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• The system approach to modernisation and innovative regional development: strategic objectives

  ... the crisis on innovation in Russia: Theory and Reality], Region: ekonomika i sociologija [Region: Economics and Sociology], no. 2, p. 107—128. 12. Shekhovtseva, L. S. 2005, Upravljaemoe razvitie regiona: strategicheskoe celepolaganie [Manage the development of the region: the strategic goal-setting], Kaliningrad. 13. Shekhovtseva, L. S. 2007, Strategicheskoe celepolaganie razvitija regiona [Strategic goal-setting development in the region], Saint Petersburg. 14. Shekhovtseva, L. S. 2010, Teoreticheskie osnovy i metodicheskoe ...

• Methodological Approaches to Regional Studies: Formation of Strategic Objectives

  This article considers methodological approaches to regional studies, in particular, functional, system, organisational, and strategic ones. The author determines the properties and concepts of a region as an agent of the development and formation of strategic objectives. 1. Изард У. Методы регионального анализа: введение в науку о регионах. М., 1966. 2. Шеховцева Л.   С. Управляемое развитие региона: ...

• Strategic Approach to Education System Development Management in the Region: Methodological Problems

  The article deals with the theoretical problems of the strategic approach to the regional education system management. 1. Гапоненко А.   Л., Панкрухин А.   П. Стратегическое ... ... Балтийского региона РГУ им. И. Канта. 2009. №   1. С. 67—74. Sherry N., Simayeva I. education system development strategy, strategic goals, strategic objectives. 7-11 10.5922/2223-2095-2009-11-1

• Strategic planning of small towns development in the Kaliningrad region

  ... проблемы развития полусредних городов Калининградской области / под ред. Г.   М. Федорова. Калининград: Изд-во РГУ им. И. Канта, 2008. Pogrebniakov P. V. strategic planning, semi-middle sized towns, social and economic development, investment attractiveness, Kaliningrad region. 114-117 10.5922/2223-2095-2009-1-21

• Geographical factors as a principle of strategic planning of municipal entities

  ... the generally accepted principles that should be used by the developers of strategic documents as guidelines. The author pays particular attention to the geographical factors explaining their importance for the municipal entities of the Kaliningrad region and comes to the conclusion that strategic planning of the development of municipal entities should be based on the geographical features of territory that are prevalent in determining the course of economic development. The results of the research can be used by regional or municipal authorities in assessing ...

• Theoretical approaches of strategic aim-formation for region

  The problem of definition of the regional aims and purposes is revealed on the basis of economic theories of growth and development. The author puts forward the concept of the strategic purposes of region which is constructed on hierarchy and coalition principles. 1.  Системный анализ и принятие решений / под ред. В.   Н. Волковой, В.   Н. Козлова. М., 2004. 2.  Шеховцева ...

• A Situational Approach to Strategic Management and Monitoring of Regional and Urban Development

  Through a situational approach to strategic management of regional and urban development it is possible to identify the interaction between the managerial process and mechanism; bring together the spatial and activity-related concepts of territorial development; and explain the phenomenon in question from both general and specific ...

• Theoretical problems of developing a healthcare strategy for students within a regional education system

  The author's treatment of key concepts and terms of strategic planning is given in the article in relation to health protection of those studying within an education system, namely, the concept and strategy of health protection, strategic choice of education system, the purpose of students’ health protection,...

• Institutional support for the strategic management of regional development

  This article justifies the need and system-and-function-based methodology for institutional support for strategic management of regional development. The author offers an empirical analysis and proposes recommendations for updating and establishment of institutions of strategic management of socio-economic development at the federal and regional levels. 1. Лопатников Л. И....

• Organizational support for the function-object approach to regional development in the systems of strategic management

  This article focuses on the basic aspects of organizational support for the function-object approach to regional development in the system of strategic management. The author proposes a mechanism combining the principles of regulation and self-regulation on the basis of application of function-object modeling of regional growth and motivation to achieve regional goals. 1. Бильчак В....

• Similarities and differences in curricula of a bachelor’s degree in oceanology at the universities in St Petersburg, Klaipeda, and Kaliningrad

  ... documents at the federal level to improve the efficiency of maritime activities and increase its contribution to the socioeconomic development], Strategicheskoe planirovanie v regionah i gorodah Rossii: strategija modernizacii i modernizacija strategij. Doklady uchastnikov IX Obwerossijskogo Foruma liderov strategicheskogo planirovanija [Strategic planning in the regions and cities of Russia: a strategy of modernization and upgrading strategies. Reports of the IX All-Russia Forum of Strategic ...

• Strategic opportunities for economic development of the Baltic Sea coastal zones and sea industrial and port complexes

  ... This methodology can help to identify a role of coastal territories in the economy and reflect perspectives and directions of strategic development of coastal zones, and sea industrial and port facilities of the Russian Federation. 1. Gogoberidze, G. G. 2009, Baltijskoe more: primorskie regiony i ih morehozjajstvennyj potencial [Baltic Sea: coastal regions and marine economic potential], Ekonomicheskie strategii, no. 8, p. 150—155. 2. Gogoberidze, G. G. 2008, Indikatornye ...

• Key Strategies of Development of Research Tools and Methods for Marine Spatial Planning

  ... osnova social'no-jekonomicheskogo razvitija primorskih territorij [Regional marine economic clusters as a basis of socio-economic development of coastal areas]. In: Zhyharevych, B. S. (ed.). Strategicheskoe planirovanie v regionah i gorodah Rossii. Doklady uchastnikov IX Obshherossijskogo foruma «Strategicheskoe planirovanie v regionah i gorodah Rossii» [Strategic planning in the regions and cities of Russia. Reports the IX All-Russian Forum "Strategic planning in the regions and cities of Russia"],...

• The traditions of Russian and European perception of the state frontier in the conditions of transborder regional cooperation

  ... perceptions of the state frontier in mass consciousness, which can vary from country to country. The state frontier is a key imperative of trans-border regional cooperation. The trans-border relations between Russia and the EU serve a foundation for the development of strategic partnership, and it is cross-border cooperation in the Baltic Sea region that proves to be most efficient in this respect. At present, there are several cooperation mechanisms and programmes in place which are aimed at enhancing Russia — EU relations in the Baltic Sea region. In the long-term perspective, the development ...

• A scenario approach to the strategic development of the fishing industry in the Kaliningrad region

  ... development scenarios. The authors summarise a vast array of information. An analysis of external and internal environment of the fishing industry is carried out and the problems of regional industry development are identified and systematised. Based on a strategic analysis of the regional fishing industry, different development scenarios are formulated and possible strategic decisions considered. 1. Аакер Д. Стратегическое рыночное управление. СПб., 2007. 2. Лаева Т. В. Сценарный анализ как основа ...

• Identifying Key Stakeholder Groups for Implementing a Place Branding Policy in Saint Petersburg

  ....ru/en/technopark_spb/ (accessed 01.03.2017). 21. Enough to feed someone? Subsidized regions and "donors" of Russia, 2016, Griffon, 28 November, available at:... ... relationship between quality of life and place attachment, Journal of Place Management and Development, Vol. 6, no. 2, p. 102—119. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/jpmd-06-2012-0017... ..., p. 2. 25. Balakrishnan, M. S. 2008, Dubai — A star in the east: A case study in strategic destination branding, Journal of Place Management and Development, Vol. 1...

• Border Position as a Factor of Strategic and Territorial Planning in Russian Regions in the Baltic

  ... states. The optimisation of spatial organisation of economy, social sphere, and nature management using the tools of spatial planning is fully justified in the case of transborder regions as well as in that of national ones. However, in Russia, spatial (strategic and territorial) planning does not imply joint development of documents with the border regions of neighbouring states. Nevertheless, the border position of a region (at least, due to the presence of border zones) has a significant effect on the content of regional strategies for socioeconomic development and schemes for territorial planning ...

• Network Transformations in Economy

  ... Sociology. Princeton : Princeton University Press, 1994. P. 367—402. 55. Storper M. Regional technology coalitions an essential dimension of national technology policy... ... (5). P. 593—614. 57. Thorelli H. B. Networks: between markets and hierarchies // Strategic Management Journal. 1986. № 7. P. 37—51. 58. Wikström S., Richard N... ... evidence from Guangdong Province, China // Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development. 2008. № 15 (4). P. 788—801 Bolychev O., Mikhailov A. network, interfirm...

• Problems of the development of pre-agglomeration (semiperipheral) municipalities on the example of the Gvardeysk urban district

  ... with the aim of developing effective tools for spatial development that affect the entire territorial socio- economic system (region) The purpose of this study is to identify the main development problems of a special type of territory — pre-agglomeration territories and to identify possible solutions. Based on the analysis of statistical data, documents of strategic planning of municipalities, as well as programs for the integrated development of transport infrastructure at the level ...

• Foreign economic activity of Saint Petersburg, the Leningrad Region, and the Republic of Karelia: problems and opportunities for development

  ... comes to international trade: challenges that are shared and that require strategic coordinated solutions from regional decisionmakers. One of such solutions, for example, could require pooling of competitive advantages of these areas. The analysis of strategic documents of regional development, however, shows that the issue of interregional cooperation has not been duly addressed at any level, theoretical or practical. It is important to strengthen international trade capacity and to increase cooperation in other areas of cross-border ...

• Ensuring the proportional development of the strategic areas of coastal specialisation

  This article presents proposals to ensure a balanced development of the strategic areas of regional specialization based on managerial decisionmaking in the conditions of the system uncertainty of integrated coastal interaction. To this end, it is suggested that a balanced scorecard system identifying the possibility of aligning such decisions ...

• On the relation between spatial concepts, strategic and territorial planning in the Russian Federation in the context of the development of the Kaliningrad / Vistula Lagoon region

  ... territorial system, which requires a special attitude to coordination between between the concepts of spatial, territorial and strategic planning. The article studies the issues of spatial, territorial and strategic planning in the modern management practice in Russia and in the region of Kaliningrad / Vistula Lagoon in particular. The research focuses on the opportunities of creating mechanisms for coordination ... ... Балтике // Балтийский регион. 2014. № 3 (21). С. 71—82. Gumenyuk I. coastal areas, border areas, spatial development, Kaliningrad/Vistula Lagoon 37-44

• Key Directions of Sectoral and Spatial Changes in the Russian Industry

  ... trends in national production. The article seeks to draw attention to the methodology of developing and implementing industrial policy and devising an algorithm of effective... ... management to react rapidly to changes in the global market situation. These methods include strategic segmentation, analyzing the ability to adapt to the expected conditions, devising... ... 194—196. 13. Mikhailov, A. 2013, Development of International Clusters in the Baltic Sea Region, Balt. Reg., no. 1, p. 37—46. DOI: 10.5922/2079-8555-2013-1-4. 14. Moshkov...

• Tourism development in border areas: a benefit or a burden? The case of Karelia

  Border regions are expected to benefit from their position when it comes to tourism de­velopment.... ... interpreting the connection between an area’s proximity to the national border and the development of tourism at the municipal level. The aim of this study is to identify... ... own observations. Using medi­an values, I rely on the method of content analysis of strategic documents on the development of cross-border municipalities of Karelia. My...

• Cross-border Specialization of Interregional Interaction: Applying New Assessment Methods

  ... Programma social'no-jekonomicheskogo razvitija Leningradskoj oblasti na period do 2013 goda i strategicheskoj perspektivy do 2025 goda (v stadii razrabotki, Postanovlenie Pravitel'stva Leningradskoj oblasti ot12.12.2008 goda № 394) [Socio-economic development of the Leningrad region for the period up to 2013 and the strategic vision to 2025 (under development, the Governmental ot 12.12.2008 Leningrad region, № 394)]. 17. Oblastnaja dolgosrochnaja celevaja programma «Podderzhka realizacii programm prigranichnogo i mezhdunarodnogo sotrudnichestva v Pskovskoj oblasti ...

• Strategic development of a university in the Russian exclave

  ... key characteristics of modern universities (global, scientific and entrepreneurial) ones. The authors discuss prospects of the strategic development of the university in the Russian exclave. 1.      Aleksandrov D. Uchenye bez nauki. Institucional'nyj analiz ... ... Judanov, A. 2007. Voprosy ekonomiki, № 2, pp. 85—100. 8.      Amin, A. 1999 . International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, № 23(2), pp. 365—378. 9.      Cassiolato, J. E., Lastres, H. M., Maciel, M. L. 2003. Systems of ...

• Current Issues in the Geodemographic Studies in Russia

  ... RF. The issue, concludes the author, has not received sufficient attention, and the use of geodemographic studies in managing regional development remains limited. This article aims to demonstrate three things: the importance of geodemographic approach in comprehensive regional studies to the needs of regional strategic planning; the key features of geodemographic typology of Russian constituent entities; the need for a differentiated ...

• Geopolitical and Geo-economic Changes in the Baltic Sea Region at the Turn of the XX—XXI centuries

  ... the process and results of the geopolitical and geoeconomic changes in the Baltic Sea region at the turn of the XX and XXI centuries. The authors assess the political, economic... ... importance of international cooperation in increasing the growth rates of economic development of all countries of the Baltic Sea region. 1. Gutnik, А. P. Kemeshev... ... 25. The Military Balance. 1990—1991, 1990, London, The International Institute for Strategic Studies, 245 p. 26. The Military Balance. 2016, 2016, London, The International...

• The methodological aspects of development of object-functional approach to the regional development management

  This article considers the main aspects of the methodology of formation of object-functional approach to regional development, which makes it possible, due to taking into account the patterns of regional function distribution, to choose strategic regional objects and ensure their interaction on the basis of incentives for economic agents. 1.  Бильчак В.   С. Мотивационный механизм развития посткризисной эконо­мики регионов ...

• Development of Sea Port in Gdynia

  ... modernised to transport cargoes from Gdynia further inland. The current and future strategic investments create conditions for growth in handling both container and other... ... Service of Port Hinterland at Turn of XX and XXI Centuries], Regiony Nadmorskie [Coastal Regions], no. 23, p. 7—198. 4. Chang, H-J. 2002, Breaking the mould: an institutionalist... ... Concepts and Problems], Bydgoszcz. 9. Strategia rozwoju portu Gdynia do 2027 roku [Development Strategy for Gdynia Port to the year 2027], 2014, Gdynia. 10. Tongzon. J...

• Trends in the development of economic activity in the Kaliningrad region in 1992 – 2010.

  ... форум «Перспективы развития Калининградской области». URL: http://www.i-kaliningrad.ru Borodavkina N.Yu. identification of development periods, foreign economic activity, foreign trade balance, regional strategic development. 52-59

• Structural Changes in the Economy of the Russian Northwest: Spatial Dimension

  ... 10. Shishkin, A. I., Shishkin, A. A. 2015, Upravleniye ekonomicheskimi protsessami v regione (analitika na osnove praktiki strategicheskogo planirovaniya v Karelii) [Management of economic processes in a region (analytics based on the practice of strategic planning in Karelia], Saint-Petersburg. 11. Baumgartner, D., Pütz, M., Seidl, I. 2013, What kind of entrepreneurship drives regional development in European non-core regions? A literature review on empirical entrepreneurship research, European Planning Studies, no. 21, p. 1095—1127. 12. Doloreux, D., Dionne, S. 2008, Is regional innovation system development possible in peripheral ...

• Strategic perspectives for the territorial development of the Baltic Sea Region

  The article describes the motives, objectives and findings of preparing a perspective for territorial development of the Baltic Sea Region and discusses issues related to its implementation. Particular attention is paid to Northwest Russia and Kaliningrad region. Promoting innovation clusters, metropolitan networks and urban-rural partnerships, improving accessibility as well as enhancing ...

• The assessment and factors of increase in innovative competitiveness of Latvian regions

  ... (EIS), 2009, available at: http://www.proinno-europe. eu/page/european-innovation-scoreboard-2009 (accessed 26 August 2012). 12. Ignatjevs, S. 2011, Teritorijas mārketings kā reģiona stratēģiskās attīstības faktors [Territorial marketing as a strategic factor for the development of the region], Rēzekne, Izd. „Druka”. 13. Saati, T. 1993, Prinjatie rescheniy. Metod analiza ierarhiy [Decision-making. The analytic hierarchy process.], Moscow, „Radio i svjaz”. 14. Ekspertnie ocenki v sociologicheskih issledovanijah [Expert assessments ...

• Improving Human Resource Training Policy for the Balanced Economic and Demographic Development of the Kaliningrad Region

  ... Kaliningrad, Kaliningradstat, 150 p. 7. Kaliningradskaja oblast' v cifrah: 2014 [Kaliningrad Region in Figures: 2014], 2014, Т. 2, Kaliningrad, Kaliningradstat,241 с. 8. Samson, I. (ed.), 1998, Kaliningradskaja oblast': diagnostika krizisa [Kaliningrad region: diagnosis of the crisis], Grenoble-Kaliningrad, 300 p. 9. Klemeshev, A. P., Gareev, T. R. 2010, Strategic development of a university in the Russian exclave, Balt. Reg., no. 3, p. 5—14. DOI: 10.5922/2079-8555-2010-3-1. 10. Karpenko, M. P. (ed.), 2011, Obrazovatel'naja geodemografija Rossii [Educational geodemography Russia], Moscow, 224 p. 11. Regiony ...

• Demographic Situation and Demographic Security in the Regions of Russia’s Western Borderlands

  In this study, I address the vast and complicated problem of population replacement in Russia’s border regions. Although both national and regional demographic indicators have improved in Russia in recent years, many issues relating ... ... demographic security and a better methodology of regional population studies. In practical terms, the study has relevance to the development of proposals for improving national and regional demographic policy and regional strategic planning given the identified typological differences. Fedorov G. M. demographic situation, demographic situation,...

• An assessment of the influence of economic crisis on the development of regions on the basis of integral current competitiveness index

  This article is the first to suggest performing diagnostics and analysis of the influence of crisis phenomena on socioeconomic development of regionswith the help of an approach based on quantitative assessment of the current competitiveness of the region. The author offers calculations of integral development indices for three regions of three different federal districts ... ... первое  полугодие 2010 г. // Российская газета. 2010. № 201. Tyapushova Ye. V. region, strategic competitiveness, integral current competitiveness, quantitative evaluation, integral index, crisis 119-124

• Modern Lithuanian foreign policy: the adjustment of traditional policy

  ... adjustment of the major foreign policy vector, which concentrated earlier on the cooperation with the United States of America and strategic partnership with the Republic of Poland. The article analyses the attempts of Lithuanian president Dalia Grybauskaitė ... ... Baltic States and Central and Eastern European countries and to identify the dominant trends in the international policy in the region in order to forecast further development at European and global levels. This objective is achieved with the help of an integrated approach with elements of ...

• Innovation centres as growth points for smaller towns and rural areas

  ... Gusev» [Investment and development project «Territory of scientific and technological development — Technopolis Gusev»], available at: http://www.tehnopolis-gusev.ru/... ... M. 2010, Strategicheskij rezerv Rossii — innovacija sel'skih territorij [Russian strategic reserve — an innovation in rural areas,], APK: jekonomika, upravlenie [Agriculture:... ... Pravitel'stva Kaliningradskoj oblasti [The Official Site of the Government of the Kaliningrad region], available at: http://gov39.ru/novosti-2/zakon-o-promyshlennoj-politike-rasshiryaet-obyazannosti-i-uvelichivaet-zonu-otvetstvennosti-regionalnoj-vlasti-2528972311/...

• Russia-European Union and Russian-Chinese borderlands: economic and demographic dimension

  ... the country straddles two continents. Located between two principal economic actors (the European Union and China), Russia binds the huge Eurasian continent into a single whole. It is very important to study Russian-European and Russian-Chinese border regions to make full use of their strategic advantages for the economic development of Russia. This task has been especially relevant since the deindustrialization of Russia, which occurred in the 1990s and most deeply affected the economy of the Russian periphery. In this article, I rely on the literature, national and regional ...

• The Coastal Regions of Europe: Economic Development at the Turn of the 20th Century

  ... Rossii v Arktike: utochnenie strategicheskih prioritetov [Development of marine economy of Russia in the Arctic: refine the strategic priorities], candidate dissertation thesis, Moscow. 7. Voytolovsky, G. K. 1973, Geografija morskih putej i promyshlennogo ... ... Ocean], Moscow. 13. Ivchenko, V. V. 2008, Setevoe programmirovanie razvitija primorskih regionov Rossii [Network programming development of the coastal regions of Russia], Kaliningrad. 14. Issledovanija Mirovogo okeana v XX v. [Study of the oceans in the XX century], Institute ...

• A spatial study of networking in the Vistula Lagoon region using geoinformation systems

  Network cooperation — the most efficient form of unlocking the economic and natural potential of territories — is rapidly developing in Russia under the influence of global processes. Due to its unique geopolitical position, the Kaliningrad region is one of the regions where such networks develop at both the regional and international levels. When studying such forms ... ... region], In: XI Obshherossijskij forum «Strategicheskoe planirovanie v regionah i gorodah Rossii» [XI All-Russian Forum "Strategic Planning in Regions and Cities of Russia"], Saint Petersburg, Russia, 2012, available at: http://datis.pro/upload/838/domnina_zhuraxovskaya_gritsenko....

• The role of International trade in improving the competitiveness of Saint Petersburg

  This article aims to explore the prospects for the development of international trade and the impact of trade on increasing competitiveness of Saint Petersburg. To this end, the authors study the theoretical aspects of regional competitiveness as such, analyse the ten years’ data on the city’s international trade, and explore the significance ... ... Moscow, 120 p. (in Russ.) 33. Shodorova, N. M. 2011, Competitiveness of the transboundary territories of the Baltic region: strategic aspect: (conference materials), INTEREKSPO GEO-SIBIR, Vol. 3., no. 1, p. 152—155. (in Russ.) 34. Yuricheva, E. Yu....

• The strategic aspects of regional and small business development in the enhancement of vocational training

  ... 2006—2010 го­ды. URL : www . FCPRO . ru 9. Программа Калининградской области «Развитие образования на 2007—2011 гг.». URL : http://www.edu.baltinform.ru/?pid=109 Kashparov D. V. regional development, vocational training, regional development strategy, program for the development of secondary vocational training 72-77

• The influence of the sea on the economic development and settlement structure in the Baltic Sea region

  ... using a combination of theoretical and empirical typologies. An economic, statistical, and cartographic analysis helps to identify a special type of mesoregions — coastal development corridors, which make an important contribution to the economic development and consolidation of the Baltic macroregion. In transnational macroregions, such typological differences must be taken into account in strategic and spatial planning at the intergovernmental level. 1. Alkhimenko, A. P. 1992, Issues of the regional organization of marine nature management and management of marine complexes. In: Alkhimenko, A. P. (ed.) Regional'naya organizatsiya i upravlenie morekhozyaistvennymi kompleksami strany, Abstracts of the Vth Conference on Geography and Oceanography,...

• The concept of “network” in the system of basic concepts of regional economic geography

  ... torgovli i torgovyh setej v Rossii [Territorial differentiation of retailers and retail chains in Russia], Region sotrudnichestva [Region cooperation], no. 3 (59). 6. Bolychev, О. N. 2009, Torgovaja set': formirovanie i strategicheskoe upravlenie na raznyh jetapah razvitija [Trading Network: formation and strategic management at different stages of development], Kaliningrad, 87 p. 7. Bolychev O., Fidrya E. 2013, Issledovanija mezhorganizacionnyh setej v zapadnoj jekonomicheskoj ...

• Cross-border Cooperation as a Mechanism of Regional Marketing in the Baltic Region

  ... certain aspects of cross-border regionalisation. The marketing component of Euroregion development and the implementation of cross-border cooperation projects are considered... .... Anholt S. Competitive identity: The new brand management for nations, cities and regions. UK : Palgrave Macmilan, 2007. 6. BSR Interreg IIIB Co-operation Area. URL:... ... European Urban and Regional Studies. 2009. № 16. Р. 177—191. 12. Keller K. L. Strategic Brand Management Building , Measuring and Manag­ing Brand Equity. 3rd ed...

• Geopolitical development potential of the Russian exclusive region: search for key strategy and mechanisms for its implementation in new conditions

  The challenges of regional strategic development planning for contempo­rary Russia are of major socio-economic and political importance. With regard to the Kaliningrad region since when it was established, the problem of choos­ing a devel­opment strategy has always been and remained an ...

• The Baltic Sea Region and the Black Sea Area: Two Pieces of the Same Puzzle

  The Baltic Sea region and the Black Sea area are overlapping regions that have their own political,... ... cultural peculiarities. They belong to the same geopolitical system, within which they are developing two regional cooperation subsystems strongly influenced both by internal... ... to determine the similarities and differences necessary to give an overview of two strategic areas in the European context. 1. Aydin M. Regional cooperation in the...

• Innovative factors and conditions of sustainable development of rural territories

  ... innovative entrepreneurship, and assesses their influence on the condition of rural economy. Special attention is paid to the analysis of concepts, programmes, and projects in the field of rural territory development. The authors summarise conceptual and strategic approaches and actions of the Baltic region states in the field of sustainable development of rural territories. The article identifies objectives, common for the Baltic region, relating to sustainability of rural territories, including sustainable use of natural resource potential, diversification of production through support ...