State monitoring of the sustainable development of a territory

The paper proposes a methodology for the formation of monitoring of sustainable development of a territory. The existing addition to the concept of sustainable development is presented. This methodology is a recommendation for authorities. The main goal of the proposed methodology is connected with conducting research on socio-economic and environmental development and planning of territories in order to achieve sustainable development and increase inter-regional and intraregional spatial connectivity. The authors give recommendations on the formation of the state monitoring of sustainable development a territory system for the Ministry of Economic Development and Industry of the Irkutsk Region. It is proposed to form a permanent analytical department and give name “Coordination Council for Spatial Development”. The Coordination Council for Spatial Development carries out activities to study the issues of sustainable development of a territory and spatial connectivity. The monitoring results can be used by regional authorities to formulate provisions for achieving the sustainable development of a territory within the framework of formation the Strategy for the socioeconomic development of a region. The algorithm is presented in the form of diagram. The diagram describes the sequence of actions for the formation of provisions for the sustainable development of a territory by assessing the socio-economic, ecological state and the level of territorial connectivity.