Challenges to Science and Technology Development Policy in the European Integration Policy

This?article?focuses?on?presentday?aspects?of?Ukraine’s?science?and?technology?development?policy?in?light?of?international?phenomena?and?integration?reali?ties?observed?across?the?European?continent.?The?author?examines?unique?traits?and?practical?challenges?charac?terizing?an?expansion?of?Ukraine???EU?scientific?and?technological?cooperation?with?the?aim?of?improving?the?efficiency?of?Ukraine’s?national?economy?and?optimizing?its?international?dimension.?Special?attention?is?paid?to?problems?of?adapting?Ukraine’s?technological?policy?to?European?standards,?and?relevant?specific?proposals?are?formulated.?The?article?maintains?that?today’s?advances?in?informa?tion?technology?and?the?openness?of?national?economies?as?a?systemdeterminant?factor?of?models?of?international?cooperation?broaden?the?scope?of?information?technolo?gies.?Since?telecommunications?and?other?hitech?sectors?are?vibrantly?evolving?not?only?in?highly?industrialized?states?but?also?in?East?European?and?other?emerging?mar?ket?economies,?a?key?challenge?for?Ukraine?appears?to?be?lending?better?efficiency?and?productivity?to?its?na?tional?policy?of?introducing?information?technologies?into?its?socioeconomic?sphere.?The?article?provides?insight?into?the?international?ex?perience?of?the?creation?of?technoparks?and?demonstrates?the?necessity?of?applying?such?innovation?techniques?of?economic?development?to?Ukraine.