Sustainable Development: Regional Aspect of the Global Agenda

The presented study analyzes current trends in the spreading of the sustainable development concept in regional management practices.

Aim. The study aims to evaluate the reflection of sustainable development problems in regional management practices.

Tasks. The author examines the concept of sustainable development in the context of the modern approach to territorial development management; analyzes the way problems of sustainable development are represented in modern studies of regional economy; determines the degree of involvement of regional authorities in the promotion of sustainable development goals.

Methods. This study uses general scientific methods of cognition to examine the specific features of representation of sustainable development goals in scientific discourse on the regional economy and the extent of regions’ involvement in the achievement of sustainable development goals (through the example of the environmental factor). The study uses information publicly available on the official websites of the UN and the Russian Federal State Statistics Service. The author’s opinion is based on the materials presented in analytical reviews of events at business forum, economic publications on the sustainable development of the regional economy. and the author’s own calculations.

Results. The formation of the sustainable development concept and a mechanism for controlling the achievement of goals into which the process of sustainable development can be decomposed is described. Scientific discourse on the directions of regional economic studies that address the problems of sustainable development is analyzed. The performance indicators of regional authorities in achieving sustainable development goals are analyzed.

Conclusions. National development management requires active interaction between the federal center, regional authorities, administrative bodies, and businesses in the development of the national agenda and integration of sustainable development goals into it. At present, none of the actors in this process show significant signs of activity.

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