Approaches to providing coordination of the regional development policy regarding the restoration of the territories damaged during the course of the war

Abstract

The article substantiates approaches to ensuring the coordination of regional development policy regarding the restoration of war-damaged territories. It is emphasized that the key to solving regional problems is ensuring the coordination of regional development policy, which aims to reduce disparities in the development of settlements and regions, this situation creates a challenge in the application of an approach to regional development focused on local needs for recovery. It was noted that today the priorities for ensuring the coordination of regional development policy are the support of specific reconstruction projects in territorial communities and the updating of the State Strategy for Regional Development, which should be based on five key priorities: strategic planning and project management; investments and interaction with donors; anti-corruption activity; digitization and management based on open data; urban planning. It was noted that the differentiated geographical impact of the war further exacerbated the differences of the regions in terms of their development opportunities and the necessary state support. For the policy of regional development, which aims to reduce disparities in the development of settlements and regions, this situation creates a challenge in the application of an approach to regional development focused on local needs. Today, the simple differentiation of regions into two groups based on the relative indicator of gross domestic product per capita, which is used by the State Fund for Regional Development, is no longer enough, but a much more detailed approach to the RDP that takes into account local needs and is based on the definition and support of development initiatives implemented at the local and regional levels must be developed. It is noted that although some tools and approaches to the policy of regional development are already included in the legislation, the system of vertical coordination, i.e. multi-level management with wide use of public participation in decision-making regarding the further development of administrative-territorial units, still remains quite relevant and needs adaptation to ensure greater flexibility and initiative from below.