Tatarstan investment team to improve management skills under the program of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation and the Presidential Academy
The training of regional investment teams from all over Russia has started in Moscow according to the program of the Higher School of Public Administration of the Presidential Academy and the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia: "Managerial skills: the development of regional teams." It was developed to improve the quality of the implementation of the regional investment standard under the leadership of First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov.
"The regional investment standard is the basis for the economic growth of the subjects of the Russian Federation, which needs to be constantly worked on. It is important that local teams understand the nuances of support measures, target them and combine them. Because working with investors is primarily the work of the regions. You are the ones who solve 95% of entrepreneurs' issues. The task of the federation is to work with you in conjunction, systematically develop support tools, and help in cooperation with banks in the implementation of large, complex investment projects," Maxim Reshetnikov, Minister of Economic Development, addressed the participants of the program in his welcoming speech.
In total, more than 800 specialists will be trained. Tatarstan is represented by 10 employees of ministries and departments authorized to work on attracting investments. The program will last six months in person and remotely during the intermodule period. Participants from 89 subjects, including new regions, will gain the necessary skills to form key institutions for working with investors, improve their financial competencies, and get acquainted with the best practices in attracting business.
"RANEPA is the largest university in Europe, not only in Russia. We have 4,500 programs, which train 270 thousand people. It's really a lot. But there are special programs. And this program is one of those. It gathered deputy governors and ministers, heads of municipalities, development agencies, and representatives of the business community. There were sharp discussions about the fact that business and the state should not be brought together. But our team has no doubt that this is not just right, it helps to make programs at a completely different level, share experiences, share problems, get to know and understand each other better," said Alexey Komissarov, Rector of the Presidential Academy.
The program "Managerial skills: development of regional teams" is valid for the third year. With its help, about 2 thousand specialists have already improved their qualifications. This year, in addition to representatives of the regions, employees of resource supply organizations and business associations are taking part in it, who also participate in the work on the implementation of the standard and assessment of the quality of the work done.
"There are many tools in the hands of the regions to attract investment. Of course, it is impossible to create a special economic zone or a tourist magnet in every municipality, but the teams themselves are just the magnet that can attract investments, employers and tax revenues. Attracting investments today is a key factor of political and economic sovereignty," Alexey Repik, Chairman of Delovaya Rossiya, told the participants of the program.
This year, the assessment of the implementation of the regional investment standard will be completed by the summer, and the results will be presented at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.
FOR REFERENCE
The Regional investment Standard was created under the leadership of First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov. The purpose of the standard is to shorten the investor's path from the emergence of an idea to the implementation of capital investments. The five institutes of the standard – the investment declaration, the map, the committee, the development agency, the set of investment rules – were developed jointly with business associations. It is the business that evaluates the quality of the implementation of the standard. After the creation of a modern system for launching investment projects, the positions of a number of regions have improved in the National Investment Rating.