Theoretical principles of restoration of the competitiveness of territorial communities and regions

Abstract

The article examines the theoretical aspects of ensuring the economic growth of territorial communities and regions of Ukraine. The set of problems that arise in certain regions and territories and negatively affect the dynamics of their socio-economic development is analyzed. The necessity of forming conceptual strategies for restoring the competitiveness of territorial communities in modern conditions is suggested. Approaches to understanding the essence of the concept of territorial competitiveness and its importance for the formation of territorial economic development plans are considered. Factors that directly affect the level of competitiveness of the regions of Ukraine are studied, among the key ones are the level of infrastructure development, the level of technological development of the region, the quality of the human capital of the region, etc. The problems that arise in regions and territorial communities, and which have a critical impact on the state of their competitiveness, are identified. A number of destructive factors have been identified that, under the influence of negative market dynamics formed as a result of the war, reduce the current state of competitiveness of territorial communities. Such factors include the lack of proper infrastructure, shortage of financial and material resources, decrease in the quality of life of the population, and others. The necessity of forming conceptual strategies for restoring the competitiveness of territorial communities and regions of Ukraine in the process of post-war development of the national economy was determined. Ways of improving the development of regional infrastructure through specialized targeted state programs, raising the level of education and professional training of the population, attracting investments on the basis of private-state partnership, etc. are proposed. The importance of continuing institutional changes in the field of local self-government to ensure the effective restoration of the competitiveness of regions and territorial communities has been proven. A set of theoretical provisions regarding the provision of solutions to the problems of socio-economic development of territorial communities and regions on the basis of ensuring the restoration of their competitiveness through the implementation of projects of regional significance on the basis of sustainable development are considered.