Improvement of the system of institutional support of sustainable environmental management of the Carpathian region and the Euroregion “Bug”

Oksana Drebot; Mariya Vysochanska; Andriy Gadzalo; Liudmyla  Sakharnatska; Yoshihiko Okabe

doi:10.51599/are.2022.08.01.01

Oksana Drebot Institute of Agroeсology and Environmental Management of NAAS https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2681-1074
Mariya Vysochanska Institute of Agroeсology and Environmental Management of NAAS https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2116-9991
Andriy Gadzalo Institute of Agriculture in the Carpathian region of NAAS https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0675-2831
Liudmyla Sakharnatska Uzhhorod National University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5863-4917
Yoshihiko Okabe Kobe Gakuin University https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6438-6908

DOI: https://doi.org/10.51599/are.2022.08.01.01

Keywords: cross-border cooperation, environmental protection, environmental management, Euroregion, institutional support, ecological-and-economic mechanism.

Abstract

Purpose. The aim of the study is to improve the organizational structure of institutional support of sustainable environmental management in the Carpathian region and the Euroregion “Bug”.

Methodology / approach. The general theoretical scientific methods, fundamental principles of environmental economics, cross-border cooperation, which are highlighted in the works of both Ukrainian and foreign scientists on economic problems of ensuring sustainable environmental management, were used as the methodological basis of the study. To perform the tasks, the following research methods were used: monographic (to study the principles of environmental management); system-structural (to study the essence and content of institutional support of sustainable environmental management); institutional (to assess the relationship and research the cross-effect between regional and local authorities); abstract-logical (theoretical and methodical generalizations and formulation of conclusions).

Results. The developed theoretical-and-methodological, and applied provisions for improving the system of institutional support of sustainable environmental management were logically brought to the level of specific proposals suitable for implementation into the practice of public administration and local government in the context of cross-border cooperation. It was proposed to develop the Concept of balanced development of cross-border and border regions for 2022–2026, highlighting the state of implementation of current tasks, prospects for projects, cross-border cooperation agreements, integration of border regions to the European information and intellectual domain as well as monitoring the state of their implementation in the future. All of that will provide an opportunity to get sustainable development and improvement of the reputation of the border areas of Ukraine from the ecological, economic, and social points of view.

Originality / scientific novelty. It was formed and scientifically substantiated from the standpoint of an integrated approach and synergistic effect, necessary strategic imperatives and preconditions for developing a strategy of cross-border cooperation between Ukraine and neighbouring countries on the terms of joint implementation of Strategies, programs, and agreements that correspond to the strategic directions of ecological, economic, and social development of each country and region, outline the needs and future goals of cross-border cooperation to avoid isolated development of only one of the parties in the context of cross-border and Euroregional cooperation.

Practical value / implications. A system model of institutional support for cross-border cooperation is developed, which interacts with elements of the internal and external environment in particular based on a single regulatory framework, which will serve as a doctrine of environmentally balanced development and will allow implementation in practice a comprehensive approach of solving environmental, economic and social transboundary problems and ensure environmental protection based on complementary requirements established in border and cross-border regions.

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