摘要:The article analyzes the experience of some countries in forming and implementing long-term national strategies of social and economic development and determines the basic conditions and stages of forming an effective strategy. It has also been found that the long-term strategy of socio-economic development is the key instrument in implementing an effective economic policy in many countries. Therefore, the experience of implementing strategies of social and economic development in the developed countries is of current interest in respect of its use in the practice of the state regulation of Ukrainian economy.