ASSESSMENT OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF GREEN ECONOMY OF REGIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS: CONTRACT ACTIVITIES

Abstract

Introduction. In the context of deepening global environmental, socio-economic and institutional challenges, the concept of green economy as a key tool for ensuring long-term and balanced development of territories acquires special importance. The implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals actualizes the need to form effective mechanisms for integrating environmental priorities into regional economic policy, which necessitates a scientifically grounded assessment of the processes of green development economy at the regional level.

Of particular importance in this context is contract activity as a tool for the implementation of public policy of sustainable development, which ensures the coordination of the interests of the state, business and territorial communities. Contracts in the field of green investments, public-private partnerships, environmental procurement, and infrastructure projects are an important mechanism for stimulating environmentally oriented economic growth in regions.

At the same time, the lack of unified approaches to assessing the effectiveness of contract activities in the context of developing a green economy in the regions limits the ability to make sound management decisions and reduces the effectiveness of the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals. This necessitates the development of methodological approaches to the comprehensive assessment of contract mechanisms as a component of institutional support for the green transformation of regional economic systems.

Thus, the study of assessing the development of green economies in the regions in the context of the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, taking into account contractual activities, is relevant both from a scientific and practical point of view and corresponds to modern priorities of regional development and environmental policy, regardless of the military impact.

The article is aimed at substantiating a methodological approach to a comprehensive assessment of the processes of green economy development in the regions of Ukraine in the context of the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, taking into account the role and effectiveness of contract activities as a tool for the implementation of environmentally oriented regional policy.

Materials and methods. The materials of the study are: 1) the results of scientific and analytical research on the development of a green economy in the regions of Ukraine, taking into account the impact of sustainable development goals and forms of contractual activities; 2) scientific works of domestic authors devoted to the problems of green transformation, regional development, eco-innovations, sustainable production and evaluation of the effectiveness of contract mechanisms.

In the process of the study, the following scientific methods were used: theoretical generalization and grouping (to systematize approaches to the interpretation of the green economy, determine its structural elements, as well as to identify types of contractual activities that are essential for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals at the regional level); analysis and synthesis (to identify the relationships between indicators of sustainable development, parameters of green transformation and the effectiveness of contractual mechanisms); index and indicator approaches (for the formation of a system of indicators for assessing the development of the green economy of the regions and the construction of an integral assessment).

Results. The scientific article investigates the theoretical and methodological foundations of assessing the development of green economy in the regions of Ukraine in the context of the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals. The essence of the green economy as a modern model of development that combines economic growth, rational use of natural resources, energy efficiency, introduction of eco-innovations and minimization of negative impact on the environment is revealed. European integration processes and the need to improve energy security.

An integrated approach to assessing the level of development of the green economy of the regions, which combines indicator, index, econometric, strategic, spatial and expert methods, is proposed. Particular attention is paid to contract activities as a key tool for the implementation of environmentally oriented projects, which ensures coordination of the interests of the state, business and territorial communities. It has been proved that contractual mechanisms are an important indicator of the institutional capacity of regions, the level of their innovation and ability to implement the Sustainable Development Goals in practice.

An integral indicator for assessing the development of a green economy has been developed, which takes into account environmental, economic, social and contractual components. It is shown that the inclusion of parameters of contract activities increases the accuracy of assessment and allows to determine the real contribution of partnership, investment and procurement mechanisms to the green transformation of regions.

Prospects. In further scientific research, it is proposed to focus on improving regional policy, forming sustainable development strategies and increasing the efficiency of management decisions in the field of green economy.