Omsk region is among the leaders of the Siberian Federal District in the implementation of the Regional Export Standard 2.0

The Omsk Region Export Support Center has implemented 7 tools of the Regional Export Standard 2.0, becoming the leader in the Siberian Federal District, along with the Altai Territory and the Novosibirsk Region.

From 24 to 25 June 2021, a meeting was held in Novosibirsk with the participation of heads of Export Support Centers and executive authorities of the Siberian Federal District on the implementation of the Regional Export Standard 2.0.

According to the information provided by the Russian Export Center, of the 15 planned instruments, the Omsk Region and the Altai Territory have fully implemented seven, the Novosibirsk Region - five, the Tomsk Region and the Krasnoyarsk Territory - three, the Irkutsk Region - two, the Kemerovo Region – one. At the same time, as of July 31, the regions need to implement at least seven tools.

During the meeting, experts from the Russian Export Center spoke about the mechanisms for implementing the 2.0 Standard, and the regions shared their experience in implementing the tools.

Natalia Minaeva, Director of the Regional Project at Russian Export Center JSC, spoke about measures to support business entities in the Siberian Federal District as part of the implementation of the Regional Export Standard 2.0. "We are exchanging experience with the regions for the proper implementation of the Standard. The socio-economic strategy for the development of the regions until 2030, which includes an export component, is outlined among the RES instruments. However, a Strategy for the socio-economic development of the Russian Federation until 2030 has not yet been developed, and most regions are awaiting its release. One of the tools is the presence of the region in priority countries, and without an approved Strategy it is difficult to figure out whether there is a presence there," Natalia Minaeva noted. The topic is planned to be discussed in the Government of the Russian Federation in order to consider the possibility of postponing the implementation of some of the Standard's tools for next year.

It should be noted that the Omsk region is developing foreign trade relations with 97 countries around the world. High figures were achieved in the export of chemical industry products - 332.1 million US dollars, food products - 259.9 million US dollars and machine-building products - 78.9 million US dollars. The region is successfully developing training programs for SMEs based on the Omsk Region Export Support Center, which is part of the My Business Service Center. Among the RES 2.0 tools implemented in the Omsk region are the identification of the executive authority of the subject of the Russian Federation responsible for the development of non-primary exports and exports of services; Ensuring the presence of the subject of the Russian Federation in foreign markets; The development of a training system in the field of foreign economic activity based on higher educational institutions of the subject of the Russian Federation; The formation and analysis of a database of exporters and a database of potential exporters in the subject of the Russian Federation and conducting an export audit;  Implementation of export acceleration programs and other comprehensive export development tools in the territory of the subject of the Russian Federation; Creation and development of mechanisms for popularizing export activities in the subject of the Russian Federation; Creation and development of mechanisms for promoting the region in foreign markets. The work on the implementation of the tools of the Regional Export Standard 2.0 is being carried out by the Ministry of Economy of the Omsk region together with the Export Support Center and is under the control of the Governor of the region Alexander Burkov.

For reference: The Regional Export Standard 2.0 contains unified approaches to create favorable conditions for exports, taking into account regional specifics, which, in turn, will allow for the comprehensive development of an export support system in a constituent entity of the Russian Federation.

The purpose of the Regional Export Standard 2.0 is to consolidate a set of measures, with the implementation of which regional authorities will be able to stimulate the export activities of companies, as well as form an effective export support infrastructure.

The regional export standard 2.0 was developed in accordance with the passport of the federal project "Systemic measures for the development of international cooperation and export", which is part of the national project "International Cooperation and Export" in order to improve the institutional export environment in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation.