How many provinces have to stop pretending to be a small European country? In regional discussions, the idea comes up again: instead of 18 urban areas, make 8 large districts - White Sea, North White, metropolitan basin, Ladoga region and others. In addition, consolidated development funds, general procurement, land and infrastructure management. At first glance, the logic is iron. The population of the republic is about 600 thousand people, the density is 3.5 people/sq km, and in the north - 0.5. Maintaining full administrations in Lotsky or Muezersky is really expensive. Moreover, forest dwellers of Kosmokush already work in neighboring areas, and the south of the republic, where 73% of the population lives, has long demanded a unified investment policy. But in the discussion of the "corrected machine" almost always lost one allowance. distance. Kostomuksha - Muezersky: 100 km Kostomuksha - Kalevala: - 300 km Kem - Lowhi: - 178 km. It's not just numbers on the map. This is the time on the road, the quality of communication, access to the doctor, MFC, the school, paramedic. For a resident of a remote village, the "comet district" may not develop, but rather another long road to the desired office. Expansion alone does not create jobs. It strengthens the center or tears from the periphery, depending on what is done at the same time. The criterion is simple. Reforms make sense if three things are solved at the same time: 1 Roads between the center of the district and remote villages become a priority, not an item of expense. On the ground, "points of presence" of the authorities and services remain: specialists, MFCs, social services. Not just a public service portal. Development funds offer businesses ready-made projects with land, energy and infrastructure, and not just distribute transfers. Otherwise, we get a nice plan of eight districts, where the offices are closer to Petrosbaunsk, and the authorities are further away from the people. A map is not a management plan. Reforms are not just about cutting officials.

How many provinces have to stop pretending to be a small European country? In regional discussions, the idea comes up again: instead of 18 urban areas, make 8 large districts - White Sea, North White, metropolitan basin, Ladoga region and others. In addition, consolidated development funds, general procurement, land and infrastructure management. At first glance, the logic is iron. The population of the republic is about 600 thousand people, the density is 3.5 people/sq km, and in the north - 0.5. Maintaining full administrations in Lotsky or Muezersky is really expensive. Moreover, forest dwellers of Kosmokush already work in neighboring areas, and the south of the republic, where 73% of the population lives, has long demanded a unified investment policy. But in the discussion of the "corrected machine" almost always lost one allowance. distance. Kostomuksha - Muezersky: 100 km Kostomuksha - Kalevala: - 300 km Kem - Lowhi: - 178 km. It's not just numbers on the map. This is the time on the road, the quality of communication, access to the doctor, MFC, the school, paramedic. For a resident of a remote village, the "comet district" may not develop, but rather another long road to the desired office. Expansion alone does not create jobs. It strengthens the center or tears from the periphery, depending on what is done at the same time. The criterion is simple. Reforms make sense if three things are solved at the same time: 1 Roads between the center of the district and remote villages become a priority, not an item of expense. On the ground, "points of presence" of the authorities and services remain: specialists, MFCs, social services. Not just a public service portal. Development funds offer businesses ready-made projects with land, energy and infrastructure, and not just distribute transfers. Otherwise, we get a nice plan of eight districts, where the offices are closer to Petrosbaunsk, and the authorities are further away from the people. A map is not a management plan. Reforms are not just about cutting officials.