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On 1 September 2011, the Russian Economic Development Ministry published draft Federal Law On the Federal Contract System, which is to replace current Law No. 94-FZ On placing orders for supplies of goods, performance of work and rendering of services for government and municipal needs.

On 25-26 August Khanty-Mansiysk hosted a workshop on the theoretical and practical aspects surrounding the organisation of interdepartmental interoperability as part of the implementation in the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous District of provisions of Federal Law No. 210-FZ of 27 July 2010 On Organising the Provision of Public and Municipal Services. 

Following adoption of Federal Law No. 169-FZ dated 1 July 2011 (which significantly alters the Law on the Provision of Public and Municipal Services), the Centre for Analysis of the Operations of Executive Authorities of IPAMM NRU HSE has conducted research to reveal the interdepartmental interoperability required when rendering federal government services.

The Centre for Regional Programmes to Enhance Public Administration and Municipal Management, IPAMM NRU at the Higher School of Economics, has acted as a consultant in elaboration of the Smolensk programme. The concept presents the initial status, meaning where the field currently stands in terms of the effectiveness of budget expenditure, and a plan of measures until 2013 has been earmarked.
The requirements for regional programmes are clearly set out in last year’s Budget Message of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, which stated that it is essential that constituent entities of the Russian Federation are furnished with such documents.

In collaboration with the Centre for Open Systems and High Technologies, the Centre for Regional Programmes to Enhance Public and Municipal Administration, IPAMM NRU HSE, has developed an information system to plan and support the life cycle of interdepartmental flowcharts pursuant to Interdepartmental Cooperation Planning methods.

On 27-29 July 2011, as part of the 003 Budgetary Programme Further education courses for public servants, involving foreign teachers, a training seminar was held at the Public Administration Academy under the President of Kazakhstan on Assessing the effectiveness of public bodies: methods and world practice. Scholars from Russia Vladimir Eliseenko and Nikolai Klishch, Candidate of Economics, were invited to appear at the seminar as specialists.

During a meeting of the expert strategy group for the socio-economic development of Russia until 2020, director of the NRU HSE Institute for Public and Municipal Administration Andrei Klimenko voiced the need to elaborate reforms, especially as regards administration and public service.

First Vice-rector of the HSE Lev Yakobsen, Professor Douglas Besharov of the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, Alexei Germanovich, Public Projects Director at Moscow’s Skolkovo School of Management, Russian Deputy Minister for Communications and Mass Media Ilya Massukh and other forum organisers and founders all welcomed participants to the opening of the conference. In his report at the first plenary session, HSE’s Vice-rector Andrei Klimenko spoke about the development of public administration in Russia and summarised the key aspects of the process. The speech of the Dean of the HSE Faculty of Public Administration Alexei Barabashev during the conference’s second day was dedicated to the history of public service reform in modern-day Russia and elaboration of a new system for assessing the effectiveness of public servants.