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The use of new management technologies that have shown their efficiency in the business sector is essential in municipal areas while developing an innovative economy in Russia. The study is aimed at grounding the conditions of using lean management technologies aiming at increasing efficiency of municipal management in Russia. The research was aimed at and solved three main objectives: 1) the systematization of ‘lean production’ technologies and instruments suitable to use at the municipal level; 2) the analysis of foreign and domestic experience of using lean management by governments and local authorities; 3) the formulation of conditions for successful adoption of lean management by local authorities and the identification of barriers to its implementation at the municipal level in Russia. The study is based on the systemic approach viewing lean management as an integrated system including regulatory and legal provisions, theoretical and methodological research carried out by foreign and domestic scholars, best practices of implementing lean production technologies and instruments. The results of the study are aimed at local authorities introducing innovative technologies designed to improve the efficiency of municipal management.

The results of the in-depth analysis of the regulatory support of the strategic planning of municipalities of the Samara region are presented at the article. Also at the article identified problem areas at the regional and municipal levels, formulated proposals for improving the regulatory legal framework in the field of strategic planning of municipal development. The received proposals for the improvement of legal regulation in this area can be addressed to other Russian municipalities.