The relevance of state policy aimed at improving the institutional support for the technological competitiveness of Ukraine's economy is emphasized. The purpose of the article is to substantiate the tasks and measures for improving institutional competitiveness of Ukraine's economy. Scientific novelty of the study consists in substantiation of the system of measures and means of improving the institutional environment of the technological competitiveness of Ukraine, the elements of which are formed in the following areas: structure of state policy, state policy measures and expected outcomes. The recommendations in relation to improvement of legal framework and institutions, oriented on innovation and technological modernization in context of strengthening of Ukrainian economy competitiveness form the practical significance of the results. The tasks of the state policy in improvement of the "institutes" and "institutions" elements of the institutional environment of the state policy of ensuring the technological competitiveness are defined. They include the improvement of basic legislation on innovative and scientific-technological activity; formation of legislation on the development of infrastructure of scientific and technological activities, integrated systems, implementation of joint projects; improving of the system of strategizing and programming the development of scientific and technological activities; elimination of administrative barriers to introduction of advanced technologies; formation of positive social attitude towards innovations and technologies; improvement of the system of organization and management of development of scientific and technological activity; introduction of monitoring, control and forecasting instruments of technological development policy; creation of financial and resource support funds for scientific and technological activities; formation and effective use of personnel potential of scientific and technological activity; development of internal and external information and communication system. 

technological competitiveness of the economy, innovation and technological modernization, institutional support 

The urgency of the formation of technological competitiveness of the Ukrainian economy under the current global challenges and threats is substantiated. The analysis of the national institutional and organizational system of state policy of ensuring technological competitiveness of the economy has been carried out. The importance of forming in the country of institutional, organizational and institutional-legal systems of the state policy of ensuring innovation-technological activity and development is pointed out. The condition of the institutional and legal system of the state policy of ensuring technological competitiveness of the Ukrainian economy is revealed. The results of the analysis of the state policy of ensuring the technological competitiveness of the Ukrainian economy by management functions are presented. The paper emphasizes that the following disadvantages of the state policy of ensuring technological competitiveness: by the function of analysis - the lack of a system of complex analysis and evaluation of innovation and technical activity; by function of planning - non-institutionalization of the system of programming and planning of technological competitiveness of economy; by function of organization - non-construction of a complete organizational and institutional system of state regulation of innovative activity; by function of motivation - absence of sufficient customs-tariff and budget-tax stimulation of innovation and technological activity; by the control function - unformed environment of independent institutions for monitoring and control of the state innovation and technological policy. The paper substantiates that technological competitiveness of the economy is formed in stages according to the levels: factor competitive advantages of strategic enterprises, strengthening of competitive positions of clusters, development of "strong" industries, technological competitive advantages of the economy, international competitiveness. The fact that technological competitiveness of each country is based on its own model and does not fit into the universal "ideal" scenario is emphasized. 

economic competitiveness, technological component, state technological policy