Summary: | Introduction: university resource centers are one of the forms of implementing state policy on the development of civil society institutions. Being oriented to the socio-economic development of the region and the country as a whole, they ensure the involvement of various categories of citizens in social and socio-economic activities, integrate the efforts of the organizations of the region to solve a certain group of problems, contribute to raising the level of education and culture. This form of organization of activities is becoming increasingly relevant for universities, since it is the higher education institutions that are the sources of innovative transformations and the formation of an educational environment in the regions. Realizing their own projects, universities receive feedback through the resource center with the consumer of services, carry out experimental testing of theoretical assumptions, introduce new developments into practice. Openness and accessibility of university centers, at the same time, allows engaging broad segments of the population, creating event activity, attracting entrants' attention to the university's educational programs, and holding public events that create the educational and cultural climate of the region.Materials and Methods: the article describes the resource center as an element of the region's socio-economic development, analyzes the areas of activity, explores the functions and principles of activity, presents the resource center for the development of decorative and applied arts and folk crafts at the Minin University, shows the main directions for implementing the model and possible effects of its implementation.Results of research: the work demonstrates the effects of the activities of the university resource center on the example of the resource center for the development of decorative and applied arts and folk crafts of the Nizhny Novgorod Region at the Minin University, showing how the introduction of the model will strengthen and expand the communication of education and culture organizations interested in preserving and transferring the traditions of folk crafts in the Nizhny Novgorod region, the population of different ages of the region, production organizations and craftsmen, also improve the quality of training of students of high school to support student initiatives and creativity of university students in the field of design, development of folk crafts, decorative and applied arts, draw attention to the tourist potential of the region by drawing attention to the field of traditional crafts people from other regions.Discussion and Conclusions: university resource centers play a significant role in the socio-economic development of the region. By integrating resources from various sources, they form new approaches to scientific research, making their results public and accessible to a wide range of people. Involving a wide range of consumers in the activities of the resource center and a wide range of implemented projects creates a significant social effect of its activities and changes the educational and cultural space, stimulating the socio-economic development of the region and the country as a whole. The use of the educational, technological and communication capabilities of the university makes resource center projects more meaningful and accessible to researchers for research in this field, both in our country and abroad, thus contributing to the expansion of partnerships and the emergence of significant practical results in this the promotion and popularization of folk crafts of the Nizhny Novgorod region outside the region, contributes to the development of a unified socio-cultural space in Russia.
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