Development of Clusters as an Instrument for Activation of Intermunicipal Cooperation

Abstract

The article reveals the relevance of creating clusters as an infrastructural element of ensuring the local economic development, as well as the use of measures and means in this area in the system of local policy to deepen economic cooperation of territorial communities in Ukraine. The purpose of the study was to improve the methodological and applied basis of intermunicipal cooperation of communities in the field of development of institutional elements of cooperation and cooperation of subjects of the real sector of the economy, in particular production and sales clusters. The advantages of creating cluster structures have been identified both for the community on whose territory they are located and for the community where clusters are not yet created, but these communities can be participants in a cooperation in this area. Obstacles and peculiarities of local economic development management through the creation and expansion of cluster activities are identified. The forms of intermunicipal cooperation in the field of cluster creation are expanded. A structural and organizational hierarchy of cluster creation and development is constructed. The forms of implementation of cooperation between territorial communities in the field of cluster structures development are determined, in particular: 1) development of institutional elements of cooperation at the community level; 2) cross-border development of clusters on the territory of one of the two neighboring communities; 3) interregional development of clusters between communities located in different parts of the region and even the country. The scientific novelty of the study is that the types and forms of interaction of territorial communities in the field of creation and development of cluster structures have been further developed. The applied significance of the research results is that methodological and applied support of regional policy in the field of development of elements of the institutional infrastructure of cooperation and joint development of entities of the real sector of the local economy has been developed.

Keywords

• communities
• cooperation of communities
• economic development at the local level
• clusters