Strategic approaches to the management of regional development in Ukraine: Current state and conceptual areas of improvement
Strategic approaches to the management of regional development in Ukraine: Current state and conceptual areas of improvement

Summary/Abstract: The gaps in the practice of the realization of strategies of regional development in Ukraine cause the necessity of the review of the role of strategic approaches to regional management and renewal and modernization of the mechanisms of formation and implementation of strategies. The objectives of this study are: evaluation of the preconditions of the strategic approach in the management of a region; analysis of the current practice of strategic management and planning of regional development in Ukraine and identifying factors that affect it; implementation, based on an analysis of methodological approaches and local practices, improving the synthesis of conceptual foundations of strategic management and planning of regional development and the isolation of improving mechanisms for the implementation of regional development strategies in Ukraine. The basic conceptual principles whose implementation will define the directions of the improvement of mechanisms for the implementation of strategies of regional development in Ukraine are: a systematic approach; high scientific and methodological level of regional strategies; the relationship of regional structural policy; focus on a goal, not a process; a partnership approach to the formulation and implementation of regional strategies; transparency of the process of strategic planning.

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