Some issues of state regulation of the National innovation system of Ukraine

In the Article it has been outlined the problems of absence of definition of the national innovation system of Ukraine in the Ukrainian Laws. In addition, it has been paid attention that there is no unique position about definition of national innovation system in scientific field. In order to improve the development of the innovation sphere in Ukraine, it is necessary to regulate the issues of the national innovation system, its elements (subsystems), the principles of interaction of elements (subsystems) among it etc. at the legislative level in the Law of Ukraine “On Innovative Activity”. The development of the innovation sphere requires comprehensive state regulation on all elements of the national innovation system. There is a problem nowadays - so-called separation of science from practice, the lack of practical use and (or) commercialization of scientific inventions and developments. Scientific developments and inventions are unnecessary for the current application and practice of production, management. These inventions and developments are often left in the laboratory or at research institutes and never brought to life. From our point of view, the problem of separation of science from practice is caused by the level of insufficient functional connections of subsystems of the national innovation system of Ukraine. In this situation, each subsystem is partly isolated from the other subsystems and evolves independently. On the basis of the considered material, it has been proposed an author’s definition of the national innovation system as a coherent system of innovation actors who carry out, provide and / or facilitate the development, commercialization and practical application of intellectual output to create (apply) innovation. The author proposed to amend the Law of Ukraine "On Innovative Activity", in particular to consolidate the definition of the national innovation system in this Law.