FIRST YEAR OF IMPLEMENTATION OF DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION PROGRAMS IN THE REGIONS OF RUSSIA: PROBLEMS AND RESULTS

Abstract

Russia has developed and is implementing regional strategies for the digital transformation of economic, social and public administration sectors for 2022-2024, the results of which are the focus of this study. A comparative analysis of planned and actual estimates of digital maturity was carried out for various Russian regions using data on per capita financing of planned values of digital maturity for the period 2022-2024 and actual estimates of digital maturity were calculated. It is shown that at the initial stage, the digital transformation of Russian regions is ambiguous; there are regions where the actual values of digital maturity of industries are higher than those predicted for the coming periods, which indicates significant differences in digital development in the regions of the Russian Federation. These indicators of digital maturity in the presented regions were independently calculated by the authors of this work on the basis of regional digital transformation programs according to the official calculation algorithm taken from Order No. 600 of the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Communications. In addition, the paper presents the planned and actual values of the country's digital maturity index. The difference between the planned and actual values in 2022 seems to be significant, especially in the sectors of healthcare and public administration. It is concluded that a large gap between the planned and actual values may cause that the planned values in some regions in 2023 and 2024 will not be reached, which may have a negative impact on the level of development of the country as a whole. The need to intensify efforts on digital transformation in healthcare and public administration in order to achieve the target values by 2024 is indicated. To do this, it is necessary to strengthen measures for the development of digital transformation in these industries at the regional level and reflect them in strategies. The results of the study do not pretend to be all-inclusive, but they influence the formation of methods for assessing regional digital maturity and will be of interest to regional authorities and researchers whose field of interest includes current trends in management and digital transformation.