CURRENT STATE POLICY INSTRUMENTS FOR STRENGTHENING FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC SECURITY OF THE BUSINESS SECTOR IN UKRAINE

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to substantiate the methodological and applied aspects of regional policy aimed at ensuring the financial security of the small business sector.
It was concluded that regional security constitutes an independent system while simultaneously serving as an intermediate link between the economic security of the state and security at the sectoral level. This allowed to assert that at the "input" stage of forming the theoretical and methodological foundation of regional security management, there is a transfer of principles and approaches characteristic of the state policy on economic security management to the meso-level. At the "output" stage, this results in the management of the economic potential and institutional support of regional development to create an environment conducive to the effective operation and growth of regional economic entities.
When developing the methodology for analyzing the financial security of the small business sector within the region, it was established that its structure is defined by the goal and strategic orientations of regional policy. The purpose focuses on the analysis, assessment, and diagnosis of both the level and the structural characteristics of key security parameters.
It was determined that the strategic orientations of regional policy in this sphere concentrate on ensuring the fundamental elements of the security structure—namely, resource security, stability and sustainability, operational efficiency, protection against risks and threats, and the presence of prerequisites for development.
The applied value of the research lies in defining the conceptual and structural framework and identifying the features of regional policy instruments for managing the financial security of the small business sector within the region.
The scientific novelty of the results consists in the further development of the theoretical-methodological and applied foundations of regional policy to ensure the financial security of the small business sector.