До питання проблем міжнародного іміджу сучасних українських громадських організацій

Abstract

У статті розкрито питання міжнародного іміджу сучасних громадських організацій в Україні. Акцентовано увагу на динаміці їхнього розвитку, публіч ній активності і співпраці з міжнародними інституціями. Виділено фази та причини активізації публічної діяльності громадських організацій. Наведено приклади сучасних проблем та особливостей в їхній діяльності, що впливають на їхній міжнародний імідж. Підкреслено мотиваційну складову діяльності ор ганізацій, що зосереджена переважно у просвітницькій сутності їхньої роботи, пропаганді демократичних цінностей, відродженні «волонтерського духу».

During the years of Ukraine’s independence, the procedure of propaganda of dem ocratic values among the local population and provability of all their advantages for nation-building has grown quite significantly. The key role in this process was played by the citizens themselves, who made a confident choice in favor of the general demo cratic evolution of the state at the turn of the 1980’s and 1990’s. New Ukraine has since tried not to change this strategic course. However, the hybridity of some of the ruling political regimes is constantly testing the strength of the democratic vaccination of the Ukrainian nation. Time has shown that this strength can be traced to the example of the activities of national non-governmental organizations in state-building and pub lic administration processes. Using the experience of Euro-Atlantic partners, national associations of citizens, which in the spirit of their program activities are aimed at community service, have acted as generators of propaganda for the whole spectrum of democratization of society. A significant part of public organizations, which are essen tially called to be motivated missionaries and mediators of cultural and educational training of all members of a democratic society, were given the opportunity to spread democratic values among the citizens of Ukraine at various levels. Undoubtedly, all these facts affect the international image of the state and civil so ciety in Ukraine in general. Even despite the negative phenomena «rooted» in the mod ern democratic model of state development, including those inherited by the commu nist-Soviet administration (corruption, non-publicity of power, interethnic and nation al relations, etc.), the level of social readiness for value self-improvement is constantly growing. In addition, the local «third sector» is assisted by international support in the form of dissemination of various grant and other assistance programs, strategies, courses, etc. Ukrainian society, through representatives of public organizations, ade quately responds to such opportunities for cooperation and is involved in the public de velopment of potential opportunities in practice. Such activity of public organizations, foundations, associations is a positive example of improving the international image of Ukraine, which can not but please all parties to the relevant public interaction. The problem of public actualization of public organizations in Ukraine is closely connected with international support and affects the international image of Ukrainian public organizations, which, at the same time, serve as a kind of measure of democracy and publicity of civil society in Ukraine. Keywords: public organizations, international relations, grants, cooperation, im age history