Production, infrastructural, scientific and industrial bases of sustainable development of the Irkutsk region

The article discusses the production, infrastructure and scientific-industrial bases of sustainable development of the Irkutsk region, as one of the supporting economic territories of Siberia. It is shown that the competitive advantages of the Irkutsk region consist in the presence of large reserves of natural resources (gas, oil, rare metals, iron ore, potash salts, apatite, etc., forest, energy), the middle transport and geographical position in Russia on Transsib, relative proximity to the countries of East and Southeast Asia. It has been determined that one of the main priorities of the development of the Irkutsk Region is the integrated development of the processing industry based on the use of natural resources, ecological tourism. The existing scientific and educational base of the Irkutsk Region (institutes of the Irkutsk Scientific Center of the SB RAS, more than 20 state and commercial universities, a reviving network of specialized secondary educational institutions, etc.) are designed to ensure the current level of development of specific programs and technical projects, promoting the ideology of sustainable development. The UN Sustainable Development Goals 2030 are considered in relation to the programs of socio-economic development of the Irkutsk region and the prerequisites for their implementation in the territory under consideration are shown.