Abstract

The aim of the article. The aim of the article is to elaborate organizational frame of environmental policy convergence of Ukraine with EU. The emphasis was placed on one of the goals of Ukraine-European Union Association Agreement, in particular: “to establish conditions for strengthening economic and trade relations, which will lead to the gradual integration Ukraine in the EU internal market”. It has been revealed that the primary constraints that hinder deepening trade relationships between Ukraine and the EU are factors, which by their nature relate to structural and technological aspects of Ukrainian economy. The results of the analysis. The effectiveness of harmonization process can be tracked through the progress in implementing the priorities agenda EU-Ukraine Association. The data of 2013 evidence that Ukraine is gradually moving towards the implementation of the international conventions. A considerable attention should be paid to the progress in diffusion process, because it greatly contributes to the development and applying innovations. The latter is on the agenda for Ukraine as it can solve both the problems concerning technology and environmental effectiveness. Another fundamental problem of poor ecological condition in Ukraine could be seen in uneven spatial concentration of production. Indeed, the present conditions of sector entities activities create significant anthropogenic environmental change, its degradation and destruction due to a combination of large amounts of industrial and agricultural production in some areas and the same. It should be noted that the influence of public on environmental decision-making is absent. Thus, the Law “On regulation of urban development” doesn’t realize compliance with the relevant legal procedures by which public participation would be determined in the decision-making on urban development, that in turn eliminates the provisions of the Aarhus Convention “On Access to Information, Public Participation in decision-making and Access to Justice in environmental Matters”. In addition, the Ukrainian economy is characterized by a high proportion of energy-intensive and technology. Conclusions and directions of further researches. European integration is undoubtedly can be considered as a great opportunity for increasing economic development of Ukraine. Ukraine is fully able to use existing EU opportunities for modernization and increasing its trade effectiveness. Elaborated organizational frame of environmental policy convergence of Ukraine with EU legislation can facilitate the latter if socialization of environmental responsibility is put in the core of the mechanism. The further research will be devoted to investigating methodology of quantitative measurement of environmental policy convergence results by using methods of economic and mathematical analysis. 

Keywords: environmental policy convergence, harmonization, imposition, diffusion, transnational communication, regulatory competition, organizational frame

JEL Classification: F29, F42, O19.

Cite as: Orlovska, Ju. & Vovk, M. (2014). Organizational frame of environmental policy convergence of Ukraine with EU. Marketing and Management of Innovations, 4, 173-181. https://doi.org/10.21272/mmi.2014.4-20

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