Scientific Journal of the National Academy of Internal Affairs

Preconditions for establishment of public-private partnership institute are studied along with its distinctive features. General and specific understanding of the term«state-legal partnership» and authors’ interpretation of the terms «state-legal partnership» and «public-legal partnership» terms’ correlation are represented. The role of state-private partnership in the public service area is defined, significance of public-private partnership to be applied in Ukrainian public service system is analyzed, and scientific interpretations of «administrative agreement» are presented. Examples of foreign application fields for administrative agreements are provided, distinctive criteria for public-legal and private-legal relations are analyzed, classification and essential features of administrative agreements are presented. Types of administrative agreements set in the foreign legislation (with relevant references) are provided along with scientific interpretations of «аadministrative agreement» and «аadministrative act». Conclusions are made concerning equivalence of «publicprivate partnership agreements» and «administrative agreements», comments are provided for the necessity to replace the term «stateprivate partnership» with «public-private partnership», the interpretation of «аadministrative agreement».