The Murmansk Region presented best practices for working with investors in Moscow as part of training on the implementation of the new Regional Investment Standard 2.0.

Training of regional teams for the implementation of the investment standard in the subjects of Russia has started in Moscow. The educational program "Managerial Mastery: Development of Regional Teams", developed by the Higher School of Public Administration of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration together with the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia, involves heads and employees of government bodies, business development institutes, and representatives of the municipal authorities of the Murmansk Region. During the training, participants will acquire the necessary skills to form key institutions and elements of the standard. The program will improve investment and financial competencies and introduce best practices in attracting business.

"The regions are doing a lot of work to implement the investment standard. But the main thing is how we will use its tools. In order to improve the quality of interaction with businesses, a training program for investment teams was launched. Last year, the Higher School of Public Administration of RANEPA trained a thousand specialists. The same number will be trained in 2023. This is an opportunity to conduct self-diagnosis, exchange successful practices, and gain skills in working with individual tools of the investment standard," Deputy Minister of Economic Development Murat Kerefov addressed the participants during the opening ceremony.

The regional investment standard of the Ministry of Economic Development is designed to simplify business scaling by creating a single customer path regardless of the region. To implement the standard, regions approve investment declarations with obligations not to worsen conditions. Investment development agencies and committees are created to support projects and resolve controversial issues, investment maps of regions and a set of rules with optimal algorithms for connecting to infrastructure are formed. In 2023, 42 regions will implement the investment standard. This work is supervised by First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov.

"The updated regional investment standard sets uniform rules that regions must meet today, while many of its elements are successfully operating in the Murmansk region: the regional Development Corporation supports investors through the "one-stop shop" system, and the Investment Portal, recognized by experts as one of the best in the country, also operates. An investment declaration will be published soon," noted Tatyana Ruskova, Minister of Arctic Development and Economy of the Murmansk region.

Special attention is paid to regional practices when implementing the regional investment standard. During the training, participants and experts noted the Investment Portal as a successful work of the Murmansk Region team, recommended for scaling in other regions - for the completeness and accessibility of the information provided, as well as the practice of constant monitoring of the activity of investment commissioners.

"Investment commissioner institutes exist in a number of regions of Russia. However, in the Murmansk region, their activities are analyzed monthly. And the regional Development Corporation regularly presents the results of the assessment to the governor at operational meetings, which is very good from the point of view of stimulating the work of government representatives to improve conditions for investors," noted Alexey Bobov, a teacher of the first training module and director of regional development at the National Association of Investment and Development Agencies.

The Russian Ministry of Economic Development notes that under current conditions, the new investment standard will allow finding new growth points for the economy. It will be implemented throughout the country by the end of the year.

/ Ministry of Arctic Development and Economy of the Murmansk Region /

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