PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION MECHANISMS IN THE FIELD OF STANDARDIZATION
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.31470/2786-6246-2025-14-6-16Keywords:
public administration, public administration mechanisms, components of public service, national standardization, digitization, regulatory policy, institutional coordination, harmonization of standards, national standardization of services, goods, products, technologies, public administration mechanisms in the field of national standardization system formation, public-private partnership, formation of national standards, strategic managementAbstract
Relevance of the study is determined by the growing role of standardization as an instrument of public policy under conditions of regulatory transformation, European integration, and the need to enhance the competitiveness of the national economy. In contemporary governance systems, standardization goes beyond a purely technical domain and increasingly functions as a mechanism for coordinating economic and social processes, which necessitates a scientific analysis of public administration mechanisms regulating its development.
The purpose of the article is to theoretically substantiate and systematize public administration mechanisms in the field of standardization in order to identify priority directions for their improvement in the context of modern regulatory changes and deeper integration into the international and European normative framework.
Research methods are based on the application of general scientific and special methods, including analysis and synthesis, abstraction and generalization, the systems and institutional approaches, as well as comparative analysis of international and national practices of public administration in the field of standardization.
Research results demonstrate the system-forming role of public administration mechanisms in ensuring the effectiveness of standardization processes and their impact on socio-economic development. It is established that the effectiveness of standardization is determined not by the formal number of adopted standards but by the quality of administrative mechanisms supporting their development, coordination, and implementation. The main scientific and practical problems of these mechanisms are identified, including institutional fragmentation, regulatory inconsistency, and insufficient involvement of stakeholders. Practical recommendations aimed at improving public administration mechanisms in the field of standardization in line with international and European approaches are substantiated.
Conclusions indicate that a strategically oriented model of public administration in standardization is capable of ensuring regulatory predictability, reducing transaction costs, and increasing trust in standards as an instrument of public policy and economic coordination.
Prospects for further research include the development of quantitative indicators to assess the effectiveness of public administration mechanisms in standardization, analysis of sector-specific impacts of standards, and investigation of the role of digitalization in transforming standardization processes in Ukraine.
References
Oliinyk, N. (2025). Poniatiino-katehorialnyi aparat doslidzhennia mekhanizmiv publichnoho upravlinnia u sferi formuvannia systemy natsionalnoi standartyzatsii [Conceptual and categorical framework for studying public administration mechanisms in the field of forming the national standardization system]. Publichne upravlinnia: kontseptsii, paradyhma, rozvytok, udoskonalennia – Public Administration: Concepts, Paradigm, Development, Improvement, 11, 100–107. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31470/2786-6246-2025-11-100-107 [in Ukrainian].
Lapychak, N. (2024). Zasady udoskonalennia systemy standartyzatsii y sertyfikatsii produktsii: mekhanizmy derzhavnoho upravlinnia [Principles of improving the system of standardization and certification of products: public administration mechanisms]. Mechanism of an Economic Regulation – Mechanism of Economic Regulation, 2(104), 88–91. DOI: https://doi.org/10.32782/mer.2024.104.13 [in Ukrainian].
Ivaniuta, P. (2022). KSU (kompleksna systema upravlinnia) na suchasnomu stani rozvytku derzhavnoho upravlinnia v Ukraini [Integrated management system at the current stage of public administration development in Ukraine]. Naukovyi visnyk Vinnytskoi akademii bezperervnoi osvity – Scientific Bulletin of Vinnytsia Academy of Continuing Education. Series: Ecology. Public Administration, 1, 34–42. DOI: https://doi.org/10.32782/2786-5681-2022-1.05 [in Ukrainian].
Kovalevska, I. (2021). Standartyzatsiia yak instrument derzhavnoho upravlinnia turystychnoiu diialnistiu v suchasnykh umovakh [Standardization as a tool of public administration of tourism activities in modern conditions]. Ekonomika ta suspilstvo – Economy and Society, 33. DOI: https://doi.org/10.32782/2524-0072/2021-33-41 [in Ukrainian].
Terentieva, A.V. (2020). Doslidzhenist problemy standartyzatsii pryiniattia upravlinskykh rishen v umovakh nadzvychainykh sytuatsii [Research coverage of the problem of standardization of managerial decision-making in emergency conditions]. Naukovyi visnyk: Derzhavne upravlinnia – Scientific Bulletin: Public Administration, 2(4), 340–355. DOI: https://doi.org/10.32689/2618-0065-2020-2(4)-340-355 [in Ukrainian].
Nepomniashchyi, O.M., & Marusheva, O.A. (2021). Kontrol i nahliad u systemi derzhavnoho upravlinnia ekonomikoiu [Control and supervision in the system of public administration of the economy]. Pravo ta derzhavne upravlinnia – Law and Public Administration, 3, 44–51. DOI: https://doi.org/10.32840/pdu.2021.3.7 [in Ukrainian].
Lee, J. (2024). Behind and beyond the standard(ization) trap: diversifying power sources by differentiating centralization and standardization. International Review of Public Administration, 29(1), 1–19. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/12294659.2024.2310899 [in English].
Lanaj, M. (2024). Effort for standardization of public administration with European principles and criteria. European Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences, 3, 35–44. DOI: https://doi.org/10.29013/EJHSS-24-3-35-44 [in English].
Guogis, A., et al. (2024). Public administration modernization: regularities of normative concept application. Eastern-European Journal of Enterprise Technologies, 13. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15587/1729-4061.2024.304594 [in English].
Hildreth, W.B. (2021). Handbook of public administration. Routledge. 349 p. Retrived from: https://files.znu.edu.ua/files/Bibliobooks/Inshi72/0053215.pdf [in English].
Rosenbloom, D.H., Kravchuk, R.S., & Clerkin, R.M. (2022). Public administration: Understanding management, politics, and law in the public sector. Routledge. 660 p. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003198116 [in English].
Tan, E., Mahula, S., & Crompvoets, J. (2022). Blockchain governance in the public sector: A conceptual framework for public management. Government Information Quarterly, 39(1), Article 101625. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.giq.2021.101625 [in English].
Capano, G., & Howlett, M. (2021). Causal logics and mechanisms in policy design: how and why adopting a mechanistic perspective can improve policy design. Public Policy and Administration, 36(2), 141–162. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0952076719827068 [in English].
International Organization for Standardization. (2024). ISO 50001 – Energy management systems. International Organization for Standardization. Retrived from https://www.iso.org/iso-50001-energy-management.html [in English].
European Commission. (2024). The New Approach and the Global Approach to technical harmonisation and standards. European Commission. Retrived from https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/single-market/european-standards/harmonised-standards/new-approach_en [in English].
European Commission. (2025). European standards. European Commission. Retrived from https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/single-market/goods/european-standards_en [in English].
International Organization for Standardization. (2025). What are standards? International Organization for Standardization. Retrived from https://www.iso.org/standards.html [in English].
International Organization for Standardization. (2019). Standards and economic growth: ISO members’ analyses on the impact of standards on their national economies. International Organization for Standardization. Retrived from https://www.iso.org/files/live/sites/isoorg/files/store/en/PUB100456.pdf [in English].
Ministry of Economy of Ukraine. (2015). Natsionalnyi orhan standartyzatsii [National standardization body]. Retrived from https://me.gov.ua/documents/detail?id=2bf5371d-79eb-4a92-8117-27f19ac3bb18&lang=uk-UA [in Ukrainian].
Diia.Business. (2025). De znaity aktualnu informatsiiu shchodo natsionalnykh standartiv [Where to find up-to-date information on national standards]. Retrived from https://business.diia.gov.ua/entrepreneur-handbook/item/de-znayti-aktualnu-informaciyu-schodo-nacionalnih-standartiv [in Ukrainian].
