CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT APPROACHES
The importance of the development of clusters as a factor contributing to increased competitiveness and sustainability of the development of territories is substantiated. The relevance of studying the factors and successful practices that determine the positive results of cluster policy is substantiated. Clarified the basic concepts of a cluster, cluster policy and initiatives. The approaches to the prerequisites for the creation of clusters are highlighted, the institutional factors for reducing the efficiency of clusters are identified. The approaches to cluster policy aimed at various levels of cluster support, types of clusters, depending on their life cycle, are highlighted. Cluster policy is implemented in the form of programs to improve the macroeconomic and structural environmental conditions of cluster development, as well as financial and technical support programs for the development of a specialized cluster organization. The effectiveness of the implementation of cluster development programs is evaluated by measuring the results of coordination and the strength of various types of relationships between firms and the implementation of private and public events, using qualitative and quantitative indicators.