UDC 330.341.4:330.837
Lutskiv, O. M., & Maksymchuk, M. V. (2014). Instytutsiyne seredovyshche rehional'noyi strukturnoyi polityky [The institutional environment of regional structural policy]. Rehional'na ekonomika - Regional Economy, 73(3), 37-47. [in Ukrainian].
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Basic concepts and draft conceptual foundations of institutional frameworks of regional structural policy, which includes the activities of the public authorities at regional and sub-regional level, aimed at achieving a balanced and effective structure of the regional economy of the state is determined. Objectives, strategic goals and priorities of regional structural policy of Ukraine and the proposed conceptual and methodological tools, the system measures selected to achieve strategic goals and priorities are outlined. The problems of institutional frameworks of regional structural policy are researched.

The main attention in the article paid to determining basic concepts and delineation of conceptual foundations of institutional frameworks of regional structural policy, formulation of proposals for monitoring implementation of structural policies, including based on the introduction of structural standards and benchmarks. Using the method of assessing structural changes were evaluated internal and external structural standards for short, medium and long term perspective by major branches of economy of Western Ukraine. According to the chosen methodology for assessing the long-term perspective is matched with three groups of highly developed countries. Because of the comparative studies of the selected structural standards and guidelines range of structural problems of the economy and its western region, proposed solutions to these problems are defined.

The main obstacles to the implementation of effective structural changes in the economy of the region and submitted proposals for their elimination are defined. In particular, the focus is primarily on the decorrupted and demonopolised institutional environment that inhibits structural changes, preserves inefficient economic structure of regions of the state. The proposals for the transformation of regional and district state administration and formation on the basis of their administrative structures of the European model. Special attention is focused on the formation mechanism of formation mechanism of the regional budget and expenditure management budgets regions; instability and imperfection of the legislation concerning the mechanism of budget resources of the region; absence of legally enforceable fiscal powers to regional authorities; inadequacies of the system of intergovernmental transfers.

Main priorities for structural transformation including the development of the tertiary (services and finance) and quaternary (information area) of regions sectors, as these sectors perform transactional function and generate the largest number of innovations that are able to qualitatively change the course of economic development are grounded.

Keywords:

regional structural policy, institutional environment, college, institution, region, structural standards and guidelines, restructuring, structural adjustment, structural transformation, structural changes