The Possibilities оf Implementation оf the European University Association Experience іn the Practice оf Domestic Higher Education Institutions

У статті висвітлено сучасний стан розвитку національних асоціацій закладів вищої освіти – Асоціації університетів України та Спілки ректорів вищих навчальних закладів України. Схарактеризовано цільові пріоритети зазначених професійних громадських організацій. Здійснено порівняльний аналіз напрямів міжнародної діяльності національних асоціацій закладів вищої освіти України та Європейської асоціації університетів і на його основі визначено можливості використання досвіду Європейської асоціації університетів у практиці вітчизняних закладів вищої освіти.Introduction. Integration of Ukraine into the European and world educational space involves active interaction of Ukrainian higher education institutions with European and international educational organizations and, first of all, the European University Association as a leader in the formation of European educational policy. The aim of the article is to highlight the possibilities of implementation of the European University Association experience in the practice of domestic higher education institutions. Research methods: general scientific (analysis, synthesis, comparison, generalization, systematization) for studying scientific and documentary sources on this subject; concrete scientific methods: the method of comparative analysis, which revealed common and distinctive features in the activities of European and Ukrainian educational organizations, and the method of scientific extrapolation to reveal the possibilities of using the discussed experience of European countries in the process of further modernization transformations of higher education in Ukraine. Conclusions and prospects for further research. As a result of the study of the current state of development of the national associations of higher education institutions – the Association of Universities of Ukraine and the Union of Rectors of Higher Educational Institutions of Ukraine, we came to the conclusion that it is necessary to improve their internal and external activities on the basis of positive foreign experience. In this context, the following areas of implementation of the experience of the European University Association in the practice of domestic higher education institutions are promising: at the national level: improvement of legislation in the field of higher education; increasing the amount of state funding of higher education institutions; increasing transparency of the activities of national associations of higher education institutions; establishing international cooperation of national associations of higher education institutions with the European University Association and its partners; at the institutional level: development of institutional mobility; development of mobility of students, scientific-pedagogical staff and administration of institutions of higher education; development of research and innovations; dissemination of positive experience of domestic higher education institutions regarding their membership in EUA; creation of conditions for international cooperation in the domestic HEIs, etc