State support for innovative projects for the development of the social infrastructure of the territories

Abstract

Global trends in the spread of the concept of a socially-oriented economy by the leading countries of the world form the need to find new tools to ensure the proper quality of life of the country's population, as well as mechanisms that can contribute to the growth of competitiveness and cohesion of society. The importance of innovative processes in the regions in this context is realized through the promotion of the development of creativity and intellectual potential of the population, which can ultimately influence the formation of social potential. Another important consequence of the development of innovative processes that take place in the fields of science, engineering and technology is the improvement of the structure of social space. Thus, the formation of an innovative environment in the social sector of the country becomes an extremely important task in ensuring the development of the social infrastructure of the territories. The key drivers that have a significant impact on the results and development of the social sphere in general and social infrastructure in particular are innovative processes that should be inherent in all participants and structures of the state, society and business at all stages of economic development. Awareness of the prospects and high level of efficiency of the innovative way of development of social infrastructure, actively supported in society, in all state and business structures, ensure the growth of not only scientific, technological and economic, but, no less important, labor and human potential. The purpose of the study is to substantiate and develop theoretical foundations, methodological provisions and applied recommendations for the state support of innovative projects for the development of social infrastructure of territories. The achievement of this goal necessitated the formulation and solution of a set of relevant tasks. The set goal and objectives of the study are achieved using a system of general scientific and special methods. The object of the research is the process of state support for innovative projects for the development of social infrastructure of territories. The subject of the research is a set of theoretical, methodological and applied foundations for the formation and implementation of mechanisms of state support for innovative projects for the development of social infrastructure of territories. In the first section of the dissertation, social innovations are considered as an integral part of the innovative development of social infrastructure, the task of which is to organize social processes in a new way through new forms of organization, lifestyle or regulation. In addition, based on the study of the literature, it is established that social infrastructure can be considered as a set ofmaterial and material base of the social complex of territories (structures of the social sphere necessary for the organization of society) as well as public and quasi-public spaces, the purpose of which is to maintain an appropriate level of social connection through the provision of quality social services. It is established that sustainable development is an integral characteristic of social infrastructure, which is designed to ensure the social sustainability of infrastructure projects, and public-private partnership as an effective mechanism for ensuring innovative development of territories. The second section proposes a methodical approach to assessing the level of development of the social infrastructure of territories, the uniqueness of which lies in the presence of a wide range of stakeholders (state and local authorities, the business community and the public) who can use the results of the the purpose of assessing the proportionality of regional development and avoiding imbalances in the development of certain spheres of social infrastructure; to carry out a comparative assessment of the level of development of territories and the effectiveness of investment in the implementation of public-private partnership projects; for the adoption of strategic decisionson social policy. The main idea of the proposed methodical approach is the formation of an analytical profile of the level of development of social infrastructure in different regions of China in order to form targeted State support for innovative projects in the relevant spheres of social infrastructure, which will contribute to the efficiency of the use of public funds and reduce the level of regional disproportion in the overall development of the social infrastructure of the State . The methodical approach provides for the step-by-step implementation of three methodological blocks, each of which is based on a certain calculation toolkit. The first block – the integral basis – involves the use of an integral indicator of the level of development of social infrastructure based on taxonomic analysis. The second block – clustering of regions – provides for the implementation of the procedure for dividing regions into groups (clusters) according to common socio-infrastructural characteristics. The third block – factor-analytical – is based on the use of factor analysis tools to determine a group of factors that influence the innovative development of the social infrastructure of territories. 1The formation of interaction of key stakeholders to ensure the efficiency of innovation processes of the social sector is substantiated on the basis of the model of four-level interaction, where the key stakeholders are the state, private partner, investors (sponsors), special agencies, innovation clusters and the final consumer (population of the country). Each level of interaction has its own characteristics and corresponding impact on the efficiency of innovation processes, which can only be achieved if the relevant requirements and criteria are met. The third section proposes mechanisms for the formation of interaction of key stakeholders through a certain degree of involvement of relevant stakeholders who are actively involved in the process of planning, development and implementation of social policy, which can be implemented through the use of a map of responsibility of institutions in the formation of policy for the development of social infrastructure of territories. Organizational-economic mechanisms for managing innovation activities of development are proposed social infrastructure of territories, which is the transformation of the influence of the external environment as the main source of innovative changes within the framework of the functioning of the innovation cluster, which at the same time acts as a source of resources that the social infrastructure as an open system uses at the entrance of its activities to ensure the expected result. The methodological basis of state regulation in the spheres of social infrastructure is the forms of public-private partnership as a universal toolkit, and the relevant principles, the observance of which should be a prerequisite for making regulatory decisions on the implementation of innovative changes.