Estimation of strategic prospects for socio-economic modernisation of city Mariupol

The article analyses the state of the processes of socio-economic modernisation of city Mariupol and offers the instruments to accelerate them. The estimation of the state and dynamics of the processes of city Mariupol modernisation is conducted in comparison with other cities of Donetsk region. The need to develop high-quality strategies and targeted programs of the city development is well-grounded, and the mechanisms of cooperation between powers, business and expert community in the process of their development and practical realization is offered. The accent is made on the importance of developing small and medium-sized business for the acceleration of the processes of modernisation of the city’s socio-economic system.