CREATION OF INNOVATION AND INDUSTRIAL PARKS – THE BASIS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRIAL REGIONS

The article reveals the relevance of the problem of creating and organizing the activities of innovation and industrial parks as a mechanism for the economic development of industrial regions, activating the investment activity of the state with the aim of its economic growth. The world experience of creating and operating industrial parks is considered. The importance of industrial parks in modern economic conditions is highlighted. The prerequisites and main directions of creating industrial parks in Ukraine are revealed. Possible financing conditions and directions of state support for industrial parks are analyzed. Specific examples of their creation in individual regions of Ukraine are considered, the advantages and disadvantages of special investment regimes are determined. Proposals are provided, the implementation of which will contribute to increasing the efficiency of the functioning of industrial parks and ensuring their positive impact on the development of the economy of industrial regions and the national economy. It is shown that it is regional innovation and industrial parks with cluster-industry organization of production complexes in key sectors of the economy that can become energizers of the recovery and growth of the Ukrainian economy. The creation of such technological clusters requires a comprehensive approach, including strengthening ties between scientific institutions, industrial enterprises, business and government bodies. To ensure the innovative development of the Dnieper region and intensify the practical implementation of scientific inventions in the form of industrial samples, it is proposed to create a High-Tech Park on the basis of the Dnipro State Technical University - “Dnipro Scientific and Industrial Park of Applied Research and Innovation Projects “KREMIN” with a special tax and legal regime that ensures the creation of favorable conditions for the successful development of business in the relevant sectors of the economy. According to the results of the analysis, it was established that for the effective socio-economic development of the regions and the country, one of the main mechanisms for the accelerated recovery of the Ukrainian economy should be an effective state program for the development of regional innovation and industrial parks with an industry cluster organization, taking into account the specifics of specific territories.