Control over funding for innovation territorial clusters in Russia
Importance The article addresses the mechanisms of control over funding for innovation territorial clusters.  Objectives The aim is to underpin mechanisms of preventive, routine and follow-up control over innovation territorial cluster financing, design a three-level system of indicators to assess the efficiency of innovation territorial cluster funding and define its future development.  Methods The study employs methods of bibliographic analysis, logical analysis, synthesis and the systems approach.  Results We provide a rationale for mechanisms of preventive, routine and follow-up controls over innovation territorial cluster financing. Preventive control includes co-financing of clusters by the subject of the Russian Federation and the municipality, public-private partnership, introduction of project-oriented budgeting in cluster entities, replication of best practices. Routine and follow-up control implies identifying inefficient clusters, ranking clusters by efficiency of financing. For these purposes, we developed a three-level system of indicators. The paper substantiates prospects for further development of control over financing for innovation territorial clusters in Russia.  Conclusions The offered three-level system of indicators enables decisions on budget allocation. To improve clustering performance, it is important to refine the methodological framework for control.