Omsk is working on the formation of industrial clusters

A working meeting was held today under the leadership of Andrey Shpilenko, Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Omsk Region, where issues related to the formation of industrial clusters in the Omsk region were discussed.

The meeting was attended by specialists from the regional Agency for Development and Investment, representatives of the Ministry of Industry and Scientific and Technical Development of the Omsk Region, the Omsk Region Industry Development Fund and the Scientific and Educational Center, and representatives of the Association of Clusters, Technoparks and SEZs of Russia joined the discussions.

Earlier, the head of the region, Vitaly Khotsenko, noted: "Our goal is to create at least ten industrial clusters, industrial parks and industrial technology parks. We are moving on to system support for industrial enterprises through the implementation of cluster policy, as defined by the President of Russia. Together, we will identify import-substituting projects, create the country's first regional cluster platform, which will allow us to answer the question of external investors and SMEs, what products to produce, and who will be its consumer. We will also create industrial parks and industrial technoparks in the Omsk region, the purpose of which will be to reduce costs in the implementation of investment projects due to the developed infrastructure. Federal experts who have extensive experience in implementing similar projects in the Russian Federation will help us with this."

So, during the meeting, the plan for the formation of industrial clusters in the Omsk region was discussed, and key activities were identified. During the coming week, the Agency, the Ministry of Industry and AKIT should conduct a survey among Omsk industrial enterprises to identify functional relationships.

To date, more than 50 industrial clusters have been created in Russia, and the Omsk Region has great potential in this regard.