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In accordance with the Decree of the President of Ukraine of September 20 2019 No. 713 and in accordance with the Law of Ukraine On the Principles of State Regional Policy the Ministry of Regional Development together with other interested bodies is preparing a draft State Strategy for Regional Development for 2021-2027.The Ministry of Regional Development initiated the creation of a working group to prepare the draft National Strategy for Regional Development for 2021-2027.We understand that regional development has not yet been considered as one of the most important issues in the country. Any sectoral reforms or changes occur in a particular community or territory. And the point of application of any goal or policy in the state is the person who lives there. This is the main strategic document aimed at outlining the vision of Ukraines regional development. This was stated by the First Deputy Minister for Development of Communities and Territories of Ukraine Dmytro Zhyvitsky during a meeting of the working group on preparation of the draft State Strategy for Regional Development for the period until 2027.He stated that according to the results of the analysis of the socio-economic development of the regions three strategic goals have been formed which the Strategy will aim to achieve formation of a cohesive country in social economic environmental and spatial dimensions increasing the level of competitiveness of regions effective multi-level multi-level governance.The competitiveness of regions is first of all the ability of regions to compete for human resources. From how comfortable life will be in the community whether its inhabitants will be able to develop and receive quality public services freely whether it will be interesting for the person whether it will be economically successful whether the environment will be safe how fast the police will arrive service depends on the choice of the place of residence of the person - said Dmitry Zhivitsky.According to him the security of the state depends on the economic development of each community and territory. After all there are areas that are unevenly developing - these are mountainous borderline areas with low economic development which need additional attention. That is why the Government of Ukraine has set itself the goal of providing all Ukrainians with public services and services no matter where the person lives.Ukraine has a valid State Regional Development Strategy which operates from 2014 to 2020 which did not provide any hryvnia for its implementation. It is planned that the new Strategy will be provided with such a resource. Thanks to this we will be able to further implement all social projects and other state policies Dmytro Zhivitsky said.Based on major global trends the Minregion has proposed a new model of regional policy that has significant differences from the policies of the past. This is the model that underlies the National Strategy for Regional Development 2027. The key changes that it envisagesfocus of state support on problem areas and growth pointsnot only administrative-territorial units but also functional territories become objects of policypublic investments are directed not only at creation of objects of solid infrastructure but also on soft development projects on the basis of qualitative diagnostics of potentials and problems of regions and different types of functional territoriesimplementation of state programs and projects is carried out with compulsory consideration of spatial planning documents General scheme regional planning schemes community planning schemes.The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine is currently discussing the Government Bill on Amendments to Article 24-1 of the Budget Code of Ukraine on improving the efficiency of use of funds of the State Regional Development Fund where it is envisaged that 13 of the funds will be used for the implementation of regional development programs and projects which ensure the fulfillment of the tasks defined by the State Regional Development Strategy.
