Ukrainian state in the humanitarian sphere]. Politychnyi menedzhment, (1–2), 35–41. [in Ukrainian]
Meshcheriakov, V. (2015). Vzaiemodiia orhaniv publichnoi vlady ta hromadskosti u sferi okhorony istoryko-kulturnoi spadshchyny ta pamiatok arkhitektury na rivni rehionu [Interaction of public authorities and the public in the field of protection of historical and cultural heritage and architectural monuments at the regional level]. Aktualni problemy derzhavnoho upravlinnia, (1), 113. [in Ukrainian]
Horbyk, V. O., & Denysenko, H. H. (2012). "Zvid pamiatok istorii ta kultury Ukrainy" u doslidzhenni y okhoroni kulturnoi spadshchyny: dosvid, problemy, perspektyvy ["Inventory of historical and cultural monuments of Ukraine" in the research and protection of cultural heritage: experience, problems, prospects]. Kyiv: Instytut istorii Ukrainy NAN Ukrainy. [in Ukrainian]
Kuznietsov, K. V. (2018). Udoskonalennia mekhanizmiv derzhavnoho upravlinnia u finansuvanni systemy inkliuzyvnoi osvity [Improvement of public administration mechanisms in the financing of the inclusive education system]. Derzhavne upravlinnia ta mistseve samovriaduvannia, (2), 78–88. [in Ukrainian]
Dombrovska, S. O. (2020). Vyshcha osvita v umovakh pandemii: suchasni vyklyky orhanizatsii osvitnoho protsesu [Higher education in the conditions of the pandemic: current challenges of the organization of the educational process]. In Reforma osvity v Ukraini. Informatsiino-analitychne zabezpechennia [Education reform in Ukraine. Information and analytical support] (pp. 216–218). Proceedings of the International Scientific and Practical Conference. Kyiv. [in Ukrainian]
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Автори, які публікуються у цьому журналі, погоджуються з наступними умовами:
a) Автори залишають за собою право на авторство своєї роботи та передають журналу право першої публікації цієї роботи на умовах ліцензії Creative Commons Attribution License, котра дозволяє іншим особам вільно розповсюджувати опубліковану роботу з обов'язковим посиланням на авторів оригінальної роботи та першу публікацію роботи у цьому журналі.
b) Автори мають право укладати самостійні додаткові угоди щодо неексклюзивного розповсюдження роботи у тому вигляді, в якому вона була опублікована цим журналом (наприклад, розміщувати роботу в електронному сховищі установи або публікувати у складі монографії), за умови збереження посилання на першу публікацію роботи у цьому журналі.
c) Політика журналу дозволяє і заохочує розміщення авторами в мережі Інтернет (наприклад, у сховищах установ або на особистих веб-сайтах) рукопису роботи, як до подання цього рукопису до редакції, так і під час його редакційного опрацювання, оскільки це сприяє виникненню продуктивної наукової дискусії та позитивно позначається на оперативності та динаміці цитування опублікованої роботи (див. The Effect of Open Access).
