Sainchuk N. Financial Potential of Investment Activity in the Karpathian Region (on the example of social sphere)

Oobject of research. The total congregation of the financial and economics relations, methods and means of the financial policy actions, as well as the satellite scientific and theoretical statements, related to investments as the expenses in the form of the long-term deposit into the economical and social sphere. Purpose of research. The working out of the scientific, theoretical and methodological principles as to the defining of the financial potential (FP) essence of the investment activity (IA) and the basic financial methods of the state regulations of the IA in the separate region determination. Methods of research. Classical and modern theories of the investment. Methods of the categories and notions analyses; synthesis, statistical comparisons, graphic display of the research results; comparative characteristics. Theoretical and practical results. The notions of financialpotential IA of the region are detached; the FP investment activity levels in the Carpathian region are found out; the system of the indicators of the IA financial providing in the social sphere of the region is suggested; it is proved that FP of the region defines the opportunities of the social problems considering wit the assistance of the regional investment programs working out; it is grounded that IA enforcement in the region is possible only with the active state investment policy, which is realized by means of the financial methods. Novelity of research. The essence of the FP investment activity in the definite region on the basis of the resources possibilities estimation and peculiarities of the regional financial and economics policy, the level of the social sphere development and investments distribution criteria are defined; the system of the estimation indicators of the IA financial providing in the social sphere of the region is grounded; it is proved that IA enforcement in the region is carried out by financial means of the IA state regulation: amortisational, credit, budget and tax policy, as well as the activisation of the existing social and economics areas in the region. The assumption stage. Scientific and practical deductions and recommendations are used by Chief Economy Board of Chernivtsy regional state administration; Chernivtsy Business-Center; during training process at the Finance department of Chernivtsy national university named by Yu. Fedkovych. Spheere of use. The investment activity of the Ukrainian regions, the financial market.