Semkova L. The economic security of the regions.

Abstract

The article presents the interpretation of the concept of the region within the framework of the various scholars approaches.

Disclosed the major blocks structure of economic security of the region: economic independence, stability and sustainability of the regional economy, the ability to self-development and progress. Defined the components of economic security at the regional level: industrial, financial, scientific and technical, socio-demographic, the restructuring of the labor market, social, food, ecological. Are indicated factors of economic security in the region, which manifest in the following: the ability to pursue their own economic policies in the country; balanced opportunity to respond to the sharp geopolitical changes in the country; exercise, or at least begin to implement significant economic measures (without waiting for assistance from the center) in socially explosive situations in areas related to the local "economic" diseases; ability to stably support of the adequacy of existing prudential regulations in the territory of international practice, which will save or restore a decent standard of living of the population. Presents a classification of threats to economic security, among which the basic elements are: environmental threats, threats in the real sector of the economy, foreign economic  threats, foreign political threats, food and energy threats, threats in the investment field, threats in the social sphere. Provides the principles of economic security of the region: general, namely: a comprehensive, systematic, variance (alternative), the principle of coordination (coordination) connections and relationships of all elements of the economic security of the region, the principle of specialty of elements (separation of functions and operations performed by the elements).