Anderson N. Scientific and methodological basis to improve the competitiveness of the border regions of Ukraine in the context of European integration

Object - processes competitiveness of border regions of Ukraine in view of globalization and integration; the purpose - the development of theoretical and methodological foundations for regional competitiveness as a factor and function of socio-economic development of border regions and territories, and their application to the justification of scientific and practical recommendations to improve the competitiveness of the border regions and in Ukraine in the context of contemporary European integration processes; methods - abstract-logical and historical, systematic and structural and synergistic, statistical, typological, cartographic; novelty - is to develop methodological bases for improving regional competitiveness and functions as a factor of social and economic development of the border regions and territories of Ukraine in European integration; results - scientific guidelines competitiveness of border regions and territories of Ukraine, who settled in the dissertation research, and can be used by local authorities in border regions; it is introduced - in the practice of recreation and tourism in the border regions of Ukraine State Agency for Tourism and Resorts (letter № 403/60/2-12 from 22.05.2012r.), Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine (letter № 166 from 28.05.2012r.), State Department of Environmental Protection in the Odessa area (Letter 1861 / 04.04 on 02.03.2012) in the learning process IMEMO ONU II Mechnikov (the inquiry № 06.08-01-1104, from 05.06.2012r.); branch - development of productive forces and regional economy.