Republic of Tatarstan took second place in the rating of Russian regions on the development of public-private partnership
Results of the study, based on data from 131 PPP of 60 regions, as well as on the analysis of the regulatory-legal basis, presented during the Week of public-private partnership (PPP) in Moscow.
The decision to organize the annual infrastructural Congress «Russian PPP Week» made because of the importance of dialogue between business and government, as well as to find new financing schemes and the implementation of investment projects. Federal discussion platform, organized by the Center for Public-Private Partnership (PPP) in cooperation with the Chamber of Commerce and supported by the Russian Ministry of Regional Development, in 2014 held from March 11 to 13 at the International Multimedia Press Center RIA «Novosti».
Among the participants of the week: the heads and deputy heads of relevant federal ministries - Ministry of Economic Development, Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Labour of the Russian Federation, State Duma deputies and representatives of 52 public authorities, heads of leading financial institutions, consulting and commercial structures.
From the Republic of Tatarstan in the Russian PPP week participated the Head of Public-Private Partnership in Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Sergey Golovin and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Investment Development Agency in Naberezhnye Chelny Sergey Mayorov.
During the event is scheduled «PPP ideology» international development summit, Regional Development Forum «Russian cities Infrastructure» and National Congress «Public-private partnership in defense» and International Seminar «PPPs in Russia: the rules for foreign investors».
On the opening day of the Congress, participants discussed the rating of Russian regions for the development of public-private partnership. Republic of Tatarstan took the second ranking (70.6%), leaving behind Novosibirsk (65.5%), Sverdlovsk (63.9%) and Nizhny Novgorod (62.3%) regions. The first ranking got St. Petersburg (73.9%), which today is a leader of public-private partnerships in the Russian Federation.
St. Petersburg and Tatarstan are leaders by highest investment attractiveness, who have extensive experience in the implementation of regional PPP projects and developed institutional environment.
State body of the Republic of Tatarstan, working on PPP development, is Tatarstan Investment Development Agency. In a region holds a lot of work to attract private investment in public projects. The successful examples are the special economic zone «Alabuga», Innopolis, TANECO and «Ammonium». In the republic signed three concession agreements in the health sector.
In March 2014 the development of partnership between government and business discussed at the meeting of the Investment Council under the chairmanship of the Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov. In preparation for the meeting Tatarstan Investment Development Agency organized the seminar «Experience of public -private partnership implementation» for deputy heads of ministries, departments and executive committees responsible for activities in the investment sphere.
In February, Tatarstan Investment Development Agency held a meeting on the development of public-private partnership (PPP) in the region with the participation of Russian State Duma, the State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan deputies, as well as heads of ministries and agencies of the region. The Agency is currently working to attract private investors for the implementation of investment projects in the Republic of Tatarstan, where can be used PPPs.
Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Press Service