Content and retrospective analysis of regional strategizing in Russia

Abstract

Despite the active development of tools and methods for strategic planning, Russian federal, regional, and municipal authorities still have no clear understanding of the role, limits of application, and content value of strategic documents. Also, there are virtually no efficient management systems for the formation, adoption, and implementation of strategies at the regional level, which explains the relevance of this study. The aim of this paper is to analyze the experience of development, adoption, and implementation of strategies for socioeconomic development of federal subjects, estimate their effectiveness, and on this basis develop proposals to improve the acceptance and evaluation processes of strategies in the future. The study presents examples of conformity of already approved strategies for socioeconomic development of the Russian Federation to existing state standards, as well as examples of the completeness of content and presence of mandatory basic elements of strategies. The authors identify the main trends in the evolution of the system for designing and adopting such strategies. We conclude it necessary to develop a uniform conceptual methodology for assessing the quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of socioeconomic development strategies for Russian regions. Recommendations are given for improving the system of development and evaluation of documents for strategic planning at the regional level.