FOREIGN EXPERIENCE OF FORMING INCLUSIVE SOCIETY: LESSONS FOR UKRAINE

Abstract

The article substantiates the importance and necessity of developing and implementing in modern conditions the concept of forming inclusive society, which is caused not only by the increase in the number of people with disabilities, but also by the desire of the international community to provide them with decent living conditions and self-realization through the creation of optimally favorable conditions for social inclusion in the system of public relations. The authors analyzed the historical context of the formation of the concept of inclusiveness of society from the idea of architectural accessibility and barrier-free space to its modern interpretation in the context of inclusive governance, inclusive infrastructure (architectural accessibility of buildings, barrier-free space and universality of design), inclusive economy, inclusive education, inclusive medicine and inclusive culture. The article reveals the conceptual approaches of foreign countries to the formation of social inclusiveness of society and ways of its implementation. The property of Ukraine regarding the formation of inclusiveness of society and the expediency and necessity of creative use of progressive ideas of foreign experience are characterized. The purpose of the article is to analyze the foreign experience of forming inclusive society with the aim of borrowing progressive ideas for implementation in Ukraine. Theoretical methods were applied in the research process: study, analysis, synthesis, comparison, summarization of information on Ukrainian and foreign websites, as well as research of publications in the Google Scholar electronic database. A theoretical and methodological analysis of the content of scientific definitions was carried out: social inclusion, inclusiveness, inclusive infrastructure, conceptual foundations of building inclusiveness of society and methods of their implementation.