Methodological Problems of Interconnection of Strategic Planning Documents of the Federal Level, Developed within the Framework of the Target on Sectoral and Territorial Principles (Part 1)

A study of methodological problems related to the relationship of strategic planning documents of the federal level, developed within the framework of the target plan on sectoral and territorial principles, was carried out. The norms of the body of regulatory legal acts of the federal level adopted within the framework of the goal in the process of strategic planning of socio-economic development of territories, including the annual message of the President of the Russian Federation to the Federal Assembly of theRussian Federation, the strategy of socio-economic development of the Russian Federation, the strategy of national security of the Russian Federation and the strategy of scientific and technological development of the Russian Federation, were considered. The specifics of the Messages of the President of the Russian Federation to the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation as documents defining budget policy and requirements for it were revealed. The provisions of Federal Law No. 172 “On Strategic Planning” devoted to the “Strategy for the Socio-Economic Development of the Russian Federation” were analyzed. The consequences of the non-adoption of this document at the present stage have been analyzed. It is argued that methodological implications include the lack of a systematic link between strategic planning documents, the necessary statistical development of core resource indicators across the country and across regions, which affects the quality of strategic planning documents, and the effectiveness of their implementation. It is determined that spatial strategy, being an independent direction of strategic planning, should be “horizontally” consistent with strategic planning documents of an industry nature, and“vertically” with strategic spatial (territorial) planning documents formed at both the regional and municipal levels. A number of theoretical and methodological provisions have been identified and systematized, reflecting the systemic relationship of strategic planning documents adopted within the framework of the goal. It is argued that the factors influencing the formation and implementation of State policies for regional development and directly related to strategic planning include not only the characteristics of the federal structure, geopolitical, geodesic, socio-cultural factors, but also a significant difference in the levels of regional socio-economic development and territorial population.