Scientific-theoretical basis of the territorial development strategy

The scientific research relevance is determined by the need to substantiate the scientific and theoretical basis for the planning, development, and implementation of the tasks of the territorial community development strategy, considering the current conditions of the country’s development. The purpose of the paper was to analyze the theoretical basis of the concept, content, and principles of territorial community development and to provide suggestions on the main directions that should be the basis for the development strategy task. The methodological approach is based on the dialectical cognition method, systematic approach, theoretical generalization method. As a result of the research, normative legal acts, theoretical foundations of regional policy and practical approaches to the development of the territorial development strategy were summarized. The concepts of “territory” and “territorial development” were determined by studying different scientific points of view on these definitions; the problems of territorial communities’ development as components in the formation of the development strategy were identified as a whole; the basic principles and objectives of the development strategy were summarized. The main results obtained in the framework of this work should be considered as the definition of the main principles and directions of forming the tasks of the territorial development strategy, which considers the problems existing in the territorial community and are aimed at ensuring the restoration of the development of territories in the post-war period. The results of the scientific work, as well as the conclusions formulated on their basis, are of practical value and can be applied by local authorities during the planning of development strategy tasks and assessment of the region’s capabilities to increase productive forces, as well as by entrepreneurs who direct their activities to improve the well-being of the population of a certain territory