INCREASE STRATEGY ECONOMIC SECURITY OF THE REGION

Abstract

The article examines the urgent problems of ensuring regional economic security under conditions of global crisis phenomena and systemic transformations of the Ukrainian economy. It is substantiated that, despite the significant contribution of domestic scholars (V. M. Heiets, O. I. Baranovskyi, Z. S. Varnalii, and others) to the study of national security, the issues of developing specific methods, mechanisms, and unified assessment criteria for economic security at the regional (meso) level remain insufficiently explored.

The purpose of the work is to develop scientifically grounded proposals for improving the strategy for enhancing regional economic security, considering its unique specifics.

A systematization of approaches to defining all levels of economic security (international, national, regional, personal) has been carried out from the perspective of counteracting external and internal critical threats. The author's definition of regional economic security is proposed as a state of socio-economic relations in which the regional economic system is capable of effectively resisting all threats of a critical nature.

The comprehensive system of indicators for security assessment and monitoring has been improved. A classification of indicators by domain, level, type, and influence is proposed, which significantly simplifies the selection task. Changes have been made to the methodology for assessing crisis situations in the industrial sector (replacing indicators with volumes of shipped products) and energy security for regions without own energy sources (increasing fuel reserve threshold values).

To enhance the system's effectiveness, the mechanism for the interaction of authorities (regional, territorial central, and public institutions) has been improved through a clear distribution of responsibility spheres and the creation of an Interdepartmental Commission for Anti-Crisis Management. The security provision process is divided into two key stages: monitoring (continuous observation and threat forecasting) and management (development and implementation of measures).

The necessity of adopting a Regional Targeted Program for Economic Security is substantiated, which will allow resource concentration, elimination of duplicate programs, and increased expenditure transparency. Criteria for assessing the effectiveness of this Program and its subprograms are developed based on comparing the dynamics of integral indicators with their threshold values.

Three key directions for optimizing the regional budget structure as a source of anti-crisis funding are identified: improving the quality of expenditure planning for "Other issues..." sub-categories, eliminating functional duplication between authorities, and implementing results-oriented budgeting, with priority financing given to the most critical spheres identified through monitoring.

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