Welcome to the page of the Department of Public Management and Administration of the Faculty of Economics and Law of Odesa I. I. Mechnikov National University!

Head of the Department – Pavlenko Olena Panteliivna, Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor

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The Department of Public Management and Administration began its activities as part of the Faculty of Economics and Law of Odesa I. I. Mechnikov National University since June 2024. Until now, the department has been fully functioning within the structure of the Odessa State Environmental University since January 1994, the founder and head of which was Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor Volodymyr Heorhiiovych Kovalov. Since 2018, the department has been headed by Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor Olena Panteliivna Pavlenko.

The department trains applicants for the first (bachelor's) and second (master's) levels of higher education in the specialty "Public Management and Administration".

Today, the teaching staff of the department includes 9 teachers, including: 1 Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor (Olena P. Pavlenko), 6 Candidates of Economic Sciences, Associate Professors (Olesia I. Holovina, Valentyna  A. Kozlovtseva, Svitlana M. Kolontai, Serhii O. Kramskyi, Albina L. Rozmaryna, Kateryna V. Smirnova), 1 Senior Lecturer (Olena S. Venger), 1 Assistant (Valentyna O. Sokolovska), 1 Teaching and Support Staff Member – Senior Laboratory Assistant Anastasiia S. Kucheruk.

Teachers take an active part in scientific and educational-methodical work, and also pay special attention to working with students, providing guidance and support in study, research and educational work.

Among the scientific achievements of the department in recent years:

• Development of the departmental research work "Innovative directions of sustainable economic development management in conditions of turbulence" № 0123 U 102409 (since March 2023), a collective monograph was published based on the results of the first stage.
• Publications in collective monographs:
  • Pavlenko O.P., Rozmaryna A.L., Holovina O.I., Kozlovtseva V.A., Kolontai S.M., Kramskyi S.O., Smirnova K.V., Venger O.S. Innovative directions of sustainable economic development management in turbulent conditions: monograph / ed. O.P. Pavlenko, A.L. Rozmaryna. Mykolaiv: FOP Shvets V.M., 2024. 210 p.
  • Pavlenko O.P., Irtyshcheva I.O., Karpenko G.Yu., Karpenko O.O. Innovative vectors of sustainable development based on geospatial modeling in conditions of global turbulence: monograph. Mykolaiv: Ilion., 2023. 202 p.
  • Pavlenko O.P., Rozmaryna A.L., Holovina O.I., Kozlovtseva V.A., Kolontai S.M., Smirnova K.V., Zhavnerchyk O.V., Tiulkina K.O., Sokolovska V.O., Yehorashchenko I.V., Andrushchenko O.S., Venger O.S., Vaichiutie S.O. System management of ecologically oriented development of the non-financial sector of the economy: monograph / edited by O.P. Pavlenko, A.L. Rozmaryna. Mykolaiv: FOP Shvets V.M., 2022. 122 p.
  • O.Hutsaliuk, I.Bondar, V.Kozlovtseva Transformational Changes in the Trade Cooperation of Ukraine in the Context of the Development of International Economic Relations. Innovations for achieving the sustainable development goals: Science, Education and Economics.  Collective monograph. Publisher: Ljubljana School of Business. 2022. 286 р. Р. 223-241.

• Publications of scientific articles in publications, which are indexed in scientific-metric databases Scopus, Web of Science, in scientific journals and in collections of international and all-Ukrainian scientific and practical conferences.

• Members of the department hold copyright on scientific works, which is confirmed by 15 Certificates of registration of copyright on the work.

Applicants of the department are involved in participating in various scientific, career guidance and educational events (scientific conferences, circles, seminars, webinars, workshops, trainings, schools, etc.) to form a comprehensively developed personality with the acquisition of soft skills that help achieve success in any field and, in particular, are important for public management and administration.

The scientific and pedagogical staff of the department constantly improve their qualifications by participating in various events. Among the latter:

• Educational marathon "Soft skill sprint; accelerating professional competence". Kremenchuk, Kremenchuk Mykhailo Ostrohradskyi National University, 8/03/2024-2/05/2024.
• Advanced training course "Progressive Teaching: Intensive from Ostrivtsiv" from the NGO "Progressylni", 04/03/2024 - 04/04/2024.
• Advanced training course "Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Education" from the Expert Committee on the Development of Artificial Intelligence under the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine and the NGO "Progressylni", 7/11/2023-23/11/2023.
• Workshop "Management and Administration in the Context of Counteracting Hybrid Threats to National Security". Kyiv, State University of Infrastructure and Technology, 22/11/2023.
• Advanced training course "7 Days of Progressivity: Creating a Modern Educational Environment" from the NGO "Progressylni", 9/10/2023-15/10/2023.
• Digital Development Academy course under the program "Google Digital Tools for Education" from the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and Google Ukraine.
• Advanced training “Quality Assurance in Higher Education: Innovative Methods and Technologies of Learning”, Odessa, Odessa State Agrarian University, 10/04/2023-28/04/2023.
• Trainings of the second sectoral training program “Innovative approaches and technological applications in tourism and cultural” of the BSB-998 LetsCYCLE project “Lets CYCLE at the Black Sea”, February-March 2023.
• Advanced training course "Progressive teaching: components of the higher education quality system" from the NGO "Progressylni", 15/03/2023-12/04/2023.
• Online school REGINNA 4.0 First Summer School "Deep Tech training with impact on entrepreneurship and innovation" Nova Gorica, Slovenia, 03/07/2023-14/07/2023.
• Training course TECH SUMMER BOOTCAMP FOR TEACHERS, 26/07/2023-01/09/2023.

During 2020-2022, the department's teachers conducted a series of sessions of distance short-term advanced training courses for civil servants and local government officials "Latest Trends in the Professionalization of Public Administration."

The department cooperates with the NGO "Agency for the Development of the Southern Region" (Mykolaiv) on the dissemination of information and knowledge, involvement of youth, holding events (seminars, forums, round tables, meetings, etc.) for the reconstruction and support of the economic development of the Southern region, in particular the development of entrepreneurship, attracting international financial support, etc. The lecturers of the department are members of the Ukrainian Association for the Development of Management and Business Education (UADMBE) and the NGO "Progressive".

Contact information:

65058, Odessa, Frantsuzsʹkyy bulʹvar 24/26, room 50 (2nd floor)

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