Бегунова О.В.

Objective. Study of the “municipal standard” compounds as a mechanism aimed at formation of comforting conditions for starting and running business on the territory of a municipal entity, and the analysis of the available practices on the development of such a document. Methods. An analysis of the existing practice for organization of a regional system affecting the improvement of investment climate in the region and investment capacity building has been conducted. Viability of regional measures transference to the municipal level has been analysed. Results. The results of the conducted analysis have shown that the measures on business climate improvement on a municipal level in general can correspond to the general policy carried out in the region. However, developing recommendations on improvement of municipal investment attractiveness it is important to take into account distinctive features of historical and social-economic character determining a wide typology of municipal entities on the territory of the Russian Federation. Scientific novelty. Scientific novelty is to study ways of improvement of investment climate on a municipal level within the framework of a single document development Standard standardizing the activity of local self-government in that sphere.