Features of Regulation and Implementation of Interaction between the Population and Authorities in the System of Strategic Territorial Development in the Region (On the Example of the Murmansk Oblast)

Annotation

The study examines the issues of organizing the interaction of the population with regional and municipal authorities in the strategic planning system. The research investigates the methodological foundations for implementing tools to engage citizens in the development and implementation of strategic documents, presents their classification, and describes the specifics of regulatory control in Russian practice. As part of the practical study, an analysis of the regulation and implementation of public interaction with local and regional authorities in the system of territorial development of the Murmansk Oblast was carried out, an assessment of the implementation of formal and informal methods of public participation in the system of solving issues of local importance and the formation and implementation of strategic planning documents was given. It has been concluded that, despite the positive assessment of the experience of interaction between the population and government authorities in the system of strategic territorial development at the regional level, there is considerable potential for improving the effectiveness of such tools at the municipal level. At present, it seems appropriate to optimize public discussions, public debates, and surveys by strengthening the regulation of the requirements for their conduct and regulating the procedure for recording their results, implementing collective participation of the population in the processes of developing and implementing strategic planning documents at the municipal level, involving citizens in strategic planning processes not only at the stage of developing and approving documents, but also at the stages of setting goals, as well as monitoring and controlling their implementation.

About authors

Roman V. Badylevich, Cand. Sci. (Econ.), Senior Researcher
ramapatit@rambler.ru, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3164-8745
Luzin Institute for Economic Studies — Subdivision of the Federal Research Centre “Kola Science Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences”, ul. Fersmana, 24a, Apatity, Russia

Dmitriy L. Kondratovich, Cand. Sci. (Econ.), Senior Researcher
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4433-8383
Luzin Institute for Economic Studies — Subdivision of the Federal Research Centre “Kola Science Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences”, ul. Fersmana, 24a, Apatity, Russia

Keywords

strategic planning, strategic development documents, regional level, municipal level, population, local government, Murmansk Oblast

DOI

https://doi.org/ 10.37482/issn2221-2698.2025.60.193

UDC

332.024(470.21)(045)