Keyword: «innovative process»

The author suggests the method of estimation of the innovative regional system level, which helps to get the complex view about the innovative actions at the stages of new knowledge generation, application of the results in the economics, production of innovative production for the final consumer.

In the article the basic concepts of innovation activity in the social sphere; the purpose, objectives and fea-tures of innovative technologies of social work.

The article analyzes the approaches of foreign experts to innovation in education. The criteria of innovation processes are identified, the general characteristics and problems of the implementation of educational in-novation are defined in the article.