A MODERN VIEW OF THE LEVEL OF INNOVATION DEVELOPMENT IN UKRAINE
Authors:   Odessa National Maritime University, Baderko Viktoriia , Kolosova Polina ,   Odessa National Maritime University, Moskvichenko Irina ,   Odessa National Maritime University
Published: November 2024

The implementation of innovations in Ukraine was influenced by such recent large-scale events as the Revolution of Dignity in 2013, which led to political and social changes, the annexation of Crimea, the global pandemic and the beginning of a full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia in 2022, which caused a number of interventions and changes in all spheres of activity of the country. These factors also had a significant impact on Ukraine's internal situation, innovative development, and its position on theworld market and relations with partner countries. The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) together with the Network of Academic Partners created a global study that accompanies the ranking of countries on the level of innovation development based on 81 indicators, which is called the Global Innovation Index. Analyzing the main indicators of the GII and the place of Ukraine for the period 2020-2023, we can say that the statistical interval according to the position of the GII for the rating of Ukraine for the last 4 years is between 45 and 55. Only in the last two years, Ukraine has had a number of innovative changes that were noticed and supported by UNECE (The UN Economic Commission for Europe), namely: mandatory reporting of enterprises on emissions of greenhouse gases and other pollutants according to UNECE legal instruments; energy efficient reconstruction of multi-apartment buildings in Ukraine; support of the planning organization for the reconstruction of Kharkiv and Mykolaiv, through a project financed by Germany at the cost of 5 billion US dollars; Ukraine's accession to the UNECE Convention on the Transport Effects of Industrial Accidents; reconstruction of cities destroyed by a large-scale full-scale war on territory of Ukraine. In 2022, Ukraine took 50th place in the annual ranking of startup ecosystems Global Startup Ecosystem Index 2022 by the StartupBlink Global Research Center for Startups and Innovations, dropping 16 positions compared to 2021, which is associated with the start of a full-scale war in Ukraine.Undoubtedly, the advantage of the value of social progress constitutes the country and presents it as a strong and powerful partner on the world market with the use of the latest global standards in work and management, the introduction of innovative technologies to optimize the creation of growing trends of indicators that shape the economy, social situation, cultural aspect of the country etc. The greater the integration of modern society's benefits, the greater the level of interest in partnership, attractiveness for investments, the country's image, etc., grows.Currently, Ukraine has a sufficiently large progressive educational capital in the form of highly qualified workers, potential, opportunities and resources for the implementation of various innovative projects and startups, but it needs significant refinement in the political, economic, educational and social spheres.Keywords:innovation; Global innovation index (GII); United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE); startups; development.