Digital Transformation of Public Administration of the Donetsk Region Based on Smart Specialization

The article is devoted to the analysis of current measures of the process of digitalization of public services in the Donetsk region. The experience of implementing smart specialization technology in the practice of European Regional Development is analyzed in detail, and its compliance with the principles of strategic planning for regional development in the EU is determined. The role of "smart specialization" as a mandatory condition for regions to receive funds from European funds is noted. Attention is focused on a vertically oriented approach when choosing regional development priorities. The ambiguity of selective selection of regional development directions and the need to balance the interests of all territorial stakeholders are noted. Based on the assessments of the UNDP Development Program in Ukraine on the introduction of e-management tools for regional state administrations and compulsory health insurance of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, the analysis of problematic issues of digital transformation of public services and Electronic Document Management in state and local authorities was carried out. It is noted that the progressive Ukrainian scientific community is quite capable of generating ideas that will immediately be used by entrepreneurs, who, as employers, can form an educational request, thus ridding the labor market of specialists who do not have demand in the labor market. The need for urgent measures of the first stage of EDP implementation of e-governance in the Donetsk region is stated, in particular: development of a roadmap, identification of stakeholders and creation of innovative ecosystems, workshops where an analysis and joint vision of the development of priority start-specialization industries will be carried out. Systematic effective recommendations are given for the implementation of certain tasks of the corresponding operational goal of the Donetsk Region Development Strategy until 2027.