MODEL OF INTERACTION BETWEEN THE INITIATOR REGIONS AND THE PARTICIPATING
UNIVERSITIES OF WORLD-CLASS SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATIONAL CENTERS 

Galina V. Surovitskaya, Doctor of economical sciences, associate professor, head of quality management department, Penza State University (40 Krasnaya street, Penza, Russia); professor, Penza Cossack Institute of Technology (branch) of the K.G. Razumovsky Moscow State University of Technology and Management (First Cossack University) (6 Volodarsky street, Penza, Russia) gvs_kachestvo@inbox.ru
Leyla A. Gamidullaeva, Doctor of economical sciences, head of the sub-department of management and public administration, Penza State University (40 Krasnaya street, Penza, Russia), gamidullaeva@gmail.com

Background. The key problems of functioning of world-class scientific and educational centers that received state support in 2019 and 2020 are related to insufficient efficiency of interaction between their participants. Here we aim to discuss: the results of the analysis of competitiveness of the regions of the Volga Federal District that initiated the creation of such centers, their leading universities and the existing models of interaction between regions and universities. Materials and methods. To characterize the competitiveness of the initiating regions, the index of scientific and technological development of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, formed by RIA Rating, was used, and to characterize the competitiveness of the participating universities, the Innovation rating of the National University Ranking formed by the Interfax International Information Group was used. Together with benchmarking analysis, a comparative analysis of the competitiveness of the initiating regions and participating universities was used. Results. A number of executive bodies of state power of the initiating regions and their subordinate institutions received the status of managing organizations of scientific and educational centers. The implementation of national projects will require the introduction of project management mechanisms into the practice of managing organizations. The efficiency of world-class scientific and educational centers depends on the level of scientific and technological development and the quality of innovation policy of the initiating regions, which is expressed by the corresponding indices, as well as on the position of the participating universities in the Innovation rating of the National University Ranking, which can be expressed by the corresponding points. Conclusions. As a tool for increasing the efficiency of world-class scientific and educational centers, a model of interaction between the initiating regions and the participating universities is proposed, built using the basic concept of the new theory of public administration. At the same time, it is proposed to introduce into the practice of interaction the mechanisms of digital transformation, project management, risk management within the framework of quality management systems that have proven themselves in business. The formation of these mechanisms in the executive bodies of state power of the regions will be facilitated by the implementation of digital transformation strategies for the regions. For the participating universities, the implementation of updated development programs within the framework of the strategic academic leadership program Priority 2030 may be effective. The proposed model of interaction is innovative for the practice of Russian regions.

region, university, scientific and educational center, interaction, efficiency

Surovitskaya G.V., Gamidullaeva L.A. Model of interaction between the initiator regions and the participating universities of world-class scientific and educational centers. Modeli, sistemy, seti v ekonomike, tekhnike, prirode i obshchestve = Models, systems, networks in economics, technology, nature and society. 2024;(3):21–29. (In Russ.). doi: 10.21685/2227-8486-2024-3-2