A meeting on the implementation of the Regional Investment Standard was held in the Omsk region

On June 27, 2023, representatives of companies implementing and planning to implement investment projects in the Omsk region met with representatives of the Ministry of Economy of the Omsk Region and the Agency for Development and Investment of the Omsk Region.

The event was initiated and conducted by the Omsk Region Chamber of Commerce and Industry with the participation of Omsk regional branches of Business Russia, the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, Opora Russia and the Regional Union of Entrepreneurs.

During the meeting, organized in a hybrid format, issues of the current status of the implementation of the Regional Investment Standard (RIS), which is designed to shorten the investor's path from idea to investment, were discussed.

Denis Kushner, First Deputy Minister of Economy of the Omsk region, provided information on the implementation of the schedule plan for the implementation of RIS elements, namely: approval of the investment declaration, creation of the Investment Committee, creation of the Agency for Development and Investment, approval of the Set of Investment Rules, creation of an investment map.

Galina Goncharova, First Deputy General Director of the Omsk Region Development and Investment Agency JSC, spoke about the agency's activities, its functions and opportunities to assist investors in the preparation and implementation of investment projects in the region.

Natalia Fedotova, Vice President of the Omsk Region Chamber of Commerce and Industry, informed about the establishment of the Regional Investment Group (RIG) in the Omsk Region in March 2023, its goals and objectives, as well as the planned key events on the implementation of RIS in June-August of this year.

Among such activities, RIG integrates investor respondents into its staff, conducts verification - conducting a survey to analyze the effectiveness of RIS implementation, prepares a conclusion - evaluates the implementation of RIS in the region and transmits this conclusion for analysis and preparation of final conclusions and recommendations. In the autumn, it is planned to start confirming the implementation of the standard in all regions.
The procedure for monitoring the implementation and verification of the Regional Investment Standard, including conducting a survey, is conducted by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in cooperation with Delovaya Rossiya and the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.

This survey will be conducted anonymously throughout the country in July 2023 in each region in a digital format by sending an electronic questionnaire to the database of investor respondents. The purpose of the survey is to evaluate the implementation of each of the 5 elements of the RIS, and the opinion of entrepreneurs is key here, since it is the business that should feel the improvements from their implementation.

Anton Berendeev, Executive Secretary of the RIG, member of Delovaya Rossiya, Ilya Nikolin, President of the Omsk Regional Union of Entrepreneurs, Alexey Glazachev, member of Opora Russia, and representatives of investor companies took part in the discussion of these issues.

At the end of the meeting, the participants expressed their intention to continue the practice of holding such events in order to inform the business community about the opportunities for investors in the Omsk region, establish communication between investors and authorities, business support structures, explain the investor's algorithms for connecting to the infrastructure within the framework of the project, and share investment experience.