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Council for development strategy and investment
The Development and Investment Strategy Council under the Nizhny Novgorod Region Governor was established in July 2018.
The Council is a permanent collegial advisory body created to coordinate the actions of the executive authorities of the Nizhny Novgorod Region, territorial bodies of federal executive authorities and other organizations, regardless of their organizational and legal form, in order to develop and implement the Social and Economic Development Strategy of the Nizhny Novgorod Region until 2035, the creation of a favorable investment climate in the Nizhny Novgorod Region.
The Council is headed by the Chairman – the Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod Region. The Council includes representatives of state authorities of the Nizhny Novgorod Region, territorial bodies of federal executive authorities, financial and public organizations, representatives of the Nizhny Novgorod Region Development Corporation. The Council has a presidium.
Main objectives of the Council are:
- Implementation of interagency cooperation on the adjustment, development and implementation of the Strategy for the pursuance of certain priorities, goals and objectives of the social and economic development of the Nizhny Novgorod Region
- Preparation of proposals on the social and economic development and investment attraction
- Development of consolidated measures aimed at the creation of a new economic potential to ensure the sustainable development of the Nizhny Novgorod Region and social stability, as well as measures aimed at:
- the rapid development of high-tech sectors of the economy;
- technological development
(digitalization, green economy);
- import substitution;
- creating of a
favorable investment and business climate;
- development of transport, energy and
telecommunications infrastructure;
- development of the economic potential of the territories, the
creation of new “growth points” in cities and districts of the Nizhny Novgorod Region;
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stimulation of energy and resource conservation in the real sector of economy, improving the energy
efficiency of the utility and public sector;
- spatial development of the Nizhny Novgorod Region;
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creation of new regional development institutions;
- improvement of the efficiency of public
investments;
- pursuance of an active policy for the development of the economy of single-industry
towns.
- Development of recommendations on state support of investment processes and stimulation of investment activity in the Nizhny Novgorod Region
- Consideration of the draft investment strategy, analysis of the progress and implementation of the investment strategy, preparation and consideration of proposals for its adjustment
- Consideration and adjustment of the plan for the creation of investment and infrastructure facilities in the Nizhny Novgorod Region
- Consideration and preparation of proposals on problems related to investment activities in the Nizhny Novgorod Region and problems arising from the implementation of investment projects in the Nizhny Novgorod Region, with the exception of land and property relations
- Consideration and decision-making on increasing the efficiency of exhibition and congress activities in the Nizhny Novgorod Region
- Consideration of applications from borrowers and the provision of collaterals from the collateral Foundation of the Nizhny Novgorod Region
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Council for land and property relations
The Council for Land and Property Relations under the Government of the Nizhny Novgorod Region is authorized to consider issues related to the provision of land for construction.
The Council is a collegial deliberative body created to resolve land and property issues in the implementation of investment projects, public-private partnership projects, projects based on concession agreements, and the preservation and use of cultural heritage objects located in the Nizhny Novgorod Region.
The Council is headed by the Chairman – the minister of property and land relations of the Nizhny Novgorod Region. The Council is composed of heads of structural units of the Nizhny Novgorod Region Government, heads of territorial bodies of federal government authorities, heads of large municipalities and heads of leading enterprises in the region.
COUNCIL FUNCTIONS:
- Making decisions on the possibility of providing land plots for the implementation of investment projects submitted for consideration
- Decision-making on extending the terms of implementation of investment projects, on initiating consideration by local authorities of the issue of development of built-up areas
- Making decisions on the possibility of transferring land and land plots located on the territory of the Nizhny Novgorod region from one category to another, assigning land or land plots to a certain category
- Decision-making by results of consideration of offers on implementation of public-private partnership proposals on the conclusion of the concession agreement
- Decision-making on issues of execution of decisions of the investment Council under the Governor of Nizhny Novgorod region and of the decisions of the working group of the investment Council under the Governor of Nizhny Novgorod region under implementation
- Decision-making on the possibility of amending the agreement on implementation of investment projects in terms of changes in the volume of investment
- Making decisions on granting an investment project the status of a social object in accordance with the Temporary methodology for calculating compensation for social, transport and engineering infrastructure costs
- The statement "road map" implementation of the investment project, the consideration of issues related to amendments to the "road map" implementation of the investment project
- Recommendations in the field of preservation and use of objects of cultural heritage located on the territory of Nizhny Novgorod region, etc.
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Institute of Investment Commissioners
For more expeditious and effective work on the implementation of investment projects at the regional and local levels, the Institute of Investment Commissioners was established, which represents the executive authorities, local authorities, territorial bodies of federal authorities and natural monopolies both on the territory of the Nizhny Novgorod Region and beyond.
Main goals:
- Creating favorable conditions for attracting investment capital and implementing investment projects in the region
- Creating an open information space in the implementation of investment activities in the region
Tasks of the Investment Commissioners:
- Interaction with the executive authorities of the Nizhny Novgorod Region and the Nizhny Novgorod Region Development Corporation on investment issues
- Assistance in eliminating administrative barriers from the side of administration when implementing investment projects
- Clarification and consultation on municipal support for investment activities, guarantees for investors in the region
The Institution of Investment Commissioners reduces the time required to obtain approvals and permits due to daily monitoring and involvement in the project and, therefore, significantly reduce the time of project implementation.
Training of Investment Commissioners
Development Institutes
The Industry Development Foundation was established at the initiative of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation in order to modernize the Russian industry, to organize new enterprises and to achieve the import substitution.
The foundation was created by transforming the Russian Foudation for Technological Development.
The foundation offers preferential terms for co-financing projects aimed at developing new high-tech products, import substitution, export, leasing of production equipment, implementation of machine-building projects, digitalization of existing enterprises, manufacture of high-tech civilian and/or dual-use products by defense industry enterprises, manufacture of components, drug labeling and increasing performance.
The Foundation was established according by transforming the Non-Profit Organization "Foundation for the Promotion of Venture Investment in Small Enterprises in the Scientific and Technical Fields of the Nizhny Novgorod Region".
The Regional Foundation for the Development of Industry implements state support programs for industrial enterprises of the Nizhny Novgorod Region. The organization provides preferential loans for projects on the development and implementation of promising (advanced) technologies, the production of new competitive and high-tech products, as well as products with import-substituting and export potential.
The Foundation is operating in the main areas:
- Provision of targeted loans from RUB 5 to 50 million at rates of 1%, 5% and 8% per annum for up to 5 years under regional programs
- Provision of targeted loans from RUB 20 to 200 million at rates of 1% and 3% per annum for up to 5 years with co-financing with the RF Industry Development Foundation
- Consulting support for the programs of the RF Industry Development Foundation
- Consulting support on regional and federal measures to support the industry of the Nizhny Novgorod Region
The SME Corporation operates as a development institute in the field of small and medium-sized enterprises in order to coordinate the support to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
Joint Stock Company "Federal Corporation for the Development of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises" (SME Corporation) is acting according to the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, the Federal Law No. 208-FZ of December 26, 1995 "On Joint Stock Companies", the Federal Law No. 209-FZ of July 24, 2007 "On the Development of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in the Russian Federation", the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated No. 287 of June 5, 2015 "On Measures for the Further Development of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises", other legislative and regulatory documents of the Russian Federation.
The main objectives of the SME Corporation are:
- Support to SMEs and organizations forming the infrastructure for supporting SMEs
- Raising Foundations from Russian, foreign and international organizations in order to support SMEs
- Organization of information, marketing, financial and legal support for investment projects implemented by SMEs
- Organization of events aimed at increasing the share of goods, works, services procured by customers determined by the RF Government from SMEs in the annual volume of the procurement of goods, works, services, innovative and high-tech products
- Information interaction with state authorities, local governments, other bodies, organizations in order to provide support to SMEs
- Preparation of proposals on improving measures to support SMEs, including proposals on improving the statutory regulation in this area
The State Autonomous Institution "Center for the Development of Export of the Nizhny Novgorod Region" was established in order to implement the policy of the Nizhny Novgorod Region Government for creating, operating and developing a system of comprehensive support for export oriented small and medium enterprises of the Nizhny Novgorod Region.
The Center was founded by the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Entrepreneurship of the Nizhny Novgorod Region.
Consumers of public services are small and medium-sized businesses that produce and sell goods and services intended for export.
The main objectives of the Center are:
- Stimulating and involve small and medium-sized enterprises in export activities
- Facilitating the entry of enterprises into foreign markets of goods and services, to increase their competitiveness and efficiency
The Agency for the Development of the Guarantee System and Microcredit Company for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises of the Nizhny Novgorod Region was established in March 2009 by the Nizhny Novgorod Region Government represented by the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Entrepreneurship of the Nizhny Novgorod Region.
The Agency’s main activities are:
- Providing guarantees for obligations (loans, leasing operations, bank guarantee agreements, etc.) of small and medium-sized enterprises and organizations of the infrastructure supporting small and medium-sized enterprises
- Microfinance activity – providing microloans to small and medium-sized enterprises and organizations of the infrastructure supporting small and medium-sized enterprises on conditions of maturity, repayment and interest payment
- Providing services related to financial intermediation
The Agency for the Development of the Cluster Policy and Entrepreneurship of the Nizhny Novgorod Region was established in 2015 by the Decree of the Nizhny Novgorod Region Government No. 1438-r of August 04, 2015.
The founder is the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Entrepreneurship of the Nizhny Novgorod Region.
Main objectives of the Agency:
- Creating conditions for effective interaction of cluster member organizations, educational and scientific organizations, non-profit and public organizations, state authorities and local governments, investors in the interests of cluster development
- Implementing cluster development projects
The innovative scientific and technological center "Quantum" Valley" is a territory with a special tax regime for innovative activities. Residents of the "Quantum" Valley" can receive tax benefits (income tax, VAT, property tax, insurance premiums), exemption from customs duties, easy obtaining of licenses for educational and medical activities. You can get a resident status remotely on the principle of extraterritoriality. The management company of ISTC "Quantum" Valley" is JSC "MC ISTC "Quantum" Valley". ISTC "Quantum" Valley" was established in accordance with a Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 2133 of November 30, 2021.
Areas of activity:
- Advanced digital, including quantum, technologies
- Innovative production, components and materials
- Ecology and elimination of accumulated environmental damage
- Intelligent transport systems
- High-tech personalized medicine and medical instrumentation
The Agency for the Development of the Cluster Policy and Entrepreneurship of the Nizhny Novgorod Region was established in 2015 by the Decree of the Nizhny Novgorod Region Government No. 1438-r of August 04, 2015.
The founder is the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Entrepreneurship of the Nizhny Novgorod Region.
Main objectives of the Agency:
- Creating conditions for effective interaction of cluster member organizations, educational and scientific organizations, non-profit and public organizations, state authorities and local governments, investors in the interests of cluster development
- Implementing cluster development projects
Activities of the Innovation and Consulting Center of the Agro-Industrial Complex:
- Information activity
- Training activity
- Consulting services for agribusiness entities and rural areas
- Innovative activities in agriculture
- Research and procedure development
- Pilot demonstration activities
- Activities to promote and disseminate new cultures, technologies and activities in the agricultural sphere
The Center for Innovation of the Social Sphere of the Nizhny Novgorod Region was established in August 2017 at the initiative of the Nizhny Novgorod Region Government at the Regional Ministry of Industry, Trade and Entrepreneurship with the methodological support of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives.
Main activities of the Center:
- Development and support of social entrepreneurship in the Nizhny Novgorod Region
- Promotion of business incubation processes
- Introduction of an innovative approach in the transfer of public services in the social sphere to the private sector.
The Federal Agency for Youth Affairs is a federal executive body, whose activity is wholly focused on creating equal conditions for the self-realization of our younger generation.
The Agency was established by the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 409 of May 29, 2008 on the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs.
The main objective of the Agency is to create the maximum number of opportunities for self-realization of young people and, therefore, to achieve the effective realization of the innovative potential of young people in the society.
Resource supplying organizations
Nizhnovenergo is a branch of PJSC "Rosseti Center and Volga Region", a single operating company with a responsibility center in Nizhny Novgorod.
The branch "Nizhnovenergo" carries out activities for the transmission (transportation) and distribution of electric energy from 0.4 kV to 110 kV and technological connection to the networks of consumers in the Nizhny Novgorod region.
Apply for technological connection.
Contacts:
+7 (831) 431-93-81 (fax)
Responsible person, investment commissioner:
Shevyakov Yury Vyacheslavovich
Head of the Department of Technological Connection and Prospective Development
PJSC "Gazprom Gas Distribution Nizhny Novgorod" is a gas distribution organization that is part of the "Gazprom Gas Distribution" group of companies, managed by "Gazprom Mezhregiongaz" LLC.
Contacts:
+7 (831) 469-48-71 (fax)
Responsible person, investment commissioner:
Kashirin Andrey Vladimirovich
Acting CEO
Railway (regional corporate governance Center) – a branch of JSC "Russian Railways" is endowed with the functions of monitoring and coordinating the activities of branches and structural divisions of JSC "Russian Railways", as well as subsidiaries located within the borders of the road.
Contacts:
Responsible person, investment commissioner:
Ivanov Andrey Mihaylovich
Head of Investment Department of the Gorky Railway, division of Russian Railways JSC
JSC "Nizhny Novgorod Vodokanal" is one of the largest enterprises of the Russian Federation in the field of water supply and sanitation. The company operates and maintains the water supply and sewerage networks of Nizhny Novgorod and Kstovsky district, serving more than 1.3 million consumers in total.
Contacts:
+7 (831) 277-58-72 (fax)
Responsible person, investment commissioner:
Sharonov Alexey Viktorovich
Deputy Director General for Economics and Finance
+7 (831) 246-99-61 (ext.1295)
The main activities of JSC "DVK" are:
- extraction of water from natural sources (underground and surface);
- water purification at wastewater treatment plants to meet the requirements of drinking water quality standards;
- water supply to consumers;
- reception and treatment at domestic and industrial wastewater treatment plants.
Contacts:
+7 (8313) 25-99-30 (fax)
Responsible person, investment commissioner:
Yerykalov Alexander Alekseevich
Head of the Production and Technical Department
JSC "Teploenergo" is the largest supplier of thermal energy in Nizhny Novgorod.
Key areas of activity:
In the field of heat supply:
- realization of thermal energy (power), heat carrier
- provision of services to maintain the reserve heat capacity
- provision of services for the transfer of thermal energy
- connection to the heat supply system
In the field of hot water supply:
- provision of services in the field of hot water supply (using a closed hot water supply system)
Apply for technological connection.
Contacts:
Responsible person, investment commissioner:
Yuri Sergeevich Devyatkin
Development Director
The Federal Grid Company of the Unified Energy System ("Rosseti FGC UES", public name of PJSC "FGC UES") was established in accordance with the program of reforming the electric power industry of the Russian Federation as an organization for the management of the Unified National (All-Russian) Electric Grid (UNES) in order to preserve and develop it.
Apply for technological connection.
Contacts:
+7 (831) 416-10-60 (fax)
Responsible person, investment commissioner:
Aberkov Dmitry Vladimirovich
Head of the Production Assets Management Service of the branch of PJSC "FGC UES" - Nizhny Novgorod SPES
LLC "Zavodskiye seti" is part of Russia's largest private nrgy company LLC "EvroSibEnergo" (belongs to En+ Group).
Key areas of activity:
- production and transportation of drinking and technical water;
- transportation and treatment of industrial waste and storm drains, transportation of domestic waste;
- technical maintenance of GAZ Group equipment designed to produce compressed air and recycled water.
Companies' major consumers are GAZ Group enterprises, LLC «Avtozavodskaya TPP», JSC «Nizhegorodsky vodokanal», residents of Avtozavodsky and Leninsky districts of Nizhny Novgorod.
Apply for technological connection.
Contacts:
Responsible person:
Belov Aleksey Valeryevich
Deputy Technical Director – Head of production and Technical Department
+7 (831) 243-04-10 (ext. 22057)
Business Associations
The organization founded in 2001 represents the business community interacting with executive authorities and strives to improve the investment climate, helps create mechanisms to support Russian industry in foreign markets and attract foreign investments.
Business Russia unites more than 3 thousand entrepreneurs from 83 constituent entities of the Russian Federation, including the Nizhny Novgorod Region.
The Сhairman of the Nizhny Novgorod regional branch:
Pavel Solodky
The Commissioner for the Protection of Rights of Entrepreneurs in the Nizhny
Novgorod Region
Contact information:
603134, Nizhny Novgorod, Kostina str., 2, office 43
+7 (831) 430-08-06
deloros_nn@mail.ru
www.delros-nn.ru
The organization’s activities are aimed at solving urgent issues that Russian entrepreneurs face in their daily business practices.
Opora Russia includes 65 specialized committees and commissions that work in key areas for small and medium-sized businesses: legal protection, raising Foundations, obtaining state support, etc.
Opora Russia unites more than 400 thousand entrepreneurs throughout Russia. The organization has 346 branches in all 85 constituent entities of the Russian Federation, including the Nizhny Novgorod Region.
The Chairman of the Nizhny Novgorod regional branch:
Irina Sadovnikova
Contact information:
603000, Nizhny Novgorod, St. Postal Congress, 11
The main purpose of the association is:
- Coordination of efforts aimed at the implementation of the development of a highly competitive, socially-oriented economy in the Nizhny Novgorod Region
- Coordination of actions of its members in the field of social and labor relations and related economic relations
- Representation of legitimate interests and protection of rights of its members in relations with trade union organizations and their associations, state authorities and local bodies
- Assistance in solving social, scientific, technical and managerial problems in the activities of industrial enterprises, research institutes and design bureaus of the Nizhny Novgorod Region, as well as interaction with other associations of employers
General manager:
Valery Tsybanev
Contact information:
603001, Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhnevolzhskaya embankment str., 5/2
The mission of the CCI of the Nizhny Novgorod Region is to promote the development of the economy of the constituent entity of the Russian Federation – The Nizhny Novgorod Region, its integration as part of the Russian economy into the world economic system and to promote the development of entrepreneurial structures at all levels, the development of an industrial, financial, trade and scientific policies to this effect, to settle relations between entrepreneurs and their social partners, creating favorable conditions for the entrepreneurial activity, and to organize interaction between business entities and the state represented by its bodies, to promote the comprehensive development of all types of entrepreneurship, trade, economic, scientific and technical ties between entrepreneurs of the Nizhny Novgorod Region and entrepreneurs from the Russian Federation and foreign countries, to coordinate and represent interests of all members of the CCI of the Nizhny Novgorod Region.
Representing the interests of the entrepreneurial community, the organization actively interacts with representatives of all levels and branches of the government, organizes business meetings and conducts work in such areas as supporting small and medium-sized businesses, lawmaking, developing concepts and programs in various sectors of the economy, promoting innovative processes as the main a condition for the formation of a new innovation-oriented economy of the region.
The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Nizhny Novgorod Region unites more than 1 thousand enterprises. The membership base of the organization is constantly replenished due to the expansion of the network of representative offices covering all regions of the Nizhny Novgorod Region.
General manager:
Ivan Razuvaev
Contact information:
603005, Nizhny Novgorod, Nesterova str., 31
ICANN includes the largest international companies operating in the Nizhny Novgorod Region. ICANN is a business club for effective business and informal communication. ICANN currently has 43 members that are legal entities or individuals.
The main mission of the organization is:
- Assisting foreign investors in the region
- Support in determining the vector of investment development. Questions raised by ICANN for discussion at regularly organized meetings with the Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod Region and representatives of the authorities of the Nizhny Novgorod Region help in choosing the vector for further development of the investment environment.
At the same time, ICANN implements a number of projects aimed at the social and economic development of the region:
- ICANN International Career Day – Since 2013, the organization has been holding a job fair for ICANN member companies in order to attract young interested professionals
- The MOST Project – the International Student Association – Since 2014, ICANN, together with leading regional universities and international industrial companies, has been conducting an additional training program for students in various fields of education. The goal of the program is to motivate students of Nizhny Novgorod universities to start a career in international companies in the region and increase their knowledge of the key skills necessary for successful career.
The project provides an opportunity to learn more about the specifics of working in an international company, to practice at one of the international companies in the Nizhny Novgorod Region and to get a chance to be employed as a result of the internship.
ICANN President:
Elena Dovgal
Contact information:
The Institute of the Ombudsmen for the Protection of Rights of Entrepreneurs is established to guarantee state protection of the rights and legitimate interests of business entities registered in the region and business entities whose rights and legitimate interests are violated in the region.
The Ombudsmen for the Protection of Rights of Entrepreneurs:
Pavel Solodky
Contact information:
603134, Nizhny Novgorod, Kostina str., 2, office 43
Main activities of the NAIDA:
1. Expert support
2. Analytics and research
3. Staff development
4. Conducting events
The Nizhny Novgorod Region Development Corporation is a member of the NAIDA.
Executive Director, Deputy Chairman of the management Board
Khusyainshin Rafael
Contact information:
109240, Moscow, 17 Kotelnicheskaya embankment
Main activities of the Association:
- Attracting investors
- Certification of industrial parks
- Expertise and exchange of experience
- Working with the regulatory framework
- Conducting industry events
- Production of analytical materials
- Consultation and support of Association members
The Nizhny Novgorod Region Development Corporation is a member of the Association.
Executive Director
Denis Zhuravsky
Contact information:
115114, Moscow, Letnikovskaya str., 10 b.1, floor 7, room IX
The main goal is to promote economic cooperation between the member regions of the Association, based on a comprehensive representation of their interests at the interregional, federal and international levels.
The Association consists of 17 regions, including the Nizhny Novgorod region.
Main areas of activity:
- providing the necessary conditions for effective interaction of Russian regions in matters of social and economic development on the basis of combining and using scientific, technical and innovative development results;
- stimulating the interaction of the Association's members in the field of innovation and high-tech business development in the territories of the regions;
- exchange of accumulated experience in the field of creating a favorable legal, economic, social environment for the development of innovations;
- development and promotion of joint projects in public authorities, as well as organizations operating on the territory of the Russian Federation and abroad, assistance in finding investors;
- promotion of innovative products.
Director:
Fedotov Ivan
Contact information:
12 Presnenskaya nab., Moscow 123112, Russia
The Association represents interests of over 3,000 organizations that are part of industrial clusters, technoparks, special economic zones and other organizations.
Main activities of the Association:
- Assistance in the implementation of national projects to achieve the national development goals of the Russian Federation
- Improvement of the regulatory framework in the field of investment and industrial policy, development of innovative and industrial infrastructure for high-tech industry
- Improving the efficiency and transparency of government support measures
- Increasing the investment attractiveness of the regions by developing industrial infrastructure and identifying opportunities for cooperation
- Attraction of financing and state support measures in investment projects;
- Consolidation and representation of the interests of members of the Association in public authorities
- Facilitating the entry of Russian companies into foreign markets
Nizhny Novgorod Region Development Corporation is a member of the Association.
Director:
Shpilenko Andrey
Contact information:
109316, Moscow, Volgogradsky Prospekt, 42 bldg. 13
+7 (499) 753-31-61 (multichannel)
Catalogue "Business navigator for special economic zones of Russia-2023"
Control and supervision activities
The Nizhny Novgorod Region is one of the leading regions that reform their control and supervisory activities with a goal, inter alia, to reduce the administrative burden on businesses:
- Introduction of a risk-based approach to the activities of regulatory authorities and the development of crime prevention
- Improvement of the municipal control system
- Close cooperation with the business ombudsman and business associations – CCI, NAPP, Business Russia, OPORA Russia
- Forms of joint work – a working group on the implementation in the Nizhny Novgorod region of Federal Law No. 248-FZ dated July 31, 2020 "On State Control (Supervision) and municipal Control in the Russian Federation", expert assessment of the implementation of the target model of control and supervisory activities, meetings, public discussions and exchange of views
Specificity:
- Business self-inspection service (the first in the subjects of the Russian Federation)
- Portal of control and supervisory activities: informing, evaluating the activities of control bodies, online registration for consultation with control bodies and consulting companies
Figures and facts:
Electronic Services
The State Industrial Information System was created according to the Order of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation for the implementation of industrial policy with the goal to:
- Form a high-tech competitive industry, ensuring the transition of the state economy from the export-raw development type to the innovative development type
- Ensure the country's defense and state security
- Ensure employment of the population and improve the living standards of Russian citizens
The State Industrial Information System provides services for all industrial entities – from the authorities of the Russian Federation to separate enterprises and individual entrepreneurs.
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The SME Business Navigator is an information resource owned by the SME Corporation, designed to organize the provision of marketing and information support to SMEs.
It operates according to Part 2 of Article 25.1 of the Federal Law No. 209-FZ of July 24, 2007 on the Development of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in the Russian Federation.
Purposes of the SME Business Navigator:
- To reduce market risks by revealing market niches and providing a calculated business plan to increase the sustainability and profitability of small and medium-sized enterprises
- To obtain information on all types of federal, regional and municipal support for SMEs (financial, marketing, property, legal) and specialized loan products according to the “one-spot shop” principle for the realization of the market potential
Objectives of the SME Business Navigator:
- Identification of market niches available for SMEs and calculation of their capacities
- Calculation and provision of a SME business plan by geomarketing adaptation of typical business plans to the parameters of the market niche chosen by the entrepreneur
- Creation of a catalog of specialized credit products and a mechanism for introducing SMEs to partner banks of the SME Corporation to obtain borrowed Foundations
- Informing SMEs about all types, forms, parameters of support and the procedure for receiving the support; introduction of SMEs to the sources of Foundations
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Sustainable Development Platform of the Nizhny Novgorod Region is an electronic platform developed by the Corporate University of the Government of the Nizhny Novgorod Region for the purpose of accumulating innovative practices across various industrial sectors.
Objective:
Implementation of the sustainable development agenda in the region, creation of an ecosystem for the support of innovative projects and technology piloting on commercial.
Platforms services:
- Register of scientific-production organizations of the Nizhny Novgorod Region and Catalogue of innovative solutions – help to promote the operating scientific-production enterprises as projects in pre-implementation stage
- Technological testing – a service for small- and medium-sized enterprises, allowing to conduct pilot testing of new developments
- Turnkey team building – a tool for entrepreneurs to build remote teams and engage professional experts
- Business support measures – it is possible to choose suitable support measures and apply for their provision
- Business valuation – a tool allowing to evaluate the activities of a company based on the criteria of sustainable development: environmental, social, management
Regulatory Guillotine is an instrument for an extensive revise and cancellation of legal and regulatory acts that negatively affect the overall business climate and regulatory environment.
Goal of implementation:
Total revise of mandatory requirements, according to which legal and regulatory acts and mandatory requirements contained in them must be reviewed with the broad participation of the business and expert communities.
Objectives of the Regulatory Guillotine:
- Creation a new system of clear and explicit requirements for business entities in the areas of regulation
- Relieve excessive administrative pressure on business entities
- Reduction of risk of harm to protected values
In accordance with the instructions of the President, as part of his address to the Federal Assembly, the Government of the Russian Federation needs to ensure the cancellation from January 1, 2021 all legal and regulatory that establish requirements that are subject to verification in the exercise of state control (supervision).
Electronic inspector is a self-checking service for self-monitoring entrepreneurs in various business areas.
The Electronic Inspector service helps entrepreneurs prepare for obtaining permits and state services (licenses, permits, rights, subsidies) for free and quickly and check their activity for compliance with Federal and regional legislation, identify shortcomings and get recommendations for their elimination without direct interaction with the government authorities.
Service goals:
- Removing barriers and administrative costs for entrepreneurs, which means improving business and investment climate
- Digitalization of public administration and interaction of government and business in electronic form
The Mirror Check Register is a feedback mechanism for online obtaining an information from small and medium-sized business entities on the results of inspections and offences committed during their conduct, in order to compare them with the information contained in the Unified Check Register.
The use of the mechanism ("mirror register") will allow the entrepreneur to leave a feedback on the results of the checking. It is also possible to specify violations that, in the opinion of the entrepreneur, were made by the inspection bodies in the case of organizing and conducting the inspection with the response of the Prosecutor General's office of the Russian Federation and control and supervisory authorities to the detected offences.
As a result of consideration of the entrepreneur's application, he receives a substantive response from the Office of the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation and (or) the supervisory authority to the email address specified in the application.
The purpose of the service is to prevent violations of mandatory requirements and reduce administrative pressure on business.
Opportunities:
- The list of control bodies and types of control
- The latest news in the field of control (supervision)
- Answers to the most common questions and a list of typical violations
- Regulations and information about public discussions of the results of law enforcement practice