Kharkiv region took first place among other regions of Ukraine and the second - after the city of Kiev.

The relevant data are posted on the official website of the Ministry of Regional Development, Construction and Housing and Communal Services of Ukraine.

The overall rating of the regions was calculated on 64 indicators, which are grouped into 12 areas. In 5 directions Kharkiv region is in the top five. For the second year in a row our region has been the leader in the educational sphere of the country - in the area of ??"Accessibility and quality of services in the field of education" Kharkiv region ranks first among the regions, even ahead of Kiev. Our region is also leading in the areas of "Development of small and medium-sized businesses" (2nd place), "Labor market efficiency" (3), "Renewable energy and energy efficiency" (4), "Social protection and security" (4).

"It is especially important for us that every resident of the Kharkov region should feel the economic development of the region," said the head of HOGA Yulia Svetlichnaya. - That for Kharkov it was not only the numbers in the rating, but real jobs, the opportunity to develop their own business, give children a quality education and so on. That is why I think that the primacy of our region in the country in such areas as "Development of small and medium-sized businesses" and "Labor market efficiency" testifies: the strategy chosen by us is effective ".

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The rating evaluation of the socio-economic development of the regions is carried out in accordance with the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 21. 10. 2015 No. 856 "On Approving the Procedure and Methodology for Monitoring and Evaluating the Effectiveness of Implementing State Regional Policy". Kharkov is leading the rating for the second year in a row - according to monitoring data of 2015, our region was also the first among the regions and the second after the city of Kiev.

Source: HOGA official website.