Education is a core element of the Sustainable Development Concept. It is not only because of the declaration of SDG 4 within the 2030 Agenda but also its embeddedness in other goals, targets, and indicators. Thus, the study aims to generalize approaches to define the relationship between the efficiency of the strategy of sustainable development of the national economy and state regulation of education. The research is accomplished for 14 Central and Eastern European countries (2006–2016) using the combination of principal components method and parametric method of stochastic frontier analysis in the software package STATA 11 and FRONTIER 4.1. As a result, the empirical proofs of the strong and adequate link between the efficiency of the sustainable development strategy of the national economy and state regulation of education are identified. The technical efficiency indexes were also calculated that allowed forming three clusters for Central and Eastern European countries distributed by the level of state regulation of education and efficiency of sustainable development strategy implementation. It helps to distinguish the main measures to reform the state regulation of education in Ukraine considering the experience of Slovenia, Poland, the Czech Republic, countries that proved to be the leaders in a sphere of sustainable development strategy implementation. The recommendations for further improvements in educational policies were defined. For instance, effective and sustainable state regulation of education should focus on decentralizing education, developing private-public partnerships, stimulating adult education development, etc. Acknowledgment and fundingThis research was funded by the grant from the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine “Reforming the lifelong learning system in Ukraine for the prevention of the labor emigration: a coopetition model of institutional partnership” (No. 0120U102001).

In this manuscript, we investigate the importance of renewable energy innovation for achieving inclusive and sustainable goals and the state’s energy security. Emphases in research are made on investigation the effect of regulatory policies and fiscal incentives on achieving renewable energy targets. Exploiting energy data for 28 European countries over the period 1990–2018, we assess the relationship between the volumes of renewable energy and energy efficiency. The statistical analysis we performed in Python. Our results indicate that the share of energy from renewable positively correlates with all energy efficiency indicators except energy productivity.

This article examines the application of one of the forms of modern public management—public–private partnership (PPP)—in the forestry sector. This contributes to the search for new forms and methods that uphold the principles of sustainable development, decentralization, liberalization and capitalization of natural resources. The purpose of this study is to determine the characteristic features and advantages of PPP as a special partnership between the state and business-entrepreneurial structures, as well as to analyze the prospects and justify the feasibility of using PPP tools to ensure effective forestry. The research methodology was based on the critical analysis of the scholarly literature. Strategic documents, political reports and programs relevant to the forestry sector were also examined. In summary, it can be said that PPP models are a significant addition to other types of cooperation, such as more formal, top-down initiatives. PPP forestry projects can enable the accomplishment of otherwise impossible tasks.

This article addresses problems and directions of innovative activity of real national economy amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. The authors evaluated the pandemic impact on the business state in the studied industry. The problem of the economic efficiency restoration after removing quarantine restrictions relates to the search for effective tools to overcome the COVID-19 crises consequences and boost innovative economic development. The research purpose is to substantiate the development potential of innovative entrepreneurship and identify ways of UNIT.City performance improvement against quarantine. The research object is the Ukrainian innovation park UNIT.City. The subject of the study is the organizational and economic, social relationships in UNIT.City activity. The methodological basis of the study is a systematic approach and the fundamental principles of general economic theory and management theory. For practical implementation, the study involved the research methods as follows: abstract-logical and system-structural analysis to identify problems that decrease the economic performance of Ukrainian enterprises and, especially, UNIT.City; methods of statistical and expert assessments to determine the prospects and possibilities for developing companies in the innovation sector and UNIT.City. The research covers 2019-2020. The study involved the analysis of the main macroeconomic indicators of Ukraine during and after quarantine restrictions. The organizational and economic mechanism of UNIT.City innovation park functioning against the quarantine restrictions is investigated. The authors identified the prospects and problems of the investment activity in the Ukrainian IT sector and the government’s role in promoting the technology sector. The findings identified the main ways for improving the management mechanisms and developing the innovation park UNIT.City during and after quarantine restrictions. Besides, the study suggested the tools for effective management and the prospects for further development in UNIT.City innovation parks during quarantine. The authors supposed that changes in the IT sector may aggravate the crisis or contribute to the national economic recovery due to its digitalization. Further research could address the analysis of the COVID-19 pandemic impact on the innovation enterprises and UNIT.City activities, in particular.

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