Public information and communication space in Ukraine: current state, problems and tasks

: Th e article conducts a comprehensive study of public information and communication space in Ukraine, analyzes its current state considering regulatory and organizational features, identifi es key challenges for quality development and modernization of the industry, and identifi es key dysfunctional problems that prevent high performance in domestic development of information and communication technologies. It is argued that an important role in the constructive formation of the public information and communication sector is played by the state information policy, which should be based on such principles as openness, system, equality of interests, priority of domestic producers, social orientation. It turns out that the formation of a quality public information space contributes to the development of civil society, information society and information democracy. Comprehensive digitalization of public communication will promote openness, transparency and accessibility of public information, the formation of part-nerships between the public, business, and civil sectors. Th ree basic stages of formation of information and communication space have been identifi ed: strategic, organizational and control ones. Language as the State Language”, the Law of Ukraine “On the Procedure for Coverage of Public Authorities and Local Self-Government Bodies in Ukraine by Mass Media”, the Law Of Ukraine “On state support of mass media and social protection of journalists”, the Law of Ukraine “On news agencies”, etc. It is concluded that solving key problems (imperfection of the system of professional training in the fi eld of ICT, features of development of the domestic IT industry, uneven distribution of information and communication technologies in the regions of Ukraine) in the domestic ICT sector will accelerate Ukraine’s approach to the results of advanced countries.