INSTITUTIONAL COMPONENT OF THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT OF THE TERRITORIAL COMMUNITIES’ DEVELOPMENT

The article deals with the issues of the institutional support of the project management of devel-opment at the regional and local levels. The study covers the constituent elements of the institutional environment for the management of the territorial communities’ development projects. A content analysis of the issues related to the project management standardization has been conducted. Particular attention is paid to the study of the problem of the cooperation of project offic-es, centers, and other similarinstitutions dealing with the elaboration of the system of the project management of the development of territorial communities at the regional and local levels. Generalizations and proposals have been made regarding the priority of granting powers to such regional project centers/offices in personnel training and providing methodical-consultative facilitation to the communities’ project management. The possibilities of the institutional support for the project management of the development of communitiesin the Ivano-Frankivsk oblast through the interaction and cooperation of the Project-Education Center “Agents of Changes” of Vasyl Stefanyk Carpathian National University with the key public and commercial institutions in the region are substantiated.