On April 24, at an operational meeting in the regional government, the Murmansk Region Development Corporation presented an assessment of the effectiveness of investment authorities for the first quarter of 2023. The most active investment representatives at the beginning of the year were representatives of Apatity, Pechenga district and BUT the city of Severomorsk. Among the striking examples of business assistance, the work of investment officials on the selection of premises and land plots for projects, the elaboration of issues on engineering networks was noted.
Recall that since 2023, the powers of investment officers have been expanded. Their main tasks were the prompt consideration of issues related to the implementation of investment projects, as well as business projects; interaction with the business community; analysis of current legislation and law enforcement practice for the presence of points that create obstacles to the implementation of projects and preparation of proposals for improvement; identification and elimination of the causes of problems in the process of project implementation.
"One of the new criteria for assessing the activity of investment authorities in 2023 is the initiatives of municipalities to change the current legislation, facilitating the conditions for doing business. Here we can highlight the work of the Murmansk City administration to establish a moratorium on increasing rent for the use of municipal property for small and medium–sized businesses," said Artem Kuksa, Acting Director General of the Murmansk Region Development Corporation.
Today, the institutions of investment authorities operate in a number of Russian regions, but the Murmansk Region is one of the few that constantly monitors the effectiveness of government representatives in interacting with business. In March, this practice was presented in Moscow during training on the implementation of a new Regional Investment Standard, and also recommended for scaling in other regions. The fact that the institute of investment officers proves its effectiveness was noted by the Governor of the Murmansk region Andrey Chibis.
"I constantly ask entrepreneurs on trips to municipalities how the investment officers interact with them. Based on the answers, we can conclude that the system is working," Andrey Chibis commented on the results of the work of the investment officers, "I want to ask all our municipal teams to try to support projects manually. Without real support of entrepreneurs, there will be no effect from preferences."
Recall that state and municipal employees from among the heads and their deputies are appointed as investment officers. Their names and ways of contacting them can be found on the Investment Portal of the Murmansk region.
/ Murmansk Region Development Corporation /