METHODOLOGY OF FORMING THE EQUABLE INNOVATIVE COUNTRY'S LANDSCAPE (BY EXAMPLE OF UKRAINE)

Authors of the scientific article have pointed out that today the innovative component of any economy is a fundamental element for building its sustainable competitiveness. The authors proved the problem of unequaled of innovative landscape in Ukraine. To do this, a comparative analysis of the Ukraine's regions has been suggested. Next indicators were analyzed: sales of innovative products and the number of created new scientific and technical developments. Conducted analysis gave the possibility to highlight regions, which are leaders of innovative development. The authors have proposed to establish an effective structure of innovative management in the country, using of the existing network of regional centers of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) of Ukraine and the Ministry of Education and Science (MES) of Ukraine, as the existing structure is inefficient. To make geographical reformatting of regional scientific centers' structure, the authors proposed a methodology for calculating the strength of innovative attraction of Ukraine's regions. Conducted calculations allowed allocating of nation-wide regions, which are innovative centers of gravitation and regions that should be joined to this centers. By authors, proposed system of geographical reformatting of the structure of scientific NAS and MES centers in Ukraine will provide an effective structure that will be an instrument for combining science, education and production in Ukraine in order to foster innovative activity in the country.