Small Town Development Plans: Mission Possible?
One of the most important components of the current regional development agenda is small town social and economic development. To this end, it has been proposed that, among other things, 200 more masterplans for Russian settlements be developed with the accompanying targeted funding to bring the entire programme up to more than 2,000 settlements. An effective strategy is needed for the renewal and development of the country’s small towns which are at risk of depopulation, that, in turn, is fraught with deindustrialization for a number of regions of strategic importance, such as Siberia. However, do the legal and financial mechanisms even exist to fulfil the new development plans? What tools must we develop and implement right now to ensure they do?
Moderator
Yakov Sergienko,
General Director, Yakov & Partners
Panellists
Stanislav Voskresensky,
Governor of Ivanovo Region
Tatiana Zhuravleva,
General Director, Andrey Melnichenko Charity Foundation
Yuliya Mazanova,
Deputy General Director for Sustainable Development and Corporate Communications, Management Company METALLOINVEST
Evgeniy Nikitin,
Chief Executive Officer, RUSAL
Anton Sviridenko,
Executive Director, Stolypin Institute for the Economy of Growth
Vladimir Solodov,
Governor of Kamchatka Territory
Anton Finogenov,
Director of Urban Environment Development, DOM.RF
Andrey Sharonov,
Chief Executive Officer, National ESG-Alliance