Cluster Approach To Eco-Oriented Innovative Development Of The Region

Abstract

The article investigates the prerequisites and development trends of environmentally-oriented innovative processes in the conditions of the Baikal region. The regional policy in the field of environmentally-oriented innovative development is analyzed. The possibility of using a cluster approach in the development of the Baikal socio-ecological-economic system, based on the regulation and consideration of environmental and economic consequences in the implementation of innovations, is being studied. The most promising directions for the development of eco-clusters are highlighted: the development of organic agricultural production; niche occupation of highly specialized ethno-, eco-, and agro-tourism; promoting the emerging East-Medical biopharmaceutical cluster. The first direction may become the basis for the formation of an inter-regional agricultural cluster, the second direction may become the basis for a tourist-recreational cluster, the third direction may become the basis for an inter-regional Baikal pharmaceutical cluster, within the framework of which the creation of the “Baikal-Bio” industrial park is planned. The conformity of the strategies for long-term socio-economic development of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation included in the Baikal region with the principles of environmental-oriented innovation development. An analysis of regional policy showed that in the Republic of Buryatia optimal conditions have developed for becoming a testing ground for testing mechanisms and tools of cluster development taking into account environmental factors. The authors found that, taking into account the prevailing conditions, the Republic of Buryatia may become a pilot territory for the formation of ecological clusters in the Baikal region.