Vnesheconombank’s Investment-Related Educational Projects

Annual Report 2013
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# Vnesheconombank’s Investment-Related Educational Projects

Vnesheconombank actively participates in educational activities aimed at training highly professional human resources for investment operations and encouraging investments. To build a talent pool to promote investments, Vnesheconombank has launched the Educational Project for Specialist Participants in Investment Projects Supported by Development Institutions, and supports other programs and training events, in particular, those pertaining to PPP.

## Training for Specialist Participants in Investment Projects Supported by Development Institutions

The year under report saw the following events organized as part of Vnesheconombank’s educational project:

- Practical seminars “VEB Group: Mechanisms to Support SMEs in the Northwestern Federal District”, “Vnesheconombank: PPP Projects in the Urals Federal District”, “PPP Development in Sakhalin Region”, “SME Support Mechanisms in Sakhalin Region” and “Practice of Investment Project Procurement and Management”;
- Business games “How to Efficiently Manage an Investment Project from Procurement to Delivery”, “Infrastructure Project Procurement and Management Practice” and “Industry Project Procurement and Management Practice”;
- Consultations, trainings, lectures and master-classes during the Technological Business session of the Zvorykin Project at the Seliger-2012 All-Russian Youth Educational Forum;
- Training “Investment Project Procurement: Vnesheconombank and its Partners’ Practices”;
- Educational service “How to Efficiently Procure and Manage an Investment Project?” under the auspices of the Engineers of the Future 2013 International Youth Industrial Forum for young engineers and economists from large industrial enterprises;
- Practical seminar “VEB Group: Mechanisms of Financial and Guarantee Support to Exports in the Russian Federation and Military-Industrial Complex” under the auspices of the IX International Exhibition of Arms, Military Equipment and Ammunition Russia Arms Expo 2013.

Vnesheconombank takes consistent measures seeking to build a talent pool from among the youth, and foster scientific, practical and research work of the youth in Russia’s regions.

To illustrate, such measures in 2013 included:

- A contest of student and post-graduate papers in which final-year students, master’s students and post graduates of the Rostov State Economic University researched into the economic and investment potential of the Southern Federal District;
- A contest for the best innovative project among young entrepreneurs. The awards ceremony took place during the II Moscow International Forum on Innovative Development “Open Innovations 2013”;
- 10 meetings of the Youth Club under the auspices of Vnesheconombank as part of the scientific and practical session “The Integrated Development of Territories”.

## PPP-Related Educational Activities

Since 2011, the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation has been operating the PPP Chair established with Vnesheconombank’s assistance.

In 2012, the Chair admitted students for a 2-year Master’s program PPP Project Management. In the year under report, 16 students were still undergoing training under the Program, whereas another 18 students were admitted for the Master’s program 2013-2015.

In July 2013, the Chair started a graduate school with a specialization in Economics and National Economy Management to train academic and teaching personnel in PPP.

Moreover, the reporting year saw 2 refresher courses held for the Russian PPP project market participants “Setting up and Developing PPPs in Russian Regions”. The program was attended by 84 participants from 42 constituent entities of the Russian Federation.

As part of the educational project Training for Specialist Participants in Investment Projects Supported by Development Institutions, 120 representatives of government agencies and local municipal authorities from 3 constituent entities of the Russian Federation took part in field working seminars organized in Russian regions in the year under report.

With a view to providing the PPP market with information and methodological support, Vnesheconombank created the PPPs in Russia website at www.pppinrussia.ru. The number of the website visits in 2013 – over 51 thousand – is indicative of an increasing interest in this resource.

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