Forecasting is a prediction, a prediction of the development of the selected object of research in the future, based on the consideration of the patterns of development of this object in the past. The article presents the main goals, objectives and principles of forecasting the process of implementing strategic programs in the territory of the municipality. The algorithm and model of the process of implementing such programs proposed by us will make it possible to increase the effectiveness of regulating the process of implementing strategic direction programs, identify threats in the socio-economic development of the municipality in question, as well as immediately respond to changes in the external environment of the municipality and the internal needs of its development, develop and make decisions regarding the process in question, as well as conduct its correction. A model for predicting threats to municipal social and economic development is also proposed, which will allow taking into account factors that may affect the process under consideration, which will allow developing a set of measures to eliminate threats and increase the effectiveness of the process considered in this article.