Vitaly Khotsenko discussed increasing the investment attractiveness of the Omsk Region with experts at the Russia Exhibition and Forum

As part of the days of the Omsk Region, a round table on increasing the investment attractiveness of the Omsk region was held at the Russia exhibition and forum at VDNH.

The participants were welcomed by the Governor of the Omsk region, Vitaly Khotsenko.

"We often talk about the return of Omsk residents to the Omsk region. That's why I would like to discuss how to transform our region. We need to make our small towns, regional centers, and villages better for life," said Vitaliy Khotsenko. – Many residents of Omsk help their hometown while in Moscow. We need to determine how the region and the city should develop, and which projects should be brought to us. That's why most of the projects just need to be adopted and implemented here."

Vitaliy Khotsenko also invited all participants of the round table and students to work on the future master plan of the Omsk agglomeration and the city of Tara.

The moderator of the round table was Andrey Shpilenko, Deputy Chairman of the Regional Government and representative of the region to the Government of the Russian Federation. The participants were large businessmen, government officials and Omsk students who enrolled in prestigious Moscow universities: MGIMO, Moscow Aviation Institute and others. Mikhail Sutyaginsky, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Titan Group of Companies, was also among the invited guests. As part of the business program of the Rossiya exhibition, the Government of the Omsk Region, the Titan Group of Companies and the Proryv Association of Investors in the Field of Physical Education and Sports signed a cooperation agreement. The parties plan to cooperate in the design, construction, operation and management of sports infrastructure facilities.

Andrey Shpilenko noted that the Governor has set the task to reset the investment policy of the region, and one of the tools for this is the Agency for Development and Investment. The first strategic session has already been held in Omsk, the second meeting event was held at VDNH, and the third session is still to be held in Omsk with deputies of the Legislative Assembly of the Omsk region.

Evgeny Kovtun, Director of the Omsk Region Development and Investment Agency, said that they took the top 10 regions in terms of investment attractiveness and began comparing them with the Omsk region. The task of this stage is to see the best of others and adopt it for yourself. Currently, the regional Ministry of Industry is analyzing promising industrial clusters and identifying drop-out chains, those niches that can be occupied by new investment projects. They will be offered to potential investors.

The main criterion for selection is a guaranteed sales market. And here we will radically differ from other regions in that we will form investment proposals ourselves.

"Today, a number of events and strategic sessions are taking place, the purpose of which is to develop the most effective activities of the Omsk Region Development and Investment Agency. It is very important that all the decisions that the Agency will then organize are supported by business, youth, and legislators. We have already identified key performance indicators with business representatives. Now we had a serious idea – we needed to show our young people who went to study in Moscow that they have the opportunity to self-actualize with us. That there are projects where they could commercialize their knowledge. And today we saw burning eyes, we managed to go through a discussion with the guys, we agreed on what projects could be implemented in the Omsk region.

And most importantly, we have agreed to continue our dialogue. It's a matter of principle for me. They will be able to come to the Omsk Region representative office and arrange an internship. I really hope that the young people present will believe in the sincerity of our plans and will be able to put them into practice," Andrei Shpilenko said about the results of the round table.