Diagnosis of functional boundaries of the digital platform DREAM in public management of state assets of Ukraine

Abstract

The article is devoted to a diagnosis of the functional boundaries of the current mechanisms of public management of state assets in Ukraine, examined through the case of the digital platform DREAM (Digital Restoration Ecosystem for Accountable Management) under the conditions of the ongoing war. The main idea: the system of state asset management is shaped not by the platform itself but by what surrounds it. The hypothesis: the gaps of a centralized platform are closed not from within but by complementary instruments and citizen participation. A diagnosis of the functional limits of DREAM as a central instrument of asset management in the wartime reconstruction context has been carried out. Three areas have been systematized where the architecture of a centralized platform naturally meets its functional boundary: the front-end gap between the moment of damage fixation and the structured project application of a community, with a particular focus on the quality of feasibility studies; the back-end gap between a funded project and the verification of completed works; and the contour gap at the interface with the European framework of digital interoperability. A two-axis framework for modernizing public asset management through digital transparency and barrier-free access has been proposed, aligning the mobilization of domestic societal resources with the requirements of Ukraine’s European integration. It has been substantiated that the identified gaps share a common nature: they are limits that any centralized public asset accounting platform reaches in the environment of a heterogeneous wartime economy. It has been demonstrated that overcoming the identified constraints requires not the scaling of the platform’s internal functionality but the formation of complementary digital instruments and participatory mechanisms around it. The conclusions outline directions for further research