Determining strategic planning improvement directions in the Russian Federation’s regions

The subject of this article is the initial stage of strategic planning documents development in regions and municipalities of the Russian Federation, during which their names, implementation deadlines, structures, key indicators, etc. are determined. The purpose of the work is to develop a set of proposals, implementation of which will contribute to the strategic planning system streamlining and increase its efficiency. During the study, the author considers strategic planning documents, with an emphasis on similar documents adopted in the regions and municipalities, situated in the Central Federal District of the Russian Federation. The current state of most individual documents and the system as a whole, as a result of the specified parameters analysis, cannot be recognized as satisfying – there are multiple inaccuracies and errors that do not allow obtain declared results and synergistic effect. The directions for improving the strategic documents system presented in the work, cover their features that lie on the surface, but, at the same time, have the most significant impact not only on implementing these documents themselves, but also on the efficiency of the entire strategic planning system on the level of municipalities, regions and the country as a whole. Recommendations aimed at optimizing the system of strategic planning documents can be used in individual municipalities or regions of the Russian Federation, but they can bring the greatest effect if they are taken into account while forming laws and regulations at the federal level. The findings focus on the need to synchronize, establishing a single nomenclature and principles for forming strategic planning documents.

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