"Growth points" in the digital economy: "smart city" projects

In the process of forming the digital economy in Russia, the approach associated with the creation of «growth points» to stimulate economic growth and create a favorable innovation climate in the regions is very much in demand. It involves the creation of agglomerations, which will concentrate innovation, resources, infrastructure and «human capital». «Smart cities» projects include purposeful work for the creation of a new urban environment. The priority areas are the use of «big data», sensory technologies for collecting information, the widespread use of resource - saving technologies, active interaction between authorities, public structures and citizens in the management process, the development of political «civic culture» and local self - government, the formation of a new educational system aimed at the development of «soft» skills. The advantages of «smart cities» are associated with the achievement of a high level of socio - economic development and improvement of the management system. The key risks of digital society in Russia are insufficient management efficiency, lack of competencies to create competitive services and production facilities, threats to security in the Internet space, and unwillingness of Russian society to fully participating in the «digital» reality.