Companies and industrial sites which made a special contribution to the development of the regions and their investment attractiveness were given special awards in Moscow.
Special Economic Zone "Lipetsk" is recognized as the best industrial site according to Russian Business Guide and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation.
The award was given to Elena Sushkova, the deputy director of the Investment potential development Center of the Lipetsk region.
In addition, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation organized a round table discussion on "The development of technological and industrial parks, special economic zones in the post-pandemic. New formats of working with investors. Case studies and best practices".
Opening speeches made Vladimir Gamza, Chairman of the Council for Financial and Industrial Policy and board member of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation, and Denis Zhuravsky, Executive Director of the Association of Industrial Parks of Russia. In spite of the crisis and the post-pandemic, the AIP forecast is quite optimistic. The construction of enterprises and the development of industrial sites continue, there is a certain shift towards the actual industries, IT-enterprises. What the potential investor is focused on, choosing the site, told the General Director of Belgian-Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce in Russia Oleg Prozorov. Saratov, Ulyanovsk and Moscow regions (Domodedovo and Sergiev Posad) presented their regional experience. SEZ "Almaz", SEZ "Istok", SEZ "Titanium Valley" pointed out trends in the development of sites in the post-pandemic. Andrey Tolstikov, Deputy Chairman of the Commission for the Development of Regional Investments and Financial Institutions of the Council for Financial, Industrial and Investment Policy of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation, spoke about the experience of applying the design code of industrial parks as a tool for changing the patterns of decision-making by investment companies.