Omsk authorities will prepare a roadmap for improving the investment climate

The roadmap will be evaluated by the Agency for Strategic Initiatives. Federal experts will come to Omsk in December.

A strategic session was held in the region, where government and business representatives discussed the key indicators of the Omsk region in the national investment climate rating.

"The governor of the region, Vitaly Pavlovich Khotsenko, has set the task to ensure that the investment attractiveness of the region is high, and we are among the top ten investment-attractive regions. We need to make sure that investors want to come to the region and invest money. To assess the investment attractiveness, there is an up-to-date rating. This is a whole set of indicators that characterizes the success of the region, the availability of mechanisms, and the availability of government support measures," said the Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Omsk region.Andrey Shpilenko.

For several months, the regional authorities, together with entrepreneurs, discussed the region's position in the ranking for each of the indicators. Based on these discussions, regional ministries and departments have prepared and are implementing improvements, and the provision of public services has been tested.

"We intend to hear the opinions of the business. The purpose of the discussion is the formation of specific plans to achieve indicators of the investment attractiveness of the region. The roadmap, which will be prepared by the authorities responsible for the directions, we will send to the experts of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives, the final session will be held with the participation of experts in Omsk in December, where solutions will be presented," he explained.Andrey Shpilenko.

Ilya Nikolin, President of the Omsk Regional Union of Entrepreneurs, added that business is also ready to participate in the final stage of the roadmap formation.

It should be recalled that for several months the regional authorities, together with entrepreneurs, have been developing solutions to improve the region's position in terms of national rating indicators. The key issues were discussed in a separate strategic session that took place yesterday. They concerned building permits, commissioning of facilities, engineering infrastructure and land issues. In all these areas, measures will be prepared in the roadmap, which will be aimed at removing barriers and questions from entrepreneurs.

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