Model lawmaking in innovation activities in the inter-regional context: first experience within the association of innovative regions of Russia

The model law emergence as a legal institution is a result of increased integration processes manifested in various spheres of life. Development of the network-based approach to the organization of social and economic processes is accompanied by the need to develop the institutional unity of participants in the interaction at various levels of the economy: international, inter-regional, interfirm. This activates processes of harmonization and unification of the legal regulation of relations in specific areas, which happens with the use of model rules. The article presents a brief history of model acts and their types. The practice of developing model laws exists in Russia in the framework of cooperation of the CIS countries, in the preparation by federal public authorities of model laws for the regions of "direct action" in the area of their competence. Until now, model acts in Russia do not have a statutory definition, a place and role in the legal system, a single legal mechanism for legitimizing such acts. Inconsistency and different levels of development of the institutional environment of the regions (in terms of innovation legal support) updated the need to improve regional laws and address the identified institutional barriers. Model lawmaking "from below", at the initiative of the regions, has been first developed in Russia with the creation of the Association of Innovative Regions of Russia (AIRR). AIRR includes regions for which the innovation scenario is an absolute priority in the socio-economic policy, therefore, improving the legal regulation in the sphere of innovation is one of the most important areas of cooperation. A model law "On innovation activity in the subject of the Russian Federation" prepared by the Legislation Committee of AIRR on behalf of the Working Group with the Head of the State Duma of the Russian Federation for legislative initiatives in innovation policy (Decision of December 04, 2013) on the basis of an analysis of the legal framework in the regions of AIRR innovation activities established for over 20 years. The article highlights the first experience of the Association of Innovative Regions of Russia in the development of the model law "On innovation activity in the subject of the Russian Federation": some methodological issues of the development of the law are revealed, its structure and certain rules are presented; consequences and prospects for the implementation of the model lawmaking institution in the regional practice of legal regulation are marked.

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