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1 Ivano-Frankivsk Law Institute of National University "Odesa Law Academy ", Ukraine (corresponding author)
E-mail: savchukrom@ukr.net
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3336-6565
2 National University "Odesa Law Academy ", Ukraine
E-mail: bilous200@ukr.net
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5343-3756

DOI: https://doi.org/10.30525/2256-0742/2022-8-4-122-130

INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT FOR THE REGULATION  
OF SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY IN THE CONTEXT OF DIGITALIZATION

Roman Savchuk1, Tetiana Bilous-Osin2

Abstract. The subject of the study is the principles of the use of information and telecommunication technologies  
in the regulation of public relations in the field of scientific activity in terms of institutional support. Methodology. 
General scientific methods were used in the research process. The method of comparison was used in the selection 
and grouping of international standards related to the field of digital transformation. The analysis identified 
quantitative and qualitative parameters that characterize the specifics of the management activities of the  
Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, the Ministry of Science and Education of Ukraine, the Ministry of Digital 
Transformation of Ukraine in modern conditions. Induction and deduction were used to determine approaches 
to the main dominants of the main areas of activity of central executive bodies in the field of scientific activity.  
The results of the study showed that the introduction and use of digital technologies in the field of scientific  
activity is a natural and necessary phenomenon, which is an integral element of the functioning of public 
authorities, creates conditions for the effective exercise of their powers, and contributes to the public interest 
in general. Conclusion. The characteristic of the state of provision of the sphere of scientific activity in terms of 
digitization in the existing institutional mechanism is established. The system of entities that are empowered in 
the field of scientific activity and / or authorized to use information and telecommunication means in the field 
of scientific activity is distinguished. The formation of science that stimulates the socio-economic development  
of the state was defined, achieved and tested through: the launch of the Telegram-bot "Info Science Bot", conducting 
free webinars in Ukrainian by Clarivate, opening of the ERA4Ukraine portal to provide information and support 
services to Ukrainian scientists, Ukraine's membership in the COST Association for the Financing of Innovation and 
Research Networks, implementation of the project "Advisory Fund to Support the EU-Ukraine Association", etc.

Key words: the field of science, legal influence, public administration, digital technologies, institutional support, 
management entities, "E-Science" project.

JEL Classification: H83, O14

1. Introduction
Regardless of the sphere of social relations  

subject to legal influence, the choice of measures 
and areas of regulation will depend on existing  
globalization trends and international standards.  
One of such areas is digitalization, which transforms 
the usual ways of influence of power entities,  
methods of their activities, forms of consolidation of 
decisions. This thesis will be confirmed by interna-
tional standards in the field of digitalization in the 
public sector, namely: the provisions of the Okinawa 
Charter on the Global Information Society (2000),  
the Declaration on European Policy on New Infor-
mation Technologies (1999), the European Code of 
Electronic Communications (2018), the European 

Union Directive "On Measures for a High Common 
Level of Security of Network and Information  
Systems in the Union" (2016), etc. The sphere 
of scientific activity and its regulation, including 
the institutional level of support, has undergone 
appropriate adjustments, which is partly due to the 
inclusion of the scientific environment of Ukraine  
in the single European space. At the same time, 
any applied innovations are implemented against 
the background of revision of the initial theoretical 
postulates of public administration and regulation.  
At the same time, one of the central categories by  
which the managerial influence and the way of 
organizing social relations is interpreted is the  
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Given the challenges of today, it is important to 

identify the possibilities of using digital tools for the 
organization of scientific activities. Thus, the key 
problems in the field of scientific activity, which can 
be solved with the help of digital tools, and which  
were identified by the Ministry of Education and  
Science of Ukraine (hereinafter – the Ministry of 
Education and Science of Ukraine), are as follows:  
lack of up-to-date and reliable information about 
scientific and pedagogical and scientific workers for 
making managerial decisions; bureaucratization of 
internal document flow processes of institutions and 
educational and scientific institutions; insufficient 
transparency in the distribution of research funding 
for Ukrainian scientists; inaccessibility of scientific 
resources and digital infrastructures; absence of 
effective electronic reporting systems in educational 
and scientific institutions (Project Concept of Digital 
Transformation of Education and Science for the period 
until 2026, 2022).

At the same time, the phenomenon of outflow of 
scientific potential abroad has become permanent.  
This is, among other things, due to the level of 
provision of the material and technical base of  
scientific institutions and higher education institu- 
tions. Thus, over the past five years, the number 
of researchers in Ukraine has almost halved: from  
101,440 people in 2014 to 51,121 people in 2019.  
In the total number of employed population in 2018, 
the share of scientists was 0.54 percent, including 
researchers – 0.35 percent (On Approval of the Concept  
of the State Target Program for the Development of  
Research Infrastructures in Ukraine for the period up  
to 2026 2021).

Therefore, the purpose of the study is to determine 
the state of institutional support for the regulation of 
scientific activity, taking into account the capabilities 
of digitalization tools by analyzing: a) the role of 
information and telecommunication technologies 
in the field of scientific activity; b) the status of the  
Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, individual  
ministries and other authorized entities that regulate 
the sphere of scientific activity.

2. Information and telecommunication 
technologies in the field of scientific activity 
and their institutional support

Regardless of the type of social relations in the 
field of scientific activity, public administration in  
this area should be carried out taking into account  
the concept of digitalization. The idea of using 
information and telecommunication technologies in 
the sphere of scientific activity streamlining became 
vividly expressed with the adoption of the Resolution 
of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine "Some issues  
of digital transformation" (2021). Accordingly, the  

idea of digital transformation in the chosen field is 
reflected through: a) the creation of an information 
system designed for competitive funding of scientific 
research; b) the creation of an electronic system of  
access to existing scientific information resources, an 
electronic scientific information system; c) creation 
of a register of Ukrainian research infrastructures; 
d) development of the Ukrainian Science Citation 
Index; e) creation of an electronic system for awarding 
academic degrees and academic titles; f ) moderni-
zation of the systems of submission of documents and 
state certification of scientific institutions and higher 
education institutions in terms of their scientific 
activities; g) ensuring the development of the  
repository of academic texts and connecting local 
repositories to it.

Analysis of the report of the Ministry of  
Education and Culture for 2020 shows the urgency 
of increasing public investment in research and  
innovation and creating demand for innovation 
(Pysarenko, Kuranda, Kvasha, 2021: 33). The idea  
of using information and telecommunication 
technologies in the field of streamlining scientific 
activities has received a vivid expression with 
the adoption of the Resolution of the Cabinet of  
Ministers of Ukraine "Some Issues of Digital 
Transformation" dated February 17, 2021 No. 365. 
Accordingly, the idea of digital transformation in the 
field of science is reflected in: 1) automation of the 
admission campaign; organization of recruitment 
and training (internships) of foreigners and stateless  
persons; ordering educational documents and annexes 
to them of the European standard; introduction of 
electronic licensing; modernization of the Unified 
State Electronic Database on Education; creation 
and modernization of a unified electronic system for 
monitoring the employment of graduates; 2) creation  
of an information system designed for competitive 
funding of scientific research; creation of an electronic 
system of access to existing scientific information 
resources, an electronic system of scientific 
information; creation of a register of Ukrainian  
research infrastructures; development of the  
Ukrainian scientific citation index; creation of an 
electronic system for awarding academic degrees 
and academic titles; modernization of the systems of 
submission of documents and state certification of 
scientific institutions and higher education institutions 
in terms of their scientific activities; ensuring the 
development of the repository of academic texts  
and connecting local repositories to it.

It should be noted that the use of information  
and telecommunication technologies in the regulation 
of social relations in the field of education indirectly 
affects the implementation of scientific activities. 
However, such aspects as: automation of the  
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and training (internships) of foreigners and stateless  
persons, ordering of educational documents 
and annexes to them of the European standard, 
modernization of the Unified State Electronic  
Database on Education, creation and modernization 
of a unified electronic system for monitoring the 
employment of graduates (in the future this direction 
will be called "E-University "), will not apply to the 
digitalization of public administration in the field of 
scientific activity.

Establishing the state of provision of the sphere of 
scientific activity in terms of digitization should be 
based on the existing institutional mechanism and 
administrative tools used by authorized entities.

The entities authorized in the field of scientific 
activity and / or allowed to use information and 
telecommunication means in the field of scientific 
activity are proposed to include the following:
1) state executive authorities: Cabinet of Ministers 
of Ukraine and its advisory bodies (National Council 
of Ukraine for the Development of Science and 
Technology), Ministry of Education and Science 
of Ukraine, Ministry of Digital Transformation of  
Ukraine, other central executive authorities, local 
executive authorities;
2) subjects of delegated powers: scientific institutions, 
scientific (scientific, scientific-technical, technical) 
council of a scientific institution, expert group 
for evaluation of the effectiveness of scientific  
institutions, scientific self-governing organizations 
(National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, national 
branch academies of sciences), public scientific 
organizations, regional scientific centers;
3) local self-government bodies;
4) other entities that are not classified as public 
authorities (for example, the President of Ukraine,  
the educational ombudsman).

Consider separately the applied role of some 
subjects in the introduction of the latest technologies 
in scientific activity, which is reflected in certain 
legal forms (doctrinally can be used as a synonym 
for the concepts of "form of public administration",  
"instrument of public administration"). It is an  
external expression of homogeneous in nature and 
legal nature groups of actions of public administration 
entities, which are implemented within the  
competence defined by law in order to achieve the 
desired legally significant result (Averyanov, 2004: 169).

3. The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine  
as a subject of regulation of the sphere  
of scientific activity

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine is a subject 
of general competence, which ensures the implemen-
tation of state policy in the relevant spheres of public 
and state life, the implementation of the Constitution 

and laws of Ukraine, acts of the President of  
Ukraine, observance of human and civil rights and 
freedoms (About the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, 
2014). The sphere of scientific activity is no exception.  
In detail, the powers of the highest central executive  
body in the field of scientific activity are contained 
in Article 41 of the Law of Ukraine "On Scientific 
and Scientific-Technical Activity " (2015). It 
seems possible to group the powers of the Cabinet 
of Ministers of Ukraine in the following areas:  
1) political (implementation of the state scientific 
and technical policy, development and strengthening 
of the scientific and technical potential of Ukraine); 
2) organizational (ensuring the development and 
implementation of state targeted scientific and 
scientific-technical programs, ensuring the interaction 
of central executive bodies with the National Council 
of Ukraine for the Development of Science and 
Technology); 3) regulatory and legal (approval 
of state target scientific and scientific-technical  
programs, adoption of normative acts related to the 
use of digital technologies); 4) personnel (approval 
of the personnel of the National Council of Ukraine  
for the Development of Science and Technology,  
which is approved by the Chairman of the National 
Research Foundation of Ukraine); 5) representative 
(negotiating and signing international treaties of 
Ukraine, in accordance with the powers granted).  
In addition, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine 
exercises constant control over the implementation  
of the Constitution of Ukraine and other acts of 
legislation of Ukraine by executive bodies, takes 
measures to eliminate shortcomings in the work of  
these bodies.

With regard to the introduction of the latest 
technologies in scientific activities, within the powers 
available to the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine,  
the main role is assigned to the adoption of regulatory 
legal acts on: a) the use of digital technologies of 
a general nature; b) the use of digital technologies  
directly in the field of scientific activity.

In the first case, for example, we are talking about: 
approval of the Concept for the Development of 
e-Governance in Ukraine (2017), intensification of 
the activities of units for digital development, digital 
transformation and digitalization operating at central 
and local executive authorities, Kyiv and Sevastopol 
city state administrations (Some issues of the activities of 
units for digital development, digital transformation and 
digitalization of central and local executive authorities 
and deputy heads of central executive authorities, regional, 
Kyiv and Sevastopol city state administrations on digital 
development, digital transformation and digitalization, 
2020), application of the principles of the state policy 
of digital development by executive authorities in the 
process of preparing drafts of new regulatory legal 
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digital technologies (Some issues of digital development, 
2019), the allocation of digital competencies and  
their implementation in the educational process in 
order to improve the quality and development of all 
spheres of public life, etc. (Concept of development of 
digital competences, 2021)

Regarding the introduction of digital technologies 
directly into the sphere of scientific activity, the 
Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved a number 
of progressive changes. For example, the relevant  
resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of 
Ukraine provides for the use of information 
and telecommunication means when holding a  
competition for vacant scientific positions in a state 
scientific institution: the announcement of the 
competition with information on the conditions 
of its holding is placed on specialized Internet  
resources, published on the official website of the  
state scientific institution; documents for the  
competition can be submitted by e-mail; information 
on the results of the competition is subject to 
mandatory publication on the official website of the 
state scientific institution (On Approval of the Standard 
Regulation on the Procedure of Competition for Vacant 
Scientific Positions of the State Scientific Institution, 
2018). A similar conclusion can be drawn in the  
aspect of analysis of the regulation of the mechanism  
of formation and use of funds provided for the  
National Research Fund in the state budget under 
the program "Ensuring the activities of the National 
Research Fund, grant support for scientific research  
and scientific and technical (experimental) 
developments". Accordingly, the budget funds are 
envisaged, among other things, for the purchase, 
creation, operation and technical support of the  
official website of the Fund, software for the  
formation of an electronic database of experts who 
carry out the examination of projects submitted for 
the competition, an electronic information system 
for the submission and processing of such projects,  
an electronic database of research and development 
funded or financed by the Fund (On Approval of  
the Procedure for Formation and Use of Funds of the 
National Research Fund of Ukraine, 2019).

The influence of the Cabinet of Ministers of 
Ukraine on the reform of public relations in the field 
of scientific activity in the direction of digitalization is 
expressed in the relevant draft legal acts. For example, 
the Government of Ukraine has developed a draft 
resolution "On Approval of the Regulation on the 
National Electronic System of Scientific Information" 
(2021), which was submitted for public discussion on 
October 22, 2021. In general, the national electronic 
scientific and information system is a multifunctional 
tool for organizing scientific activities based on the use 
of information and telecommunication technologies, 
which will ensure the collection, formation, processing, 

storage, use of data and information on: registration 
procedures of scientific institutions supported by 
the state and scientific objects of national heritage; 
procedures for state accreditation of individuals and 
legal entities for the right to conduct scientific and 
scientific-technical expertise; electronic catalogues 
of scientific libraries; procedures for certification of 
researchers and state certification of higher education 
institutions in terms of their scientific (scientific and 
technical) activities; registration of scientific and 
scientific-practical events; registration of professional 
publications, etc. However, as of today, these  
provisions have not become binding. First of all, this 
is due to the fact that some of the above-mentioned 
registers are not available in paper form, and given  
the digitalization of certain aspects of scientific  
activity, there are no comprehensive requirements  
for their standardization.

It is appropriate to pay attention to the draft  
decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine 
"On Approval of the National Action Plan for the 
Implementation of the Principles of Open Science 
for the Period up to 2030" (2022), which outlines the 
following areas of science development in Ukraine:
1) ensuring open access to scientific results and 
scientific and technical information by implementing 
the following measures: placing in the public  
domain scientific results and scientific and technical 
information obtained during the implementation of 
fundamental and applied scientific research funded 
from the budget; regulating the mechanisms of 
registration and accounting of research, development 
and dissertations using an electronic system with 
remote access; implementation of the strategy 
for the implementation of open access; ensuring 
access of higher education institutions and scientific  
institutions to international electronic databases 
of scientific information at the expense of the 
budget; development of mechanisms to stimulate 
the registration of Ukrainian scientific publications 
(journals) in international databases of open access 
journals; conducting a comprehensive analysis of the 
legal basis for placing monographs in open access;
2) ensuring open access to research infrastructure, 
which is ensured, among other things, by approving 
the concept of state policy for the development of 
e-infrastructures;
3) creation of conditions for effective work with 
scientific and technical information and objects of 
research infrastructure that are in the public domain, 
which should be achieved in the following ways: 
by improving legislation in accordance with the  
standards and norms of the European Union in terms  
of applying the principles of good management 
of scientific data (FAIR principles) and the use of  
optimized scientific data (FAIR data); ensuring 
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in international data storage systems; ensuring data 
exchange with EU countries, in particular through 
integration into European data spaces; creation 
of a single database on the results of scientific and  
scientific-technical activities;
4) popularization of science, dissemination of  
scientific knowledge and involvement of citizens 
in scientific and scientific-technical activities by 
conducting information and communication 
campaigns to promote scientific achievements among 
the population, informing about the possibilities of 
using scientific achievements in professional activities 
and everyday life, etc.

The proposals contained in the draft order are 
progressive and cover all priority areas of scientific 
activity development in terms of the use of digital 
technologies. Therefore, their regulatory approval as 
mandatory seems urgent.

Special attention should be paid to the entity that 
promotes the introduction of the latest technologies  
in scientific activities – the National Council of  
Ukraine for the Development of Science and 
Technology, which is at the same time a permanent 
advisory body established under the Cabinet of 
Ministers of Ukraine to ensure effective interaction of 
representatives of the scientific community, executive 
authorities and the real sector of the economy in 
the formation and implementation of a unified state  
policy in the field of scientific and scientific-technical 
activity (Regulations on the National Council of  
Ukraine on Science and Technology Development, 2017).

At first glance, the optional nature of this body 
does not have a pronounced practical significance,  
but the involvement of experts in the scientific field  
and practitioners in solving the problems of the  
scientific sector creates a flexible mechanism for 
implementing urgent changes. Among such priority 
innovations should be the dissemination of the  
practice of using digital technologies in scientific 
activities through 1) preparation and submission of 
proposals for the formation of the principles of state 
policy in the field of scientific and scientific-technical 
activity, determination of priority areas of science 
development and measures for their implementation; 
2) preparation of proposals for the integration of 
national science into the world scientific space and the 
European research area, taking into account national 
interests; 3) providing conclusions on draft concepts 
of state target scientific and scientific-technical 
programs and projects of such programs; 4) providing 
recommendations on the formation of the state  
budget in terms of determining the total amount 
of funding for scientific activities; 5) preparation 
of an annual report on the state and prospects of  
development of the sphere of scientific activity,  
as well as on the state of implementation by Ukraine 
of the priorities of the European Research Area and 

submission of proposals for their implementation 
plan for the next year; 6) initiation and ordering of 
forecast and analytical studies in the field of science 
and scientific expertise of decisions of central 
executive authorities related to the scientific sphere; 
7) development of proposals for the creation of 
mechanisms for commercialization of research results, 
etc. Analytical reporting on the activities of the  
National Council of Ukraine on the Development 
of Science and Technology shows that this body 
pays attention to the importance of using digital  
technologies in the field of scientific activity.  
In particular, this concerns the recommendations 
on Ukraine's accession to the European Research 
Area, namely the European Open Science Cloud,  
participation in the EU program for research 
and innovation "Horizon Europe", creation of a 
legal framework for Ukraine's participation in the  
European Research Infrastructure Consortia (ERIC), 
recognition of priority areas for Ukraine and joining  
the EU program "COST" (Minutes No. 3 of the meeting  
of the National Council of Ukraine on Science and 
Technology Development, 2019).

4. The role of individual ministries as subjects 
of regulation of the sphere of scientific activity

The legal status of the Ministry of Education and 
Science of Ukraine (hereinafter – the Ministry of 
Education and Science of Ukraine) is a multidimen-
sional characteristic of the position occupied by 
this central body of state executive power in the 
organization of regulation of public relations and  
in the system of state authorities as a whole. The 
functioning of the Ministry of Education and Culture 
of Ukraine in the field of science is aimed at the proper 
regulation of social relations related to scientific 
activity, which is achieved by performing such tasks as: 
formation and ensuring the implementation of state 
policy in the field of science, scientific and scientific-
technical activity, innovative activity in these areas, 
transfer (transfer) of technologies, as well as ensuring 
the formation and implementation of state policy  
in the field of state supervision (control) over the 
activities of entities engaged in activities related to the 
provision of services in the field of science, regardless 
of their subordination and forms of ownership  
(On Approval of the Regulation on the Ministry of 
Education and Science of Ukraine, 2014).

The powers of the Ministry of Education and  
Science of Ukraine in the field of scientific activity, 
depending on their content, should be classified  
as follows (On Scientific and Scientific-Technical  
Activity, 2015): 
– organizational and administrative (e.g., ensuring 
the development of the national system of scientific 
and technical information, management of the 



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system of scientific and scientific-technical expertise, 
management of the system of state certification of 
scientific institutions on the basis of the principles 
developed by the National Council of Ukraine for  
the Development of Science and Technology);
– coordination (e.g., elaboration of the principles 
of scientific and scientific-technical development of 
Ukraine and submission of relevant proposals to the 
Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the President 
of Ukraine, interaction with the National Council 
of Ukraine for the Development of Science and 
Technology, coordination of implementation by other 
central executive authorities, the National Academy 
of Sciences of Ukraine and national branch academies  
of sciences of the state policy in the field of scientific  
and scientific-technical activity, development 
together with the National Council of Ukraine  
for the Development of Science and Technology  
of the state policy in the field of scientific and  
scientific-technical activity);
– globalization-oriented (for example, ensuring 
the integration of national science into the world  
scientific space and the European research space 
with the preservation and protection of national  
priorities, coordination of international scientific  
and technical cooperation, development of draft 
interstate programs to ensure the implementation of 
international agreements in the field of scientific and 
scientific-technical activities);
– auxiliary (for example, the formation of the subject 
of the state order for the most important scientific  
and technical (experimental) developments and 
scientific and technical products, financial support 
for the implementation of the state order for the most 
important scientific and technical (experimental) 
developments and scientific and technical products, 
financial support for scientific and scientific and 
technical activities of higher education institutions  
that belong to the sphere of its management);
– control and supervision (for example, approval of 
the procedure for the formation of the list of scientific 
professional publications of Ukraine, approval and 
cancellation of the decision of specialized academic 
councils on awarding a degree to an applicant.

Institutionalization as a priority goal – the use 
of digital technologies in the field of science – is of 
great importance in the activities of the Ministry of  
Education and Culture of Ukraine. Currently, this 
goal is achieved through the recognition of the main 
goals in the field of regulation of scientific activity –  
the formation of science that stimulates the socio-
economic development of the state (Action plan of 
the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine for 
2021, 2021). Under such conditions, the Directorate 
of Digital Transformation, which is an independent 
structural unit of the Ministry of Education and  
Culture of Ukraine, will need to reformulate a number  

of established principles of work, which is a practical 
basis for further research on the selected issues. 
Among the priority tasks of the Digital Transfor- 
mation Directorate, for example, is to ensure the 
formation of state policy based on a constant analysis 
of the state of affairs in the field of digital transfor-
mation and digital development of science by  
finding alternative solutions to existing problems; 
monitoring and evaluation of the results of the 
implementation of state policy in the field of digital 
transformation and digital development of science, etc. 
(Bilous-Osin, 2021: 26)

Institutionalization as a priority goal – the use 
of digital technologies in the field of science – is of 
great importance in the activities of the Ministry of 
Education and Culture of Ukraine. Currently, this 
goal is achieved through the recognition of the main 
goals in the field of regulation of scientific activity –  
the formation of science that stimulates the socio- 
economic development of the state (On Approval  
of the Decree of the President of Ukraine "On the  
Introduction of Martial Law in Ukraine", 2022; On 
the Legal Regime of Martial Law, 2015). Projects and 
initiatives of the Ministry of Education and Culture 
of Ukraine aimed at supporting science in these  
conditions are positive. However, most of these 
innovations are based on the use of, for example,  
digital technologies:

– the Telegram-bot "Info Science Bot" was 
launched, which provides: prompt informing of 
scientists, innovators about modern opportunities for  
scientists, current news and diplomatic steps of the 
authorities and the scientific community to counter 
Russian aggression, as well as sanctions against the 
Russian Federation imposed by our international 
partners; information on opportunities for scientists 
from foreign universities in scientific institutions 
regarding grant support, mobility and temporary 
employment (Official website of the Ministry of  
Education and Science);
– free webinars in Ukrainian were held by Clarivate  
on scientometrics and bibliometrics, which will 
consider the peculiarities of publishing the results  
of scientific activities of scientists in publications 
indexed by the Web of Science database, the  
possibility of using Web of Science and platform tools 
(Official website of the Ministry of Education and Science);
– The European Commission has launched the 
ERA4Ukraine portal to provide information and 
support services to Ukrainian researchers who are 
 forced to go abroad due to the war. The portal brings 
together initiatives at the level of the EU, individual 
countries and non-governmental institutions. 
The portal contains information on: recognition 
of diplomas, current vacancies, social assistance,  
housing offers for scientists and their families (Official 
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– Ukraine became a member of the COST Association 
of Innovation Funding and Research Networks.  
Among the strategic priorities of COST are the 
following: promoting and disseminating cutting-
edge science and best practices, empowering and  
supporting young innovators and researchers, 
promoting interdisciplinary research for breakthrough 
science. In addition, membership in this organization 
provides an opportunity to join COST Actions  
research networks, which offer an open space for 
international cooperation of scientists, as well as give 
impetus to the progress of innovation and research 
(Official website of the Ministry of Education and Science);
– the project "Advisory Fund to Support the EU- 
Ukraine Association", which is implemented in  
Ukraine by the federal company Deutsche Gesell- 
schaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) 
GmbH on behalf of the Federal Ministry for  
Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), 
has started its work. In general, it is an online  
platform for communication and effective interaction 
between representatives of business and the  
scientific community, which aims to achieve scientific 
results by business and realize the potential of  
scientists (Project "Advisory Fund to Support the 
EU-Ukraine Association").

Thus, the Ministry of Education and Culture of 
Ukraine is a specially authorized entity that has the 
necessary powers to regulate the sphere of scientific 
activity, taking into account the spread of digital 
technologies.

Particular attention should be paid to the Ministry  
of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, whose 
competence is primarily aimed at digital development 
of regulation of public relations, dissemination of 
the latest technologies in various spheres of public 
relations, formation of the state policy of digitalization 
in general and digital development (with an  
emphasis on the formation of digital skills and digital 
rights of citizens). Among the priority tasks of the 
Ministry of Digital Transformation, a prominent  
place is given to the implementation of measures  
aimed at forming high-quality methods of 
electronic interaction of state electronic information 
resources and an integrated approach to electronic 
identification; preparation of the legal framework 
for digital transformation; formation of the state 
policy of cryptographic and technical protection of 
information, cybersecurity; ensuring the introduction 
of virtual assets, blockchain and tokenization,  
artificial intelligence, etc. (Questions of the Ministry of 
Digital Transformation, 2019)

The adaptation of digital tools to the sphere 
of scientific activity is relatively slow. The project  
"Digital Transformation of Funding and Services in 
Science (E-science)" announced by the Ministry of 
Digital Transformation of Ukraine aims to: create 

electronic systems that will reflect the funding of 
scientific research; providing access to scientific 
digital services; introduction of a register of research 
infrastructures; formation of an electronic system for 
awarding degrees and academic titles; creation of an 
electronic mechanism for certification of scientific 
institutions, as well as the formation of a repository 
of academic texts (Projects of digital transformation). 
To implement the E-Science project, the Ministry of 
Digital Transformation of Ukraine cooperates with  
the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, 
which is a sustainable approach to the work of  
the relevant central executive authorities.

5. Conclusions
The study found that the state of provision of 

the sphere of scientific activity in the conditions 
of digitalization should be based on the existing 
institutional mechanism and administrative tools  
used by authorized entities. The system of entities  
that are empowered in the field of scientific activity 
 and/or authorized to use information and 
telecommunication means in the field of scientific 
activity is distinguished. These include state  
executive authorities: Cabinet of Ministers of  
Ukraine and its advisory bodies (National Council 
of Ukraine for the Development of Science and 
Technology), Ministry of Education and Science 
of Ukraine, Ministry of Digital Transformation of  
Ukraine, other central executive authorities, local 
executive authorities; Subjects of delegated powers: 
scientific institutions, scientific (scientific, scientific-
technical, technical) council of a scientific institution, 
expert group for evaluation of the effectiveness 
of scientific institutions, scientific self-governing 
organizations (National Academy of Sciences of 
Ukraine, national branch academies of sciences), public 
scientific organizations, regional scientific centers; 
local self-government bodies; other entities that are 
not attributed to public authorities (for example,  
the President of Ukraine, the educational ombudsman).

The importance of adopting regulatory legal  
acts on: a) the use of digital technologies of a general 
nature; b) the use of digital technologies directly  
in the field of scientific activity, as tools for intro- 
ducing the latest technologies into scientific activity 
within the powers of the Cabinet of Ministers 
of Ukraine. Attention was drawn to the need for 
urgent regulatory approval as mandatory proposals  
contained in the draft acts of the Cabinet of  
Ministers of Ukraine.

The praxeological significance of the use of digital 
technologies in the field of science in the activities  
of the Ministry of Education and Science is  
determined. Today, this goal is achieved through the 
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of scientific activity – the formation of science that 
stimulates the socio-economic development of the 
state, which has been tested in practice: launching 
of the Telegram-bot "Info Science Bot", conducting  
of free webinars in Ukrainian by Clarivate on 
scientometrics and bibliometrics, opening of the 

ERA4Ukraine portal to provide information and 
support services to Ukrainian scientists, Ukraine's 
membership in the COST Association for Financing 
Innovation and Research Networks, implementation  
of the project "Advisory Fund for the Support of the  
EU-Ukraine Association", etc.

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Received on: 23th of September, 2022
Accepted on: 29th of October, 2022

Published on: 30th of November, 2022