Development tools of the non-profit sector in the region

The global agenda for sustainable development notes that social, economic and environmental problems require their speedy solution including through broader cooperation between various economic sectors; such cooperation is implemented within the framework of intersectoral social partnership. One of the parties to the partnership is the non-profi t sector, which has the role of initiator and coordinator in the study. The article notes that the regional level acts as a central link in the implementation of state policy, where the requirements of a unifi ed state policy emanating from the federal center and specifi c needs emerging locally are combined. In order for non-profi t sector organizations to effectively fulfi ll the coordinating role of intersectoral social partnership, it is necessary to develop sound proposals for regional and municipal policy regarding organizational and economic instruments for their infrastructural support. This is the purpose of the article. The information base of the research is the works of Russian and foreign scientists on the problems of intersectoral social partnership, regional economy, management and the non-profi t sector, reports and documents of authorities, non-profi t organizations. We have used universal general scientifi c methods: analysis, synthesis, comparison and generalization. The novelty of the work is to expand the theory and practice of studying intersectoral social partnership and management in terms of creating conditions for the development of the nonprofi t sector in the regions and municipalities. We have proposed a comprehensive mechanism to develop the non-profi t sector, which consists in building a network of regional resource centers and infrastructure support centers for non-profi t sector organizations at the municipal level using a state certifi cation tool. At the same time, the paper identifi es the features and problems of functioning of the existing regional resource centers, and determines the advantages of certifi cation. We have concluded that the introduction of sound proposals into the practice of regional and municipal management will ensure the effective functioning of the non-profi t sector, enhance the participation of economic entities and population in solving socially signifi cant problems and raise intersectoral social partnership to a higher development level.