Ukraine’s priorities in developing innovation in the context of eurointegrative processes

In the article the author substantiates the need to pursue more energetically international innovative activity to raise the competitiveness of the national economy. Evaluating the current status of Ukraine’s innovation potential as compared with the EU countries, the author identifies the strategic priorities as well as institutional and financial mechanisms for building up the national innovation system. Expressed is the need to devise and implement measures to facilitate the interaction of Ukraine’s national innovation systems with those of the EU member countries. The author formulates proposals for concentrating international industrial and scientific-technological cooperation in a limited number of high-tech sectors.