ANALYSIS OF THE INNOVATIVE ECOSYSTEM OF UKRAINE AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL

Recovery of the economic system of Ukraine on the basics of innovation — the main strategic tasks of today. The strategy of innovative development of Ukraine for the period up to 2030 will be implemented through low entry. The results of the implementation of the strategy will be an increase in the share of innovative products in the GDP of the country. Activation of the processes of innovation development within the framework of the national innovation system will help reach the goal. The basis of innovative transformations is the development of an innovative ecosystem on the national and regional level. Analysis and development of recommendations for optimizing the functioning of regional innovation ecosystems are important tasks for today. This article is dedicated to the analysis of the development of the innovative ecosystem of Ukraine on the regional level. The article analyzes the understanding of the innovation ecosystem. The innovation ecosystem is a combination of the state, business and research environment, organizational, regulatory, educational, methodological and financial resources and the introduction of a knowledge transfer mechanism for transformation into innovative products. The methodological basis for the selection of clusters according to the level of development of regional innovative ecosystems is substantiated in the article. The procedure of cluster analysis of the regions of Ukraine was carried out. The analysis procedure includes the observation of 9 analytical blocks, like warehouse regional innovative ecosystems. As a result of the development of the author's methodology, 6 clusters of regional innovation ecosystems have been established from the standpoint to the level of innovation activity. Leader regions and regions with a low level of innovation ecosystem development are identified. The city of Kiev has become a leader in the development of an innovative ecosystem of the region. A region with a low level of development of a regional innovative ecosystem is Volyn.