Концепція інноваційної системи управління культурним надбанням України

Analysis of the roots of issues in Ukrainian preservation field gives ground to substantiate the topicality of creating an effective management model for the cultural heritage of Ukraine, aimed at regulating the processes of interaction between state, business, and society, atachieving a balance of interests in compliance with the law. The need to create a management system that would allow Ukrainian society to obtain sovereignty over its own future by solving the problem of preservation and further development of cultural heritage and would enable proactive participation of private sector in the processes of use of cultural objects has been emphasized in the study.In the article, the methodological basis, core content, terms and ideas of the innovative Conceptual Framework for Management of the Cultural Heritage of Ukraine have been outlined. The conceptual framework was developed in 2018–2020 by the team of Ukrainian professionals in the fiend upon their own initiative. Conceptual framework, which was built from the scratch, is based on transition from the concept of a branchto the concept of a field, as well as on the fundamental change of the paradigm: from ideology of protection of cultural heritage to its preservation.The key aspect of the conceptual framework is management of cultural heritage as a public–private partnership. The basic processes, agentsof legal regulation, fundamental modes of participation of agents in the basic processes on every stage of these processes, and features of interaction have been set out. National Cultural Heritage Fund has been defined as a key managing institution that accumulates financial resources andconducts the search for the objects of cultural heritage, maintenance of the electronic registry (where all forms, types, and kinds of cultural objects would be listed), development and implementation of programs and projects; that forms the state demand for training, evaluation and certification of professionals; organizes the Supervisory Divisions (being the bodies of territorial administration). Strategic Forum has been chosen as a communication center (hub) for governance of cultural heritage. The conceptual framework is a foundation for further drafting of legislationthat would regulate the respective relations between regulatory agents and stakeholders.