Published: 15 April 2020
S u b j e ct . Processes of development and implementation of environmental programs at the meso - level and their effectiveness. T o p i c . The concept of forming a regional environmental program and the practice of its implementation in the context of ensuring sustainable and safe development of the territory.G oa l s . Substantiation of the conceptual approach to the formation of an environmental program at the meso - level, evaluation of the effectiveness of the program in relation to the results of its implementation, development of proposals for ensuring environmentally sustainable and safe development of the territory. M e t h o d o l o g y. Comparative analysis of reporting data of regional authorities, systematic and logical - structural approaches to assessing the performance of environmental programs. R e s u l t s . The article presents the characteristics of environmentally sustainable development, reveals the concept of the environmental policy program at the meso - level (goals, principles, criteria, tasks and evaluation of the effectiveness of implementation), and assesses the current state of the environment in the Voronezh region. Based on the analysis and evaluation of performance indicators of implementation of the state program of the Voronezh region «environmental Protection and natural resources» in 2019 conclusions and reasonable proposals to achieve sustainable and safe development of the territory at the meso - level.A p p l i c a t i o n. Scope of implementation of the program environmental policy to ensure sustainable and safe development of the territory of the subject of the Federation.C o n c l u s i o n s . Based on the obtained research results, problems in the development and implementation of environmental programs are identified, conclusions are drawn about the need for coherence in the implementation of subprograms of the state program for environmental protection in the territory of the subject of the Federation, compliance with environmental requirements when making economic and social decisions in conditions of limited assimilation potential of the territory. In a constructive form, proposals are given to promote rational use of natural resources and environmental protection by providing preferences for the transition to a closed - cycle economy based on the regeneration of waste generated in the production process.