International Scientific Journals
of Scientific Technical Union of Mechanical Engineering "Industry 4.0"

Social innovations are associated with the introduction of new ideas, technologies, services in the social sphere in order to improve the quality of life of the population. The development of digital technologies provides new opportunities for social protection of various categories of the population. Digital technologies can be used both to improve the process of providing social protection, and to compensate for various medical and social restrictions. The development of special digital social services for the population enhances the effectiveness of social policy.

Industry 4.0 has a significant impact on the economic and social sphere of society. Changes in the economic system give rise to a number of social risks associated primarily with the labor market, occupational structure and employment. In the article the social risks of the digital economy, identifies threats and challenges to the education sector are systematized. Contradictions of the functioning of educational institutions are described. The innovative role of the educational system, which it can play in regional development, is defined. Innovative approaches to the development of the education system based on existing experience are proposed.

Innovative activity in a region is considered in terms of the knowledge management concept. An approach is proposed for assessing the conditions for innovative activity on the basis of three groups of indicators: indicators, characterizing the financial conditions for innovative activity; indicators, characterizing human resources; indicators, characterizing the knowledge generation sources in a region and their accessibility. The obtained integral estimation allows us to classify regions and, on this basis, differentiate innovation policy.

The formation and development of the concept "Industry 4: 0" is associated with significant changes in the structure and characteristics of human resources. It concerns the problems of the new structure of employment, the transformation of the educational system, the deepening of regional disparities. At the same time, the actions developed within the concept, including various programs, don’t pay due attention to possible social risks and measures to reduce them.

The main issues considered in this paper are: spatial spread of innovations during a healthcare reform; social results of disproportions in healthcare development and their impact on human capital; capabilities of spatial redistribution of innovations.

The main issues considered in this paper are: social innovation: the approach to increase financial participation of energy companies in the development of municipalities and regions; financial basis of social partnership between the enterprises of fuel and energy complex and regional authorities.