Application of Innovative Technologies in Sustainable Municipal

Development

N. Yu. Simonova

, T. V. Konoreva

, T. V. Ivashkevich

and N. A. Levochkina

Omsk branch of Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Omsk, Russia

K.G. Razumovsky Moscow State University of Technologies and Management, the First Cossak University, Russia

Keywords: Municipal Governance, Innovation, Digitalization, Municipalities, Efficiency, Economy, Quality of Life,

Population, Sectors of the Economy, Sustainable Development.

Abstract: The article is devoted to the actual topic of the application of innovative technologies in municipal

management. The use of innovative technologies contributes to both the development of the economy of the

territory and the level of comfort of the living population. This indicates the relevance of this topic. The

purpose of the article is to study the possibility of applying innovations in the activities of the municipal

formation. It substantiates the need for the development of innovations, the main directions of innovative

development, and offers a model for the development of innovative processes in the municipality. In the

course of the research, the author comes to the conclusion not only about the possibility, but also the need to

innovate municipal management. This article can be used both to determine the direction of using innovative

technologies, and to assess the possibility of their use on their territory. The materials of the article may be of

certain interest not only for the Russian Federation, but also for other countries, which is due to the worldwide

spread of innovative technologies.

1 INTRODUCTION

In a democratic state, the organization and exercise of

power is based on the principle of separation of

powers associated with the principle of local self-

government. This principle guarantees the

decentralization of the management system in the

Russian Federation, which makes this system more

suitable for ensuring the interests of the population,

taking into account historical and other local

traditions. Today, most of the municipalities of the

Russian Federation have a tendency to reduce the

rates of social and economic development, which is

associated with the use of outdated technologies and

equipment in housing and communal services and

industry. In this regard, municipal authorities cannot

ensure a high level of quality of life of the population,

as a result of which municipalities are losing their

competitive advantages.

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The development of municipalities in Russia has

recently been associated with the development of

innovation, the use of digital technologies.

Innovatization involves the search and

implementation of the latest achievements of

scientific and technological progress in the activities

of organizations operating in a certain territory, and

in the work of local self-government bodies.

2 METHODS

The research methodology is based on the use of a

number of methods in assessing certain aspects of the

problem under consideration. So, to study the

theoretical foundations of the innovation of municipal

management, such general scientific methods as

formalization, theoretical generalization, analysis and

synthesis, scientific abstraction were used. Research

into the prospects of innovative development of

Simonova, N., Konoreva, T., Ivashkevich, T. and Levochkina, N.

Application of Innovative Technologies in Sustainable Municipal Development.

DOI: 10.5220/0010668800003223

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municipalities was carried out using economic and

statistical methods. Modeling was used in the

formation of the concept of the innovation system of

the municipality.

A number of works by such scientists as

Bezpalov, V.V .; are devoted to the study of the

processes of innovation in municipal management;

Fedyunin, D.V .; Solopova, N.A .; Avtonomova, S. A

.; Lochan, S.A. A, Meira L, Irit H, Itzhak A., Piera C,

Roberto C, Emilio E. (Bezpalov, Fedyunin,

Solopova, Avtonomova and Lochan, 2019; Meira Irit

and Itzhak 2018; Pier, Roberto and Emilio; 2017).

3 FINDINGS

In the Russian Federation, innovative technologies

began to be applied precisely in business entities. The

dynamics of the development of innovative processes

in the sectors of the economy is shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1: Dynamics of the development of innovative

processes in the economy.

It can be noted that the share of innovative

products in the total volume of manufactured

products increased from 8.2% in 2016 to 8.7% in

2020. However, there has been a decline in the

proportion of businesses that innovate in technology

and environmental innovation.

The introduction of digital technologies leads to

significant cost savings and increased production

efficiency. According to the data provided by the

McKinsey consulting agency, industries using digital

technologies reduce their operating costs by an

average of 3.6% and increase efficiency by 4.1%

(Gulbin, 2018).

According to the annual research - Digital IQ,

conducted by the consulting agency PwC, the profit

from investment in innovation, according to the heads

of foreign companies, can contribute to revenue

growth of up to 50% (Figure 2).

It is possible to note the significant benefits that

can be obtained from the introduction of innovations,

which predetermines the need for their application not

only in commercial organizations, but also in state

and municipal administration. This is especially

important in the presence of a budget deficit, since

saving budget funds and their more efficient use

contributes not only to effective management, but

also to an increase in the quality of life of the

population (Klimkov, 2018).

One of the main goals of the process of

innovatization of municipalities is the formation of

objective prerequisites based on the creation of a

progressive, in line with modern achievements of

world science and technology, innovative

infrastructure on the territory of municipalities.

Figure 2: Benefits of innovation to the economy.

At the same time, the last decades in the territory

of the country's municipalities were characterized by

a decrease in the level of technological effectiveness

of the social and industrial infrastructure, a deepening

technological backwardness of the main innovation-

forming elements of the economic system of

municipalities (Gribovskiy, 2018).

Municipal innovation systems are an essential

element of regional, sectoral, national innovation

systems. Their task is to ensure sustainable effective

dynamic economic development of municipalities in

order to improve the quality and standard of living of

the population (Zhurkevich, 2018).

The most promising and widespread areas of

innovatization of the socio-economic development of

municipalities are innovations shown in Figure. 3.

Innovations in the management of municipalities

pursue the goal of ensuring a high level and quality of

life of the population and, first of all, on the basis of

providing the population with high-quality municipal

services.

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Figure 3: Directions for the development of innovations in

municipal management.

A key innovation in this context is the

introduction of technologies called e-government.

The main components of this innovation should

include, first of all:

 a site that allows for high-quality public control

of the provision of various types of electronic

services to the population in the system of

municipal and state administration;

 distribution of SMS-notifications about the

receipt of various kinds of funds, transfers,

parcels;

 implementation of the principles of one

window;

 the introduction of the Internet of Things is one

of the most pressing problems of innovation in

the socio-economic development of the

municipality.

Internet technologies today make it possible to

provide the capabilities and needs of municipalities in

solving such problems as registering the population

for an appointment with a doctor, organizing

participation in public projects, the possibility of

using proactive budgeting mechanisms, paying utility

bills and calling utility employees using applications

for smartphones, etc.

Regulatory and legal innovations, first of all,

represent the prompt delivery of feedback in the

process of improving regulatory and legal acts,

changing laws and various kinds of regulations,

instructions, rules, etc (Savina, Stepanov and

Sepanov, 2018)

Personnel innovations involve the use of new

technologies for the selection, assessment, selection

of effective workers for the management system of

municipal services, etc. These innovations primarily

include:

 formation of a system of training highly

qualified personnel for the implementation

of projects of innovative development of

municipalities;

 projects to improve the organizational

structure of the management of

municipalities;

 ensuring the system of material and

technical supply of housing and communal

services and the municipal formation;

 creation of an information and digital

environment in order to increase the

efficiency of the implementation of the

innovative potential of the municipality;

 a system of measures to strengthen the

reputation, increase the authority and

strengthen the image of the self-government

system and municipal administration.

Social innovations are aimed at creating

favorable working and recreation conditions for the

population.

Technological innovation involves the

innovative development of education, healthcare,

trade, etc.

Innovations in municipal transport technologies

are aimed at comprehensive mechanization and

automation of all processes that meet the needs for

transport services of the population, enterprises,

organizations and institutions. Among such

innovations are the use of information boards at

transport and stops, the use of GPS transmitters for

monitoring the movement of municipal transport, the

use of electronic payment devices for passenger trips,

the use of LED equipment for interior lighting, the

wider use of electric and ecological transport, the

development of mobile applications for obtaining

information about the time and expectation of the

arrival of municipal vehicles (Zainetdinov, 2018)

Innovations in the field of housing and

communal services are based on the use of the

concept of a "smart city".

The main directions of these innovations are:

 electric power industry: cost reduction,

increase, energy efficiency;

 intelligent processes of generation and

transmission of electrical and other energy;

 reduction of losses of energy transmission

from the generator to the consumer;



smart electricity meters;

 intelligent technologies of street economy

(energy-saving lamps, motion sensors, etc.)

(Dudin and Stepanov, 2019).

The development of the project of the municipal

innovation system should be carried out in stages:

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 the first stage is the analysis of the

innovation activity of the municipality and

the assessment of the innovation potential of

the municipality;

 the second stage - substantiation of concepts,

forecasts, as well as priority directions of

innovative development of the municipality;

 the third stage is the development of an

innovative project to create a municipal

innovation system;

 the fourth stage - discussion of the

developed project for the creation of a

municipal innovation system at the scientific

and technical council with the participation

in the discussion of representatives of

government agencies, the scientific

community, representatives of the

population;

 the fifth stage - preparation of the necessary

design and program documents for the

creation, organization and operation of

innovative municipal systems;

 the sixth stage - substantiation of resource

provision for the implementation of projects

and programs of innovative development of

municipalities;

 the seventh stage is the clarification of the

calendar schedules of the work of

organizations, enterprises, institutions about

those participating in the creation of the

municipal innovation system with the

assignment of responsible executors and the

indication of the timing of the work.

The organization of the effective activity of the

innovation system of municipalities requires the

identification of priority directions and a system of

measures to increase the activation and efficiency of

innovation. The main ones are:

 substantiation of models of innovation

activity, the main goal of which is to ensure

and implement the municipal innovation

potential in order to improve the level and

quality of life;

 creation of innovation centers in

municipalities, various innovation

platforms, and other forms of organizing

innovation activities that are capable of

ensuring high-quality and efficient

management in the municipality;

 organization of scientific and consulting

organizations and centers, centers for

advanced training on the basis of existing

advanced innovative enterprises and

educational institutions, etc.

The concept of the formation of the innovation

system of the municipality is shown in Figure 4.

Figure 4: Principal model of the municipal innovation

system.

In accordance with the proposed model, it is

proposed to create, together with the administration

of the city municipal district, higher educational

institutions, an Innovation Consulting Center, whose

main task is to develop and implement municipal

innovation policy based on advanced world trends in

the field of scientific and technological progress and

coordination of innovation activities.

The purpose of the Center is to develop

conceptual approaches and key areas of innovation

policy in the municipal formation, to develop

scientifically based measures to improve efficiency

and activate the concept of innovation in

municipalities. The role of the Center is to a certain

extent reduced to the role of the project office, where

the proposals are assessed, the project is checked for

changes to the development strategy of the

municipality, and the project's feasibility is checked.

Also, the Center is a discussion platform for

discussing the proposed changes.

4 DISCUSSION

The advantage of the developed model will be that the

municipal innovation system is organized with the

involvement of scientists and specialists from the

local administration. The main role of this Center will

be to coordinate and organize innovation processes on

the territory of municipalities. One of the main tasks

of this Center will be the promotion of innovations to

the market and their implementation in the activities

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of institutions, organizations, enterprises of

municipalities.

However, it should be noted that this model has a

significant drawback, which is due to the weak

interest and insufficient activity of local communities

in the Russian Federation in the implementation of

local self-government. In this regard, a formal

approach is possible in the work of the center for

innovative consulting and weak ties with the

population of the municipality.

5 CONCLUSION

The results of the study are to obtain the following

scientific results:

 Economic and statistical analysis made it

possible to substantiate the effectiveness of

innovative development and the need for its

use in the municipal sphere of management.

 On the basis of general scientific methods,

the most promising and widespread areas of

innovatization of the socio-economic

development of municipalities have been

identified: regulatory, personnel, social,

technological, in the field of municipal

transport, in housing and communal services

and in the field of municipal management.

 Analysis of the practices of implementing

innovative development in business, the

modern methodology of project

management allowed the authors to build a

fundamental model of the municipal

innovation system. The implementation of

this model will significantly increase the

share of internal costs for research and

development, improve the level and quality

of municipal governance, and the comfort of

living in a certain area.

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