Unified Development Institute and 400 billion investments: the prospects of the Central macroregion were presented at the RUSSIA EXPO

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At the plenary session "Space of the Future" at the RUSSIA EXPO, representatives of the regions of the Central Federal District (CFD) considered the prospects, as well as the development of transport infrastructure, manufacturing industry, agribusiness, and scientific and educational complexes.

Irek Faizullin, Minister of Construction, Housing and Utilities of Russia, addressed the participants with a welcoming speech. He spoke about what has already been done and what is to be done within the framework of the national project "Housing and Urban Environment" in the CFD.

"Starting from 2019, the national project "Housing and Urban Environment" is being actively implemented. In the first five months of 2024, 10.9 million square meters of housing were commissioned in the CFD. And these are very high indicators. In accordance with the decree of the President of Russia, we are actively working to improve the quality of life of citizens. I would also like to add that it is planned to realize about 200 master plans", said Irek Faizullin.

Deputy Governor of the Kostroma region Yuri Makov spoke about the implementation of the transport reform on the territory of the city of Kostroma.

"I am grateful to our partners "VEB.RF" and "SberTroika" for their help in the implementation of the project. We have purchased 260 new buses and also created an operational dispatching center. We expected negative consequences from private carriers, but that did not happen and new buses appeared in the city from June 1, 2023. I would like to note that all buses are equipped with cameras and in the case of trouble will help in detecting offenses," said Yuri Makov.

Deputy Head of the Tula region Sergei Yegorov during the plenary session presented a project that helps "in a single window mode" to realize investment projects in the region.

"In the Tula region, a Unified Development Institute has been created, which has incorporated all the development centres of the region, be it small business, industry, guarantee fund. This body accompanies all investment projects in the region in a single window mode. Now the institute supports about 100 projects totaling almost 400 billion rubles. Each project is assigned a special person who assists them," Sergei Yegorov emphasized.

According to him, the Tula region is among the top 5 regions of the national rating on the state of the investment climate.

The event was also attended by Deputy Governor of the Orel region Sergei Borzenkov, Deputy Governor of the Kaluga region Konstantin Gorobtsov and Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Smolensk region Alexei Streltsov.

Voting for the most important, promising, interesting regional projects in the field of tourism, infrastructure, youth policy and other important areas of regional development started on the portal достижения.рф (achievements.rf) from April 18. Among the authors of the projects are representatives of the authorities, the public, students and businesses. More than 200 applications have already been submitted. The "Space of the Future" forum has covered the whole country, emphasizing the uniqueness and identity of each region through promising ideas.