E3S Web of Conferences 166, 10020 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202016610020 ICSF 2020 Intelligent specialization as a promising strategy for the sustainable development of industrial regions of Ukraine (the case of Kryvyi Rih industrial region) Alla Lobanova*, Vadym Bayura, Yriy Viznytsia, Liudmila Bratchenko, and Valeriy Karitka Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogical University, Department of Sociology and Economics, Ukraine Abstract. The paper discusses the basic principles of sustainable development as the dominant strategy for economic development, showcasing the features of its introduction in the major industrial regions of Ukraine. Substantiates the belief that the impact greening production useful in industrial regions, particularly in Kryvyi Rih, introduce European, including Polish experience intelligent (reasonable) specialization that takes into account the specificity of resources of the region and is based on the introduction of the latest smart technologies. 1 Introduction recognized as strategic in the country for the last twenty years, have not been practically achieved, and that is why The socio-economic situation in Ukraine is characterized the Ukrainian society as a whole and the regional by a complicated environmental legacy and hostilities in communities, in particular, have an urgent need to the East (2014-2020), which significantly hamper the optimize their livelihoods, mainly production and country’s sustainable economic development. Increasing consumption. That is why the problem of search and concentrations of harmful substances in the atmosphere, scientific substantiation of the newest concepts of destruction of forests, the disappearance of many species economic development and ecological safety in the of fauna and flora, disturbance of ecosystems accompany industrial regions of Ukraine, which can “breathe” into the technogenic activity of the Ukrainian industrial the strategy of sustainable development a new perspective complex and hostilities in the Donetsk industrial region. idea, is actual. Moreover, the technological equipment of the country’s The Sustainable Development Concept is a modern great industrial enterprises is out of date, which does not global trend for the last fifty years, it “aims at changing meet the European environmental safety standards. This human-nature relationships to enhance economic growth is especially true for large industrial regions, one of which and to create a coordinated global human survival strategy is the Kryvyi Rih Iron and Metallurgical Region, one of focused on conserving and restoring natural resources on the most powerful in Europe, producing about 80% of iron a scale needed to bring communities back to scale of ore and 20% of metal, but with gross emissions of limits of economic capacity of the biosphere” [4]. significant pollutants (dust, oxides) Kryvyi Rih is one of Scientific research in the field of sustainable the first in Ukraine [1]. As Y. Maiakov, expert in development is being carried out not only by economists geological and environmental studies GS “Environmental but also by ecologists, political scientists, and sociologists Council Kryvorizhzhya” said, Krivyi Rih and the entire since its implementation is connected with the most region are under excessive environmental impact due to important spheres of human life – natural and social. the multifaceted industrial areas that have a significant Scientists considered ways and tools of transition to negative impact on the natural environment and pollute sustainable development, identified its indicators, atmospheric air, groundwater, surface water, and soil. It formulated mechanisms of introduction of energy-saving results in human-made changes to natural landscapes, and ecological safety systems, substantiated the levels of increasing the dose load on the population Rodney environmental impact on industrial enterprises on the radionuclides, deteriorating health, and social indices [2]. environment. An extremely critical ecological and economic The regional aspect of sustainable development is also situation in the Donetsk industrial region occurs, where reflected in the theoretical, methodological, legal, and Russian aggression has led to the loss of 50% of its scientific-methodological developments regarding its industrial potential. Equipment for individual companies formation and implementation in the system of state and was exported to the territory of the Russian Federation or regional government through scientific research in this dismantled for scrap [3]. direction. Odesa, Kyiv, Dnipro, Lviv and Donetsk Therefore, it is worth acknowledging that the scientific schools represented them in the regions of sustainable development goals, which have been Ukraine, but not so long ago noted by Ukrainian * Corresponding author: [email protected] © The Authors, published by EDP Sciences. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). E3S Web of Conferences 166, 10020 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202016610020 ICSF 2020 researchers, “scientific achievements have not been and destructive use by environmental entities. The answer translated into administrative decisions at the state or to her message was the concept of sustainable (balanced, regional levels. The results of scientific studies remain sustainable, eco-development) development. unused by management for the potential for sustainable The analytical work carried out by Ukrainian experts development in the regions of Ukraine” [5]. with the support of the United Nations Development Meanwhile, the modern period of economic Program in Ukraine and the Global Environment Facility development in European countries is focused on the in the framework of the project “Integration of Rio search and implementation of new strategies, one of provisions into national policy of Ukraine” resulted in the which is smart development, dominated by the union of development of the Sustainable Development Strategy of science and business, the introduction of smart Ukraine until 2030 and the National Action Plan until technologies, and intelligent (smart) specialization. 2020, which aims to Ukraine’s fulfillment of international Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to analyze the obligations and creation of real preconditions for features of the implementation of the sustainable Ukraine’s full membership in the European Union, development strategy in the industrial regions of Ukraine, including the implementation of the EU-Ukraine in particular in the Kryvyi Rih industrial region and to Association Agreement [8]. substantiate the prospects and opportunities for the An essential role in the implementation of the introduction of new strategies, namely smart principles of sustainable development in Ukraine was also specialization as a modern dominant of sustainable played by the National report “Socio-economic potential development. of sustainable development of Ukraine and its regions”, which reveals the methodology of forming a system of indicators of the development of regional socio-economic 2 Sustainable development as a world systems as a fundamental prerequisite for sustainable doctrine: the Ukrainian context development of Ukraine and the system of criteria for assessing its social and economic potential [9]. The The issue of sustainability is one of the most studied not preparation and publication of this document provided an only in economics and ecology but also in environmental impetus for the release of the Decree of the President of sociology, geography, and even ethics and culture. It is Ukraine “On the Strategy of Sustainable Development of because the concept of sustainable or balanced Ukraine until 2020” January 12, 2015 № 5/2015 [10]. development applies not only to environmental and Ukrainian economist B. M. Danylyshyn defines economic aspects of economic development but also to sustainable development as “a system of relations of virtually all other spheres of human life: social, cultural, social production, which achieves the optimal balance domestic, medical, and other. It requires not only between economic growth, the normalization of the technological change in production technologies but also quality of the natural environment, the growth of material in value reorientations in the minds of the population, and spiritual needs of the population” [11]. especially young people and those engaged in Therefore, to ensure balanced development is not a entrepreneurial activity or working in state structures. It is purely technical problem that requires new technical no coincidence that the Sustainable Development means or technologies. It is a problem of changing the Challenge embraces at least two major ideas: format and nature of social relations, the reorientation of first, this development involves addressing economic, social and individual consciousness to reasonable needs, social, and environmental problems, namely “achieving a to a careful attitude to nature, to environments, and its balance between the various factors that determine the existence. That is balanced development – a claim behind overall standard of living”; and, secondly, “the present this development model, which also has an ethical sense, generation has a duty to the future generations to leave this “shift in value orientations of many people” [12]. This sufficient reserves of social, natural, and economic is a comprehensive development strategy for