Modern Ukrainian legislation concerning strategic planning for the development of regions (territorial communities) can be combined in three general areas.
First, it is a direction that concerns the role and place of local authorities in organizing and implementing the process of managing the development of the region, in particular – through the application and implementation of development strategies; second, it is a direction that concerns strategic planning of regional development and third, it is the participation of residents of the region (communities) in the process of forming a strategy for the development of the region (territorial communities).
