Competitive positions

• Popularity and availability of winter sports
• 53 federations of different sports, competitions and championships of all levels, including international, development of sports for the disabled
• Successful usage of information and communication technologies in education and healthcare
• High level of information and computerization of libraries, development of municipal libraries in Murmansk as intelligent information centers
• Development of international cooperation in the sphere of education and culture
• Development of commercial cultural and leisure facilities with comfortable conditions and modern level of services

Opportunities

• Increasing the level of information, availability and quality of municipal services
• Improvement of the targeting of social assistance and accessibility of social support and awareness of the possibility of receiving it
• Increasing of legal awareness of the population, financial and computer literacy, environmental culture
• Creation of a unified system for the prevention of child neglect and juvenile delinquency
• Increasing the availability of physical culture and sports, public involvement in active recreational activities, promotion of healthy lifestyle with the help of cultural events
• Construction and equipment of sports camps, playgrounds, skate parks, bike paths, rollerdromes, etc. for the mass sports development
• Organization of youth festivals, celebrations, competitions, presentations, workshops, including international exchange, assistance in employment, formation and strengthening of spiritual, moral values and civic culture for young people, young families support
• Development of international cooperation in the frames of social and cultural projects

Competitive positions

• Presence of sister cities relations between Murmansk and foreign cities: Vadsø, Tromsø, Rovaniemi, Jacksonville, Groningen, Alanya, Minsk, Harbin
• Communication with the official representatives of foreign countries in the Russian Federation and the presence of foreign missions in Murmansk (Consulate-General of Norway, Finland, Consulate of Iceland and the official representative of France)
• Presence of the General Plan of the Murmansk city municipal unit
• Transition to the principles of results-oriented budgeting, program-targeted three-year planning budgetary expenditures
• Growth of own budget income
• Development of electronic forms of interaction with population and organizations in order to raise their information awareness and the availability of government

Opportunities

• Infrastructure development and employment potential increase in the frame of the inter-municipal cooperation according to strategic investment projects implementation
• Efficiency improvement of the municipal tasks decision
• Support for small and medium-sized enterprises on the basis of the center of business support / information and counseling centers in the districts and the Murmansk city administration
• The involvement of business into the municipal-private partnership and the fulfillment of social functions in the frame of participation in social programs
• Measures for the arrears reduction and increasing of tax return and non-tax income
• Providing rebates for local taxes
• Mobilization of financial resources from the federal and regional budget for target programs to finance activities aimed at addressing issues of local importance
• Improvement of the social activity of the citizens, including young people, the development of territorial, student, school government, support for youth initiatives system
• Young families support, assistance in employment of young people