Purpose. Improving the quality policy of managing the civil service of Ukraine through the use of foreign experience in implementing the "Lean system". Methodology. In the study, the authors used general methods of scientific knowledge. In particular: a) empirical research methods: selection of factual material on reforming the civil service management of the UK and Ukraine, as well as establishing links between the accumulated research results; b) theoretical research methods: analysis and synthesis, modeling, rising from the abstract to the concrete, and others, which allowed the authors to identify one of the reasons for the ineffective reform of the civil service management of Ukraine. Findings. The authors briefly examined the history of the formation of the civil service management of Ukraine. It has been noted that the management quality policy in Ukraine was formulated only in the new Law of Ukraine "On Civil Service", which entered into force on May 1, 2016. However, according to results of monitoring of governance reforms conducted by the Agency for Legislative Initiatives in 2017, the quality of public administration remains low. The analysis allowed the authors to establish that one of the reasons for the poor quality of management is non-use of the "Lean system" in the quality management policy. The authors examined the features of lean management, as well as the experience of its implementation in the two largest central governmental departments (UK): the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) (the Department of Revenue and Customs). The results obtained allowed the authors to propose an advanced policy of the quality of civil service management in Ukraine based on the "Lean system". Originality. During the analysis of the process of reforming the management of the civil service of Ukraine, the authors found one of the reasons that reduced the quality of management. The authors proved that this reason is the lack of the principles of "lean management" or "Lean systems" in the quality management policy. To eliminate this cause, the authors proposed taking advantage of the Lean system implementation experience in managing the two largest central government departments in the UK: the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). Practical value. The results of the study are intended to improve the quality policy of civil service management in Ukraine. The use of the "Lean system", as well as foreign experience in its implementation, will improve the quality of civil service management in Ukraine. The management quality policy based on the "Lean system" will eliminate the deficiencies identified as a result of monitoring public administration reforms and achieve the management quality that is not inferior in effectiveness to civil service management in the European Union.

Purpose. To conduct a systematic analysis of the state environmental policy, to identify threats to ecologization and the necessary directions for improvement of the state environmental policy. Methodology. To perform scientific research there were used: the method of content analysis - to assess the scientific achievements and identify unresolved aspects of the problem; method of comparative analysis for evaluation and processing of statistical information; method of analysis and synthesis to form the purpose of the study; methods of abstraction and generalization, formalization - for detailed elaboration of various aspects of the problem; system-structural method and the method of convergence from the abstract to the concrete - for the formation of conclusions and proposals. Findings. New risks and threats to the state environmental policy have been identified and their impact has been analyzed. The analysis revealed that the state environmental policy does not always extend into regional and sectoral environmental policy. It is established that departmental structures responsible for environmental monitoring do not have proper coordination of their actions, even in time, which complicates integrated information processing. In many areas there is no long-term state forecasting of environmental and economic factors. There is no adequate level of systematization in the formation of structured economic and tax incentives for the introduction of effective environmental technologies and compliance with norms and rules in environmental protection. Originality. A systematic analysis of the state environmental policy has been carried out, the formation of the emergent nature of ecological and economic factors has been indicated. Mechanisms of the state ecological policy have been formulated. Threats for ecologization policy and necessary directions of improvement of the state ecological policy have been detected. Practical value. The results of statistical analysis can be used by scientists and practitioners. To reform environmental and economic policy, the threat of imbalance in economic and tax incentives for greening has been pointed out, which may lead to delays in the development and slowdown of technological renewal of industrial sectors, in particular, the energy sector. It has been pointed out that the state ecological and economic policy should be a systemic tool of social policy, help stabilize the situation and overcome the crisis in all spheres of life. The importance of the role of the civil sector in the ecologization of the country and of the need to form a system for developing the environmental consciousness of society has been indicated.

Purpose. Assessment of regulatory and legal provision of land relations in Ukraine in the context of environmental protection under conditions of martial law. Methodology. In the work a set of economic research methods is used including the monographic method; methods of synthesis and analysis; the method of detailing and concretizing the obtained results; the method of scientific and abstract systematization of the results of scientific research; graphic method for visualizing the results of scientific research. Findings. In Ukraine, a legislative framework has been created which regulates the practical principles of the use, restoration, and protection of land resources. However, as the analysis has shown regarding the extent of damage to the country's environment caused by the use of land resources, the domestic legal basis is not perfect. In particular, this concerns the current mechanism for identifying individuals responsible for environmental violations and the procedure for compensating for the damages they cause. In order to objectively assess and determine the losses caused by the war in Ukraine, corresponding normative and methodological provisions have been adopted and are in effect. Changes also relate to the current tax land legislation, which provides for temporary exemption of landowners in occupied territories and territories of hostilities from paying environmental and land taxes. Originality. The key characteristics of the theoretical and legal principles of regulating land relations have been identified. The key tasks of the system of normative and legal regulation of ecological and land relations in Ukraine during the martial law have been outlined. The current state of the main elements of legal regulation of ecological and land relations has been analyzed. An analysis of the extent of damage caused by violations of ecological and land legislation in Ukraine during the pre-war and wartime periods has been carried out. A number of problematic aspects of the current system of legal regulation of ecological and land relations have been identified, the solution of which will allow for the improvement of this system during the war. Among the main ones are the level of adoption and approval of relevant legislative acts; the lack of necessary registers for accounting for damaged land; the procedure for determining and assessing long-term damage to land resources caused by the war. Practical value. The results of the analysis and the problem aspects of legal regulation of environmental and land relations substantiated in this work can be used by legal experts, institutional bodies responsible for land resource management, and researchers for solving the tasks of optimizing the existing procedures and methods for protecting land resources from damage caused by individuals violating environmental legislation, as well as for improving the procedures for assessing and eliminating the consequences of military actions.

Purpose. To identify controversial and problematic provisions of the current legislation of Ukraine in the sphere of environmental protection which form the plane of legal responsibility for violations of environmental standards and norms. Methodology. The following research methods were used: the monographic method of scientific research, synthesis and analysis, the economic-statistical method, the method of detailing and concretizing the obtained results, the method of scientific-abstract systematization of results, and the graphic method of visualizing the results of scientific research. Findings. In Ukraine, a regulatory framework has been established that regulates the system of responsibility for environmental violations. Its main forms include disciplinary, administrative, civil, and criminal responsibility. It has been found that the modern environmental legislation is characterized by certain shortcomings in the identification and prosecution of persons guilty of violating the norms of existing laws. This is confirmed by the analysis of the amount of damage and losses caused to the environment, the dimensions of which are increasing annually in Ukraine. Simultaneously with the increase in the amount of damage caused, the degree of non-identification of persons who are responsible for causing damage to natural resources and the environment is increasing. The analysis of regional differences in environmental responsibility also demonstrates significant differences between the administrative regions of Ukraine in terms of the discipline of environmental responsibility. Originality. Based on the results of the conducted research, the main problematic aspects regarding legal responsibility for violations of environmental legislation in Ukraine were identified and analyzed. A need for a fundamental change in the concept of environmental responsibility for economic entities within the framework of sustainable development strategy has been identified. A gradual change in the basic principles and approaches to responsibility for violations of environmental legislation in the direction of predominance of preventive functions of environmental protection over punitive ones was proposed. Tools for possible improvement of environmental legislation were also proposed, in particular, fiscal preferences for environmentally tolerant industries, application of trade quotas for industrial enterprises that pollute the environment, harmonization of sanctions and environmental tax rates in accordance with the legislation of European countries. Practical value. The research results and proposed measures for improving the current procedures and mechanisms of legal liability for environmental offenses can be used by specialists of legal departments and services at the level of micro-management and macro-management to solve the tasks of further improvement of the current legal framework and increase the level of social responsibility of business and officials.