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ПІДТРИМКА МІЖДЕРЖАВНОГО РЕГІОНАЛЬНОГО СПІВРОБІТНИЦТВА: ІНСТИТУЦІЙНІ ПЕРСПЕКТИВИ РОЗВИТКУ ЄВРОРЕГІОНІВ

У науковій літературі поняття єврорегіон має різні тлумачення, зокрема більшість науковців характеризують єврорегіон як форму міждержавного регіонального (транскордонного) співробітництва між територіальними громадами або місцевими органами влади прикордонних регіонів двох або більше держав, що мають спільний кордон, яке спрямоване на координацію їх взаємних зусиль і здійснення узгоджених заходів у різних сферах життєдіяльності у відповідності до національних законодавств і норм міжнародного права для вирішення спільних проблем і в інтересах людей, що населяють його територію по обидві боки державного кордону. Основними характеристиками єврорегіону, які застосовуються в науковій літературі, є наступні: географічна – єврорегіон є територією, яка має конкретне географічне положення; політична – частини цієї території знаходяться під юрисдикцією суверенних держав, які мають спільний кордон.
 Доведено, що єврорегіони утворюють прикордонні регіони держав, що мають спільний кордон; функціональна – єврорегіон є формою міждержавного регіонального (транскордонного) співробітництва. Основні завдання, які за аналізом наукових джерел, слід сформулювати для діяльності єврорегіонів, наступні: обмін досвідом та інформацією; вирівнювання та постійне покращення життєвих умов; підтримка регіонального розвитку; розвиток економіки, торгівлі та туризму; охорона й покращення стану навколишнього середовища; співробітництво в запобіганні та подоланні стихійних лих і катастроф; співпраця в області гуманітарної та соціальної діяльності, у сфері освіти, спорту і охорони здоров’я; культурний обмін і турбота про культурне надбання.
 Обґрунтовано, що на відміну від утворення та функціонування єврорегіональних структур в Європейському співтоваристві, де ініціатива утворення таких структурних одиниць в основному, належить місцевим громадам, усі єврорегіони за участю адміністративно-територіальних одиниць України були ініційовані структурами державного управління. Це має як позитивні моменти, оскільки з одного боку, це свідчить про те, що на рівні вищих органів влади присутнє усвідомлення в необхідності участі в сучасних інтеграційних проектах, налагодженні добросусідських відносин між сусідніми державами. З іншого боку, в умовах децентралізації необхідним стає підвищення самостійності місцевих властей, активна місцева політика в сфері міждержавного регіонального співробітництва.
 Визначено, що на сьогодні єврорегіон є основним інструментом для забезпечення співробітництва на рівні регіонів та територіальних громад, виступаючи як транскордонна регіональна асоціація прикордонних адміністративних територій з метою координації міждержавного регіонального співробітництва.

Geological based on area development: Terrain genetic unit method

This study aims to analyze the supporting factors, especially natural resources of mining materials for the development of the Pangalengan area, using the Terrain Genetic Unit (SGW) method. Pangalengan is one of the regions that has a wealth of natural resource potential, including mineral and rock resources, energy and geothermal resources and other natural resources that can be a support for regional development. The results of the study of holistic matrices and the direction of the development area for Pangalengan have the highest value of 291.5 and 360 compared to 4 other districts namely Kertasari, Ciwidey, Rancabali and Pasir Jambu. The presence of geothermal resources in Pangalengan is another multiplayer effect factor, which has a positive impact on the development in Pangalengan. The results of a holistic matrix analysis and regional development direction with elaboration of economic data obtained the results of 295 and 390.

Адаптивні моделі прогнозування фінансового забезпечення регіонального розвитку

Адаптивні моделі прогнозування фінансового забезпечення регіонального розвитку

Guided development of small settlements of recreation profile in the Ivano-Frankivsk oblast

The article is devoted to the issues of regulatory and legal support of regional development and planning organization of small cities of recreational profile at the present stage of their functioning. The current legal acts on the mentioned issues are analyzed, as well as the draft regulatory decisions under discussion. The main attention is paid to the peculiarities of planning organization of small cities of the recreational profile of Ivano-Frankivsk region, based on the analysis of the planning scheme of the territory of Ivano-Frankivsk region

The impact of decentralization on the financial support of regional development

Nowadays in Ukrainian realities decentralization, as a process of expanding and strengthening the rights and powers of administrative-territorial units, contributes to the development of financial innovations, the accessibility of public goods, and improvements in the quality of life of the population.The aim of the article goal is developing the recommendations for improving the financial support of the regions by introducing new tools of influence of communities and local self-governments on the economic growth of territories.Using the methods of factor analysis, regression analysis, and significant components, the article determines the impact of regional economic development on the revenues of local budgets. The empirical findings show the close correlation between budgetary decentralization and industrial capabilities of the regions. A cluster analysis was carried out to identify the asymmetries of regional development in terms of financial capacity. It enabled to distinguish homogeneous groups of areas according to the indicators of their economic development. On this basis the authors substantiated the necessity of entrepreneurial activity stimulating, increasing the number of companies, and promoting a continuous flow of goods (works, services) from the producer to the consumer in different regions of Ukraine.

INFLUENCE OF BUDGETARY INSTRUMENTS ON INDICATORS OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT

One of the current problems of using budget instruments of support and stimulation of regional development is their low efficiency, which requires the improvement of existing ones and introduction of other, more rational ones. The purpose of the article is to determine the impact of current budget instrument on indicators of regional development, with the help of economic and mathematical modeling, in order to determine their effectiveness and to provide recommendations for introduction of more effective instruments of support and stimulation of regional development. The article shows the influence of budget instruments on such indicators of regional development as capital investment at the expense of own funds of enterprises and organizations, the unemployed population, the volume of industrial production (goods, services) that have been sold, the volume of construction works. The results of the modelling have shown that the main influence on the exemined indicators of regional development is made by capital investment using the state budget, in particular, on increasing the volume of construction works, the volume of industrial production sold and the volume of capital investments at the expense of enterprises and organizations' own funds, which is related to the direction of such state investments, namely infrastructure projects. Nevertheless, capital investment at the expense of local fundsbudgets have only a small effect on the growth of capital investment using their own funds of enterprises and organizations.The insignificant influence of the studied budget instruments on indicators of regional developmentis proved, which refers to their low efficiency, and highlights the need to improve the budget instruments of support for regional development and focus on the fiscal stimulation instruments for the effective use of the internal resource of the regions (using the grandees by communities and attracting investment in development of the territory). Recommendations for increasing the efficiency of the use of such a budget instrument as the State Fund for Regional Development are given.

New Approaches to the Development of the Least Developed Regions in Slovakia

The paper is discussing and critically looking at the new action plans prepared for the least developed regions in Slovakia (the criteria for eligibility is the unemployment rate 1.6 times above the national average in at least 9 of 12 consecutive quarters) prepared in cooperation among the experts and the Governmental Office of the Slovak Republic. These actions plans were designed in short period of time by spatial planning, education, industry and agriculture professionals and represent special, non-systematic legal measure within the system of regional development support in Slovakia. The first plans were agreed on and legally supported in the middle of 2015 and the paper is looking into the first results reflected in the decreasing unemployment rate. The paper, firstly, portrays the situation of regional development in Slovakia focusing mainly on eastern and south-eastern parts and explains the reasons for this step by the government and why this decision was taken relatively quickly. Secondly, the situation which necessitated the decision to create the action plans is described and explained. Then, the action plans are discussed regarding their structure and the main pillars on which the development is guided in these regions. Special emphasis is put on the financial and fiscal measures combining the national resources and EU financial support. Final part is dedicated to discussing the action plans, their advantages and disadvantages and ways forward. One of the preliminary conclusions of larger research project focused on preparing the strategy for new regional development in Slovakia is that the prepared and agreed on action plans together with focusing on these regions by the national government are initial success factors for regional development of the lagging regions. Furthermore, the action plans are increasing the local capacities and social capital to improve the regions by empowering local public and private stakeholders to be more actively involved in the local and regional development.

INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT REGULATION

The paper describes the genesis of theoretical approaches to the problems of institutional support for regional development. Institutional prerequisites for exploiting the potential of the regions are explored on the basis of theoretical principles and evaluation of the practical results of European countries. The institutional environment for regulating regional development in Ukraine is outlined. The main aspects that have to be taken into account in the current institutional environment have been formed. The main tasks that a functional self-regulatory control system should solve are determined.

The Andalusian Tourism Sector during the Economic Crisis and its Impact on Regional Development

It is not common practice to assess tourism’s effects on regional development, although its benefits for host economies are widely known. This paper attempts to discern such activity’s role in a geographic setting by applying structural analysis techniques based on social accounting matrices (SAMs). This methodological approach is applied to the case of Andalusia during the period 2010-2014, encompassing both the financial crisis period and the apparent resurgence. The research aims to reflect on the andalusian economy from the perspective of tourism and know its impacts on the regional territory. The proposed methodology is applied to a region where tourism became more prominent during the financial crisis. The results indicate that tourism’s significance in the host economy is due its own particular behaviour and also to the performance of other economic sectors during the study period. Tourism has shown considerable carry-over capacity in the territory, although challenges have arisen in employment, demand and technological density aspects. All of them should be addressed so that tourism can provide a sustainable support for regional development. Tourism sector’s appeared as a strategic sector, partly due to its specific performance, though also to the other sectors’ performance, either declining industries such as construction or with lighter presence, as in the case of industrial activities. Tourism has also shown itself to be a pro-cyclical sector, with landmarks. Yet the tourism sector has shown proven resilience and a considerable ability to foster economic development in the territory.

East Java Maritime Connectivity and Its Regional Development Support

The study presents an evolution of maritime connectivity index of East Java which is associated with accessibility and mobility index of regions in East Java. The findings show that East Java increased connectivity more than three times from 1996 to 2011. Initially, the East Java is importer but then become exporter to national territory. For accessibility, the inland regions of East Java in general is higher than the coastal areas. And for mobility, inland regions initially have a small index, but in subsequent years its index is greater than the coastal areas.

Análisis de la realidad competitiva de la cadena forestal en el departamento de Arauca

<p>El presente artículo evidencia resultados de investigación orientados al análisis de las denominadas <em>apuestas productivas</em> del departamento de Arauca, específicamente de la que ha sido denominada la <em>cadena forestal</em>. Dichas apuestas son el resultado de un ejercicio de planificación territorial, plasmado en el Plan Regional de Competitividad del departamento de Arauca, a través del cual se pretende mejorar el aparato productivo de la región y, de forma directa, las condiciones de vida de sus comunidades. El ejercicio investigativo se concentró en determinar si existen condiciones objetivas que avalen la apuesta por la producción forestal y si la misma puede constituirse en un polo de desarrollo en el territorio. Para lograr este objetivo, se utilizó una metodología cualitativa con enfoque multimodal, a través de entrevistas en profundidad, aplicadas a quienes lograron identificarse, por medio de un proceso de <em>screening</em>, como actores relevantes de la cadena de valor. El análisis de la información recabada ha llevado a determinar que no hay argumentos suficientes que sustenten la priorización de este sector económico y que no existen condiciones objetivas que permitan considerar al mismo como un eje de sustento del desarrollo regional.</p><p> </p><p> </p>

Evolving regional and local economic development in New Zealand

Regional and local economic development policy and practise has evolved over time both globally and in New Zealand specifically. Regional development support in this country, prior to 1984, focussed on conventional policies of regional investment and subsidies. The costly nature of support and the changing global context encouraged policy reformulation. After 1984, the pursuit of neo-liberal economic policies encouraged a focus on regional partnership formation and local level autonomy in alignment with thinking on ‘new regionalism’. More recently, increasing centralisation of economic policy, the narrowing of the local government mandate and new regional development thinking, which is grounded on market-based attraction of foreign investment, reveals the degree to which regional and local policy has evolved, and become more centralised and market focussed. At both the national and local levels, economic policies now tend to downplay social and community considerations in favour of market-led and business-focussed support.

Towards place-based regional and local development strategies in Central and Eastern Europe? EU cohesion policy and strategic planning capacity at the sub-national level

The EU accession of the Central and Eastern European countries required adjustment to EU cohesion policy and its framework, based on multi-level governance and territorially targeted financial support for regional development. This involved reforms of territorial administration, the developing of regional policies and the building of the capacity for administering structural funds. This article investigates the mechanisms of adjustment to the programming principle of EU cohesion policy which requires that the structural funds are used according to multi-annual strategies and place-tailored operational programmes. Drawing on qualitative data from interviews with regional actors in Polish, Czech and Hungarian regions, the article focuses on the impacts of this EU-imposed approach to the practices of the regional and local actors. It finds that EU cohesion policy overall promoted strategic and place-based development planning in the Central and Eastern European countries. However, its impacts remain differentiated and often limited to ‘superficial’ changes. The article argues that there are factors hampering the institutionalisation of multi-annual strategic development planning. These include the overemphasis on the ‘absorption’ of EU funds, patronage networks affecting decision making, and the reluctance of the central governments to let regional authorities set their own investment priorities, thus denying the very purpose of strategic planning tailored to regional specificities.

The main methods of state regulation and their diagnostics in realization of social an d economic policy of the region

There is a set of instruments of carrying out the regional policy, successfully applied in these or those countries during various periods of their economic development. In our opinion, one of instruments of the state strategy of regional development and regional policy, rational social and economic division into districts which can form a basis of administrative-territorial division and the tool of regional policy has to act. Discrepancy of administrative-territorial division to objective borders of social and economic areas at imperfection of the federal relations conducts to economic, political, international collisions and the state shocks. But this discrepancy isn’t an absolute obstacle to implementation of regional policy and can be easily overcome without direct change of administrative-territorial division with three main mechanisms of implementation of regional policy: selective support of regional development, program approach to implementation of the purposes of regional policy and the budgetary federalism. This article is devoted to key instruments of realization of the state strategy of regional development and regional policy of territorial subjects of the Russian Federation.

Coupled planning of water resources and agricultural landuse based on an inexact-stochastic programming model

Water resources are fundamental for support of regional development. Effective planning can facilitate sustainable management of water resources to balance socioeconomic development and water conservation. In this research, coupled planning of water resources and agricultural land use was undertaken through the development of an inexact-stochastic programming approach. Such an inexact modeling approach was the integration of interval linear programming and chance-constraint programming methods. It was employed to successfully tackle uncertainty in the form of interval numbers and probabilistic distributions existing in water resource systems. Then it was applied to a typical regional water resource system for demonstrating its applicability and validity through generating efficient system solutions. Based on the process of modeling formulation and result analysis, the developed model could be used for helping identify optimal water resource utilization patterns and the corresponding agricultural land-use schemes in three sub-regions. Furthermore, a number of decision alternatives were generated under multiple water-supply conditions, which could help decision makers identify desired management policies.

Experience of state administration of development of territories in Poland

The experience of public administration of the territories in Poland, in particular, the main provisions of the laws of the Republic of Poland «On the principles of regional development support» from May 12, 2000, and «On the basis of development policy» on December 6, 2006, describes the types of regulatory con-solidation policies (long-term, medium-term, national strategy for regional development, inter-regional and voivodeship strategies, etc. ), the order of their preparation, approval and implementation. Disclosed basis of state support for regional development, its goals and objectives, the procedure for preparation programs to support regional development, institutional support, in particular the role of the Council of Regional Policy and the Joint Commission of the Government and local self-government. A significant place is given to the analysis of the practice of signing voivodeship contracts between the Council of Ministers and the voivodeship self-government.

Brownfields as a Tool for Support of Regional Development of Slovakia

The paper deals with solutions of brownfields in Slovakia in the context of the regional development. It refers to the potential that brownfields have for the benefit of further development at not only local but also at regional level in order to create aesthetically and ecologically balanced environment and landscape. It also shows the interaction of revitalization and subsequent reuse of brownfields in order to minimize regional disparities in the territory of the Slovak Republic.

A regionális innováció és a helyi nyilvánosságok felértékelődése

A tanulmány kiindulópontja a helyi nyilvánosságok tartós megerősödésének jelensége, amely a demokrácia helyi intézményrendszerének kiépülésére, azon belül pedig elsősorban a civil szféra megerısödésére, valamint a regionális fejlődés állami és uniós támogatására vezethető vissza. A helyi témák iránti növekvő érdeklődést tanúsítja a helyi lapok, internetes fórumok, rádióadók megerősödése az országos napilapok, fórumok és adók rovására. A település- és régiófejlesztési céllal létrejött civil szervezetek belenőttek a helyi politikai életbe az országos pártok befolyásának rovására, és támogatott jelöltjeiket be tudják juttatni az önkormányzati testületekbe. A helyi nyilvánosság e jelenségekben megmutatkozó kibontakozása és megerősödése előmozdítja a kisebb-nagyobb térségek jövőjét formáló gazdasági és társadalmi erők egymásra találását, vitáikat és a konfliktusok kihordását, valamint az együttműködést is. A helyi nyilvánosság e jelentős mértékő felértékelődése megalapozza a települések és a régiók jövőjének az ott lakók által történő formálását és az ehhez szükséges, tágabb értelemben vett regionális innováció kiérlelését és megvalósítását, beleértve a gazdasági és kulturális identitás meghatározását is. A tanulmány tárgyalja a munkát kereső és a felsőoktatásban részt vevő fiatalok földrajzi és társadalmi mobilitásának a tágabb értelemben vett regionális innovációra gyakorolt hatásait is, különös tekintettel a kisebb és nagyobb régiókban kialakuló fejlődési központok megerősödésére és innovatív szerepére. A helyi nyilvánosságok megerősödésének, valamint a fejlődési és innovációs központok létrejöttének és működésének fontos kísérőjelensége az explicit és a hallgatólagos tudás áramlása és felhalmozódása, amit a kétféle mobilitás jelentősen elősegít.

Higher Education Institutions and Regional Mission: Lessons Learnt from the OECD Review Project

With the processes of globalization and localization, the local availability of knowledge and skills, and the transfer of technology and innovation to industry, small and medium-sized enterprises and the wider society have become increasingly important. In recent years, there have been many initiatives across Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries and elsewhere to mobilize higher education in support of regional development. Drawing the lessons and key conclusions from the OECD study on ‘Supporting the Contribution of Higher Education Institutions to Regional Development’, this paper highlights the economic and social benefits of higher education for countries and regions, and discusses why regions and regional development is becoming more important in the era of globalization. It argues that the new wider mission of higher education institutions, often characterized as a ‘third task’ or social obligation, can be best mobilized in the context of regions. It discusses how higher education institutions can strengthen regional innovation systems, human capital development, and social and cultural development in their regions. Finally, it identifies constraints for more active engagement at national, regional and institutional levels, and suggests how these constraints can be removed.

Nachwachsend = nachhaltig? Eine Analyse am Beispiel pflanzlicher Textilfärbung Nachwachsend = nachhaltig? Eine Analyse am Beispiel pflanzlicher Textilfärbung

In general, the utilisation of renewable resources is regarded as a contribution to sustainable development due to its reduction of environmental burdens and its support of regional development. In this paper we argue that a true contribution to sustainable development can be achieved only by considering the following additional sustainability criteria during product development: service and user orientation, efficiency, recyclability, flexibility and adaptability, fault-tolerance and risk prevention, employment, income and quality of life. From the discussion of these criteria, three key factors are derived: 1. development of quality products; 2. efficient resource use and reduction of environmental loadings; 3. and, economic competitiveness. The article then offers an example of good practice in product development, in which a competitive natural dyeing process was developed that fulfilled the quality requirements of the industy and of consumers, while simultaneously reducing environmental loadings. Finally, there is a presentation of widely applicable sustainability criteria that can be applied in the course of developing products based on renewable resources.