Today, the regional Congress Hall hosted the final strategic session for specialized specialists of executive authorities and municipalities of the Omsk region on the application and development of public-private partnership (PPP) mechanisms.
The strategic session began with a speech by Andrey Shpilenko, Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Omsk Region and representative of the Omsk Region to the Government of the Russian Federation: "Today's event is the culmination of a series of strategic sessions. The Governor of the Omsk Region, Vitaly Khotsenko, has set the task of maximizing investment in the development of the region's economy. We have concluded an agreement with the PPP Center on methodological support. Three online educational sessions were held, where experts provided students with theoretical knowledge, a methodology for searching and identifying PPP projects, and shared successful cases of implemented projects. Based on the results of this strategic session, our Ministries and municipalities will form a list of new investment projects implemented using PPP tools."
It should be noted that the organizers of the business event are the Omsk Region Development and Investment Agency and the National Center for Public-Private Partnership.
The educational strategy was continued by Maxim Tkachenko, Senior Managing Director of the National PPP Center. The expert spoke about the budgetary aspects of the implementation of infrastructure projects, the specifics of using various forms and models of PPP, market trends and answered questions from the audience. The participants discussed issues of the level of PPP development in the Omsk region and promising areas, identified priority and optimal forms of attracting investment, and considered the specifics and areas of implementation of investment projects using offset contracts.
The second part of the business program included a series of workshops on the preparation of the text of the agreement, the organization of commercial and financial closures, and the involvement of land in PPP projects. The speakers spoke about the specifics of investment projects in the field of urban economy facilities, landscaping of parks and public spaces, water and heat supply in small and medium-sized settlements, toll roads, airport infrastructure. In addition, the program participants were introduced to the main features of the Rosinfra digital platform, the use of which significantly reduces the time required to prepare projects.
As part of the strategic session, the Omsk Region Government signed an agreement with the National PPP Center to conduct an experiment in the region on the introduction of new project management tools and customer-centric principles in the preparation and implementation of PPP projects.
"This strategic session proved to be useful. I gained comprehensive knowledge on how to prepare PPP projects in various industries efficiently and with minimal risks, as well as establish interaction with investors using advanced investment tools," Ilya Kulakov, a specialist at the Omsk Region Development and Investment Agency, shared.