PUBLIC-PRIVATE-PHILANTHROPIC PARTNERSHIPS AS A PROMISING INVESTMENT TOOL IN THE FIELD OF REHABILITATION

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of public-private-philanthropic partnership and the improvement of the regulatory and legal regulation of its activities, to create a regulatory basis for attracting charitable funds to socially important investment projects, in particular, regarding rehabilitation, reintegration, preservation and restoration of human capital. The study focuses on the analysis of the current state of the private medical services market in Ukraine and existing cases of involving charitable partners in investment projects in the field of rehabilitation. The preference for the development of public-private-philanthropic partnerships is justified, as opposed to classic public-private partnerships, which are associated with the social significance of rehabilitation problems and insufficient funding. It was found that the activities of rehabilitation centers with the support of charitable partners are aimed not only at the quantity, but also at the quality of rehabilitation, orientation to the best international practices and advanced training of medical personnel. Therefore, such an investment approach is relevant especially in times of unstable economy and social challenges. The purpose of the article is to summarize the practical experience of creating and operating rehabilitation centers on the principles of public-private-philanthropic partnership in Ukraine, and to develop recommendations for improving the regulatory and legal framework to create a favorable legislative framework for the implementation of this model. It was found that today the regulatory and legal framework does not regulate the activities of such partnerships, as they are new to Ukrainian practice and are a response to the challenges of Ukrainian realities. Therefore, the proposals provided for improving the regulatory and legal framework are designed to provide a legislative basis for the development of this investment model. This will allow scaling up successful projects and will contribute to increasing the role of the charitable sector in areas related to the humanitarian dimension, such as: rehabilitation, reintegration, preservation and restoration of human capital. The novelty of the study lies in the attempt to adapt existing regulatory documents to the activities of these partnerships, because despite the lack of special regulatory and legal regulation, partnerships of this type already exist in Ukraine and are innovative. The article uses general scientific and special research methods: case study method, comparative analysis and logical generalization. Their application allowed us to widely explore the issues of the development of public-private-philanthropic partnerships, and to identify their advantages over classical public-private partnerships. Since Ukraine already has successful experience in the functioning of public-private-philanthropic partnerships in the field of rehabilitation, further scaling up of this practice requires the identification of criteria by which institutional support for sanatorium-resort and rehabilitation institutions should be carried out within the framework of this investment model. Therefore, the proposed criteria are designed to intensify the attraction of funds from the charitable partner in those areas that require optimization of the costs of the private partner and the state.

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