A regional investment standard has been introduced in the Krasnoyarsk Region. This became known following the results of the assessment of the subjects of the Russian Federation, which involved more than 3,600 entrepreneurs with existing investment projects of 50 million rubles.
The regional investment standard is a project of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, whose task is to shorten the investor’s path from the idea to the implementation of capital investments, attract business to the regions and eliminate typical obstacles in the way of entrepreneurs.
The Krasnoyarsk Region has implemented five main elements of the standard:
• A specialized organization for working with investors has been created – the Yenisei Siberia Development Corporation, where investors are accompanied at every stage.
• An Investment Declaration has been developed, which contains a strategy for the development of the region and the commitment of the head of the subject to ensure that business conditions do not deteriorate.
• An investment portal has been opened with information about the territorial planning of the region, the resource base, infrastructure, support measures and tariffs.
• A set of investment rules of the region has been developed – a set of specific optimized procedures governing the receipt by the investor of a number of services and services.
• There is an Investment Committee chaired by the Governor of the region, where disputable issues are promptly resolved.
The experts also named the Krasnoyarsk Region among the regions with the best practices of investment teams, and the Yenisei Siberia Development Corporation among the best development agencies.
First Deputy Governor of the Krasnoyarsk Region – Chairman of the Government of the Krasnoyarsk Region Sergey Vereshchagin: “A lot of work has been done in the region to implement the investment standard, and today we have received a worthy assessment of our efforts. However, this is not the final, but only one of the stages of further improvement of the investor support infrastructure. The Krasnoyarsk Territory is one of the leaders of investment development in Russia, and it is important for us to remain an attractive territory, stimulate investment volumes and shorten the terms of investment cycles from intention to implementation of projects.”
Olesya Ardasova, Deputy Minister of Economy and Regional Development of the Krasnoyarsk Region, noted that the quality of the implementation of the investment standard is confirmed on the basis of investor surveys: “It is very nice that the region has received a high rating. This is a lot of work in cooperation and cooperation with business associations, which, of course, will continue.”
From 2024, compliance with the standard will be taken into account by the Agency for Strategic Initiatives when compiling a national rating of investment attractiveness of regions.
It should be added that the results of the assessment of the implementation of the regional investment standard in the subjects of the Russian Federation in 2023 were presented at the Interregional Forum “Implementation of the regional investment standard” in Nizhny Novgorod.