Andryukhin A.Yu.

Purpose. Development and substantiation of undertakings on improvement of fi nancial-economic self-suffi ciency of municipal entities because of interaction with citizens and business (using the materials of urban areas of Kemerovo region). Methods. Theory of the interested parties is a methodological basis of the research. The authors used a structural analysis method, a functional analysis, a secondary analysis of sociological polls data, and a method of organizational-functional projecting. Results and practical importance. The authors determined the directions of citizens and business participation in solving local problems contributing growth of fi nancial-economic self-suffi ciency; identifi ed a potential and reserves of population and business participation; developed organizational-managerial schemes of common solution of local issues. The results can be used by local self-government bodies for cooperation with the interested parties, development and realization of programs of social-economic development of territories. The received results can become the basis for the development of agreements on cooperation of business-structures, public entities and local self-government bodies. The results can be extrapolated to city areas of other subjects of the Federation and become the basis for research of similar problems on a regional level. Scientifi c novelty: It the fi rst time when the authors proposed consideration of interaction within the system “local self-government – citizens – business” as a factor of improvement of fi nancial-economic self-suffi ciency of local selfgovernment. The authors revealed and proved possibilities of citizens and business involvement in local issues solutions as a factor of improvement of fi nancial-economic self-suffi ciency; determined directions of population activity in local issues solutions, evaluated the potential of fi nancial, labor and material participation; identifi ed the main drawbacks of the social responsibility institute on a local level and proposed an organizational scheme of coordination of social strategy with strategies and programs of development of regional and local levels.