Omsk industrialists were told about the development of cluster policy in the region

Today, a methodological seminar "PROclusters" was held at the regional Congress Hall, where the Omsk Region State Industrial Development Fund presented to business leaders the possibilities of the cluster model and the conditions for joining industrial clusters.

The moderator of the business event was Andrey Shpilenko, Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Omsk Region, representative of the region to the Government of the Russian Federation. In his speech, Andrey Viktorovich told the participants in detail about what industrial clusters are, what federal and regional support measures exist for industrial cluster participants, as well as about the development of cluster policy in the region.

"The Governor of the Omsk Region, Vitaly Khotsenko, was tasked with creating at least 12 industrial clusters in the region. Industrial clusters make it possible to identify investment niches - those projects that need to be implemented in production chains. At the moment, projects of 13 industrial clusters have already been formed, 8 industrial clusters have already been submitted to the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation in order to verify their compliance with the requirements established by the Government of the Russian Federation. Today we have the first practical session, where we have invited those industrial enterprises that will be part of the clusters. Our task is to tell businesses in an accessible way what industrial clusters are, why they have entered them or plan to enter them, what state support measures will be provided and what is the main role of a Specialized organization of industrial clusters that will work with our industrial enterprises," said Andrey Shpilenko.

The methodological seminar was attended by more than 80 participants, among them: heads of medium and large businesses of the Omsk region, employed in the industrial sector, specialized specialists in working with industrial clusters, representatives of executive authorities and business support structures, as well as public figures.

During the event, Svetlana Bazhenova, Director of the Omsk Region State Industrial Development Fund, a non-profit organization, told the participants about the functionality of the cluster's main administrative body, a Specialized Industrial Cluster Organization (hereinafter referred to as SOPC), which provides methodological, organizational, analytical and informational support for cluster development. The director of the Omsk Region FRP also described in detail the stages of creating an industrial cluster and introduced a team that will help Omsk enterprises join industrial clusters.

It should be noted that the functions of the SOPC have been adopted since October 2023, and today the Omsk Region ranks 2nd in terms of the number of industrial clusters being launched in the Russian Federation.

Svetlana Bazhenova spoke about the launch of the cluster investment platform in the near future, a unique platform where information about clusters and their participants, investment niches, as well as investment proposals formed by the Omsk Region Development and Investment Agency will be posted.

For detailed information about the activities of the Omsk Region Industrial Development Fund, and for questions about joining industrial clusters, please contact us by e-mail - frpoo@omskportal.ru . You can subscribe to the Foundation's Telegram channel by following the link.