Priorities and tools for the transformation of municipal governance in the context of the new reform of local self-government
Автор: Zhestyannikov Sergei G.
Журнал: Economic and Social Changes: Facts, Trends, Forecast @volnc-esc-en
Рубрика: Regional economy
Статья в выпуске: 4 т.15, 2022 года.
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One of the priority areas in the development of municipal formations in the context of the new reform of local self-government in Russia is the transformation of the system of local self-government, including further consolidation of territorial systems at the municipal level. These issues are to a certain extent reflected in scientific studies and in the research on agglomeration processes as well. At the same time, in the methodological aspect, insufficient attention is paid to the transformation of municipal governance. We believe it is necessary to focus not only on general patterns, but also on the specifics of development of municipal formations located around a large city; these provisions have determined the relevance of the work. The purpose of our study is to develop a methodological approach to substantiating priorities and tools for the transformation of municipal governance in the context of the new reform of local self-government. To this end, we use methods such as analysis and synthesis, structural, functional, monographic, statistical methods, review of municipal practices, etc. Scientific novelty of the research lies in the development of a methodological approach to substantiating priorities and tools for the transformation of municipal governance in the context of the new reform of local self-government. We show that transformation methods such as unification of rural settlements and transition to a single-level system of organization of local self-government, transfer of powers from the level of rural settlement to the level of municipal district, development of inter-municipal cooperation provide positive socio-economic effects for municipal formations. The findings of our work can be replicated and used in the practice of managing the development of municipal formations in Russia; they can also serve as a basis for further research on this topic concerning the improvement of the management system at the local level.
Municipal formations, local self-government, local self-government reform, urban agglomerations, inter-municipal cooperation
Короткий адрес: https://sciup.org/147238486
IDR: 147238486 | DOI: 10.15838/esc.2022.4.82.6
Текст научной статьи Priorities and tools for the transformation of municipal governance in the context of the new reform of local self-government
Modern trends in the development of municipalities associated with the presence of socioeconomic and institutional and management problems, the need to build an integrated system of strategic management of territorial development, greater consideration of the potential of the local community and resource base, make it important to develop methodological approaches to ensure a balanced development of the territory. One of the directions of its achievement is the transformation of municipal management, providing a set of solutions to optimize organizational management structures and reduce asymmetry in the socio-economic development of municipalities, primarily those that are the nearest periphery in the urban agglomeration.
Active interaction of large cities with a population of 250 thousand people and the surrounding areas within a radius of 50–60 kilometers, their organizational, economic and cultural integration provide a significant multiplier effect for the development of both the city and the surrounding municipalities. Their role in the regional aspect is, on the one hand, to ensure the strengthening of inter-municipal cooperation, allowing the effective use of labor, organizational, financial, recreational and other resources to meet the challenges of urban development, on the other hand, to ensure the translation of urban dynamics of socio-economic changes in the peripheral areas.
The above-mentioned guidelines are defined in a number of strategic documents of the country’s development. Thus, according to the “Strategy for spatial development of the Russian Federation for the period through to 2025” the most important goal is to reduce the level of inter-regional differentiation in socio-economic development of the constituent entities in the Russian Federation, including by increasing the sustainability of the settlement system through the development of supporting settlements, rural areas, taking into account population density, different development and use of such territories, natural conditions, distance from large cities, etc.1
According to the “Fundamentals of state policy for regional development of the Russian Federation through to 2025” a priority task is the need to ensure economic connectivity of cities with their surrounding areas, as well as urban agglomerations with each other, reducing disparities in quality of life in urban and rural areas2.
These priorities were further developed in the updated Constitution of the Russian Federation, the Federal Law 414-FZ “On the general principles of organization of public authority in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation”, dated December 21, 2021, Draft Law 40361-8 “On the general principles of organization of local authority in the unified system of public authority” (passed in the first reading on January 25, 2022). The next stage of the municipal reform is designed to increase the efficiency of interaction between all levels of public authority for the socio-economic development of territories through the transition to a new spatial organization of regions based on a single-level model of local self-government3.
Thus, the consideration of trends and problems in the transformation of municipal governance in the conditions of local government reform is relevant for the substantiation of managerial approaches to the optimization of organizational structures and reduction of asymmetry in the socioeconomic development of municipalities.
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