STRATEGIC GUIDELINES FOR THE MODERNIZATION OF REGIONAL ECONOMY MANAGEMENT: THE FACTOR OF MOUNTAINOUS TERRITORIES

Introduction. The analysis of the main factors that generate profound differences in socio-economic development in a spatial section shows that, if at the initial stage of the economic reform they were caused mainly by different starting conditions that existed in the cities and villages of the Zakarpattia region before the beginning of the reforms, then in the current conditions, the dynamics of economic processes is determined purely by market factors — the level of development of entrepreneurial activity, the competitiveness of goods and services, the conditions for the formation of costs, prices, demand and supply, as a result of which there is an increasing dynamic of the formation of market relations in a spatial section. The situation in mountain settlements is extremely negative, which significantly lags behind the average regional indicators for a number of important indicators of socio-economic development, which necessitates the development of an innovative management model in the post-war period, which would be based on more effective use of own production, resource and human capital. Taking into account the creative factors for the region in general and for mountain settlements, an innovative model of ecological and economic development can be considered promising, under the influence of which their economic priorities, sectoral structure of the economy, specialization of production, development of entrepreneurship, placement of new productions according to the criterion of environmental friendliness, etc. are formed. Purpose. The purpose of the article is to outline the strategic orientations of socio-economic modernization of the regional economy through the prism of the development of mountainous areas. Materials and methods. The research materials are: 1) regulatory and legal support for the regulation of the development of mountain settlements in Ukraine; 2) works of domestic and foreign authors conducting their scientific and practical research in the field of regional development, in particular, regarding the development of depressed and mountainous areas. In the process of carrying out the research, the following methods of cognition were used: abstract-logical (with generalizations of a theoretical nature based on the works of domestic and foreign scientists); monographic (when studying and summarizing the experience and prerequisites for the growth of the socio-economic level of development of individual territories); systemic (when developing strategic guidelines for the modernization of the socio-economic development of the region and mountain settlements). Results. The article examines the problem of developing strategic directions for socio-economic modernization of the region's economy in the post-war period through the prism of stimulating the development of mountainous territories, since the latter are the least developed and, accordingly, the most problematic territories in the context of their socio-economic development. Based on the study of various scientific approaches, the essence of the concept of «modernization» has been clarified. The main directions of modernization of the economy of mountain areas at the regional level of development are proposed, which include the implementation of complex systemic measures with the aim of implementing deep structural and sectoral changes Discussion. In further scientific research, it is proposed to focus attention on the development of the conceptual basis for the development of state regional policy on an innovative basis, which was aimed at stimulating regional development in the postwar period, where a major role should be given to the outline of priority directions for stimulating the development of depressed territories and communities, which undoubtedly belong most mountain settlements.