Barrier-Free Environment as a Cross-Cutting Requirement of the Digital Transformation of Public Management Mechanisms for Sports Infrastructure in Ukraine
Abstract
The article presents a conceptual-analytical study of the barrier-free environment as a cross-cutting requirement that reshapes the profile of all classical public management mechanisms for sports infrastructure in Ukraine during the digital transformation period of 2025–2030. The regulatory framework established between April 2025 and March 2026 is systematised; it comprises the updated National Strategy for a Barrier-Free Environment in Ukraine through 2030 with six dimensions of accessibility and the 2025–2026 Action Plan, the Strategy for the Development of Physical Culture and Sport through 2028 as amended on 20.06.2025, the Concept and the State Targeted Social Programme for the Development of Physical Culture and Sport through 2030 with a funding envelope of 96.5 billion UAH, and Draft Law No. 13648 of 15.08.2025 on public electronic registers and information and communication systems in sport, adopted in the first reading by the Verkhovna Rada in March 2026. The methodological limitations of the one-dimensional functional taxonomy of public management mechanisms are substantiated, and a two-dimensional 4 × 6 classification matrix “mechanism × dimension of accessibility” is proposed. The matrix is populated with actual Ukrainian instruments, revealing systemic gaps in the economic row for the digital, social-civic, and educational dimensions of accessibility. An «opening» of the organisational and informational mechanisms is proposed through the mobilisation of internal societal resources the club model based on the «Active Communities» pilot project in 50 communities, and crowdsourced verification of facility accessibility integrated with the «Digital Sport» register and the Barrier-Free Map. It is shown that digital transformation and the accessibility requirement must be synchronised at the design stage of the base management infrastructure in order to avoid retrospective adaptation
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