New Discussion of Strategy for St Petersburg Up To 2030
IPAMM Director Andrey Klimenko presented a speech at the meeting of the Economic Council at the offices of the Governor or St Petersburg, held at the Smolny on 9 July. The meeting was dedicated to a discussion of economic policy steps, called upon to ensure the achievement of goals of the recently approved Strategy of Socio-Economic Development of St Petersburg up to 2030.
Development prospects for electronic services discussed at the Voronezh ICT and Digital Technologies Forum
On 29 and 30 May 2014 the 4th Voronezh ICT and Digital Technologies Forum was held, bringing together 750 delegates from 31 constituent entities, including representatives from the business community, public structures, public associations and the scientific and education community.
Experts from the IT Consulting Centre of IPAMM NRU HSE took part in the round table discussion Organising the Provision of Public and Municipal Services.
Regulatory impact assessment entrenched in Agreement on Eurasian Economic Union
The Agreement on the Eurasian Economic Union, executed on 29 May in Astana, stipulates in particular the duty of the Eurasian Economic Union to perform regulatory impact assessment (RIA) of draft resolutions, which may impact upon conditions for doing business. Commentary by Daniil Tsygankov, Director of the Regulatory Impact Assessment Centre at the Higher School of Economics and member of the business consultative committee under the Collegial Panel of the Eurasian Economic Commission.
Discussion of intergovernmental innovative cooperation at economic form in Astana
On 22 May, as part of the VII Astana Economic Forum, a meeting was held of the Intergovernmental Council of the CIS on scientific, technical and innovative cooperation. Deputy Director of the Institute for Public Administration and Municipal Management Vladimir KOROLEV reported to the meeting on results of an expert review of the presented version of the document, performed by HSE specialists.
Investment Strategy adopted for development of Vladimir Region
At the latest meeting of the Expert Group for monitoring the introduction of a Performance Standard for executive authorities of Russian Federation constituent entities, to ensure a favourable investment climate, an Investment Strategy for Development of Vladimir Region was approved, which was drawn up with the direct involvement of experts from the Centre for Regional Programmes to Enhance Public and Municipal Administration at IPAMM NRU HSE.
Association of Programme and Policy Evaluation Specialists now accepting members
From 15 May 2014 the Association of Programme and Policy Evaluation Specialists has begun its activity. The Management Board of the Association now includes Daniil Tsygankov, Director of the Regulatory Impact Assessment Centre, and Alexander Sungurov, Head of the Applied Political Studies Department at NRU HSE (St Petersburg).
Round table held on “Assistance in optimising state control (supervision) in economics”
On 13 May the RUIE Committee Committee on Optimization of Control and Monitoring and Removing Administrative Barriers held a round table on "Assistance in optimising state control (supervision) in economics".
Second workshop held on regulatory impact assessment for administrations of the Central Office of the Federal Tax Service of Russia
The Federal Tax Service of Russia, following the initiative of the department’s social council and the Russia Union of Taxpayers, has held an in-depth workshop on regulatory impact assessment for administrations of the Central Office of the Federal Tax Service of Russia. Speakers included Alexander Borisov, Chief Executive of the Moscow-based International Business Association, Artem Kiryanov, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Russian Union of Taxpayers, Denis Tsygankov, Director of the Centre for Regulatory Impact Assessment of IPAMM NRU HSE and others.
The side effects of measuring performance: a review of literature
On 21 April a workshop was held of the study group "Performance Management 2.0" as part of the project titled "The life cycle and quality of performance management systems in government authorities". The report "The side effects of measuring performance: a review of literature" was presented by Alina Zakharova, a 3rd-year student of the Faculty of Public and Municipal Managemen.
The wrong public servants or the wrong indicators: assessment of the quality of the performance efficiency system of local authorities, conducted by specialists of local administrations
On 14 April a workshop was held of the study group "Performance Management 2.0" as part of the project titled "The life cycle and quality of performance management systems in government authorities". The report "The wrong public servants or the wrong indicators: assessment of the quality of the performance efficiency system of local authorities, conducted by specialists of local administrations" was presented by Vladimir Eliseenko, assistant rector and deputy head of the department for theoretical and practical public management of the Public and Municipal Management Faculty.