Methodology for assessing the sustainable development of administrative-territorial units

Abstract

Abstract The article considers the existing approaches to understanding the term “sustainable development” and the methodology for assessing sustainable development processes. The problem of lack of a unified methodology for assessing the sustainable development of administrative-territorial units has been identified, which prompted its development. Based on the analysis, a method of assessing the sustainable development of administrative-territorial units has been proposed. The methodology is based on metrics for measuring sustainable development processes, developed by the Institute for Applied System Analysis of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine. Improving the existing methodology was to simplify it by developing a single system of parameters based on official statistics. Instead, it was suggested not to use the original data obtained by experts, due to the impossibility of verifying their reliability. For the same reason, it was proposed to abandon the use of weights when calculating the values of indicators and policy categories. Approbation of the improved methodology was carried out on the example of Poltava, Sumy and Kharkiv regions, which are part of the North-Eastern economic region of Ukraine. The calculations confirmed the comparability of the results with the results of other authors in previous studies. The improved methodology, in contrast to existing ones, is different due to its simplicity, versatility and suitability for assessing the sustainable development of any comparable administrative-territorial units. At the same time, further research is needed on the system of baseline parameters for administrative-territorial units for which there are insufficient official statistics, as well as the feasibility of applying weights, provided they are properly justified.