АДАПТАЦІЯ СТРАТЕГУВАННЯ РЕГІОНАЛЬНОГО ТА МІСЦЕВОГО РОЗВИТКУ ДО ВІЙСЬКОВО-ПОЛІТИЧНИХ ВИКЛИКІВ

Abstract

The article is devoted to issues of improving the strategizing of socio-economic development of regions and communities in the conditions of current military-political challenges associated with the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation. On the example of the western region of Ukraine, the main directions of adaptation of regional and local development programs and strategies to the conditions of the economic and humanitarian consequences of hostilities are identified and characterized. In particular, the need to assess the current economic potential of the regions, taking into account the consequences of internal population migrations, the results of the relocation of enterprises, and the implementation of measures to promote the use of the human potential of internally displaced persons for the development of the regional economy, is argued. Measures for the normative consolidation of relevant provisions in programs and regional and local development strategies are proposed. The barriers that prevent in practice the effective adaptation of the regional development strategic priorities outlined in the programs and strategies of local and regional development to the current conditions and challenges are indicated: lack of up-to-date information, insufficient level of inclusivity of management, situational interaction with the expert environment. In the framework of the article, the argumentation is based on the assumption that the military actions are of a long nature (the «war of attrition» scenario), and after the end of military actions, a long period of time (until the restoration of infrastructure, reconstruction of the housing stock, demining, and other measures) of IDPs and relocated enterprises will not be able to return to the territory of their permanent residence. The necessity of searching and revealing of new competitive advantages of the western regions of Ukraine under the current situation is justified, namely: (1) use of the consequences of internal migration of IDPs, which significantly increased the labor resource potential of the western regions of Ukraine; (2) the results of the relocation program, which contributed to changes in the structure of the regional economy and the creation of new economic activity and business activity centers.