Abstract. The financial security of the region, being one of the main elements, has a significant impact on the economic security of the Kemerovo region, the largest mining region in the country. The task of the study is to assess the real situation in the financial security of the region and justify the need to develop measures to strengthen it. The article assesses the financial security of the Kemerovo region according to its main criteria: revenues and expenditures of the consolidated budgets of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation per capita; the number of operating credit organizations and their branches per 1000 people of the population; the amount of deposits of legal entities and individuals in credit institutions and bank branches; average amount of individuals' deposits on ruble accounts with the Savings Bank of the Russian Federation; the balanced financial result of organizations' activities, etc. In the course of the work, threats to the financial security of the region were identified, which can be solved by conducting innovations. The results of the study can be used to develop a strategy for the development of the region.

Significant impact on the formation and use of human capital are exerted by factors and conditions that correspond to the levels of government and form continuously interconnected and warring groups. Combined socio- economic category “human capital” was formed as a result of notable changes in the human as the main productive force and socio-economic subject of society. Practice shows that regions with significant human capital are in a better position compared to competitors that do not have similar advantages. Targeted projects of the formation and use of human regional capital such as the international acceleration program “Russian-Chinese Youth Business Incubator” allows not only effectively form and use the human capital of the region, but also increase its competitiveness.