CONCEPTUAL BASES OF STRATEGIC PLANNING OF DEVELOPMENT OF UNITED TERRITORIAL COMMUNITIES

Abstract

Introduction. It is necessary to note the urgency of developing effective strategy tools given the shortage of financial resources in the united territorial communities for the implementation of planned program activities. The availability of such tools will allow local communities to form the most reasonable and likely development scenarios, which will be the driver of economic growth. It is necessary to develop new methods and conceptual principles of strategic planning due to the complexity of the process of managing the newly formed integrated territorial systems. It is, in turn, makes it important to form a comprehensive planning toolkit that would provide an objective assessment of the forecast of various aspects of the development of local communities. Methods. The research is based on the use of the dialectical method of cognition - to study the process of planning the development of integrated territorial communities and the method of systems analysis - to establish structural links between elements of the studied strategic planning system. Results. The necessity of forming strategies for the development of united territorial communities on the basis of inter-level integration of the system of public administration, taking into account sectoral and spatial priorities at the national, regional and local levels, is substantiated. A structural and functional scheme of strategic planning for the development of united territorial communities has been formed, which includes a set of interconnected elements and the mechanism of their interaction. Conceptual principles of strategic planning of development of united territorial communities are substantiated. The peculiarities of the structure of strategic planning for the development of united territorial communities at different levels of government in Ukraine are identified. Discussion. Defining the conceptual foundations for the effective functioning of the system of strategic planning for the development of united territorial communities makes it possible to coordinate and coordinate plans, interests of the state, region and community in a particular area; identify resource opportunities and reserves and substantiate their use. Implementation of proposals on the structural and functional scheme of strategic planning for the development of united territorial communities will assess the effectiveness of municipal governance and reflect the cause and effect relationships of performance indicators of interrelated elements of the process of developing and implementing strategic objectives with the targets of the strategy of social and economic development of the territory. Keywords: territory, community, strategy, planning, development, concept, principles.