Normative-Legal Regulation of Clustering in Ukraine

The concept of clustering of the national economy as a process of creation clusters (their systems) and other network structures within the national economy of the country has been considered in the article, its importance for the development of the national economy (it provides increase of the competitiveness of the national economy, strengthening of its innovative component, improvement of the quality of education, coordination of interests power and business structures, etc.). According to the results of the study of the largest industrial clusters, the study of the problems of the clusterization of the national economy has been marked by the lack of normative-legal framework and the negative influence of the legislative factor on it. Legislation in the field of innovation (clusterization) is not systemic, it is dominated by numerous disparate sub-legal acts. The purpose of the paper is to determine the directions of development of the normative-legal field of clusterization and to formulate recommendations for its provision. As a result of research of the largest clusters, the underdevelopment of the legal and legislative field of clusterization and the negative influence of the legislative factor on it have been determined. The article contains recommendations on the development of the regulatory legal field of clusterization in four directions: the development (adoption) of separate laws and regulations, the definition of changes to the current legislation in the field of clusterization, the introduction of amendments to many normative legal acts, the effect of which is related to regulation of national economy, adherence to the norms of international law. Scientific novelty consists in systematization of approaches and directions of development of the legal and regulatory field of clusterization. The practical significance of the research carried out is to formulate practical recommendations aimed at developing a legal framework for clusterization, taking into account the existing world experience. The article proposes amendments to the Law of Ukraine «On Priority Areas of Innovation Activity in Ukraine» and «On Stimulating the Development of Regions» on the implementation of cluster policy. The adoption of the Law of Ukraine «On Innovative Structures» has been substantiated and it has been proposed to include clusters. In further research on the problem, modeling of clustering of the economy in the conditions of innovation development should be carried out.