Unified Innovation Cluster in Moscow Moscow Innovation Cluster

Moscow Government established the Moscow Innovation Cluster Foundation, from which the capital's innovation cluster will be financed. The powers of the founder of the fund will be assumed by the government Moscow in the person. Department of Entrepreneurship and Innovative Development of the city of Moscow The innovation cluster should contribute to the creation of conditions for the implementation of priority areas of scientific and technical development of the Russian Federation, the development and introduction of innovative technologies, ensuring scientific, technical and production cooperation and coordination of interaction between its participants.

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History

2024: Space Technology Cluster Launch

In August 2024, an intersectoral cluster of space technologies was launched in Moscow. The new cluster includes leading Russian enterprises, research institutes and startups working on the creation of spacecraft, booster units and automatic spacecraft.

According to the press service of the Moscow Department of Entrepreneurship and Innovative Development, more than 30 participants in the new cluster are already members of the Moscow Innovation Cluster (MIC), including companies such as Russian Space Systems JSC, Energia Rocket and Space Corporation PJSC, the Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography. These organizations are developing spacecraft, satellite systems and other key technologies for space exploration.

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Kristina Kostroma, Head of the Department of Entrepreneurship and Innovative Development of Moscow, noted that one of the important projects of the cluster is the creation of an IT platform for accessing, processing and analyzing space images using artificial intelligence. This platform is designed to monitor ice conditions, analyze agricultural fields, and monitor natural phenomena and various infrastructure facilities. It will become an important tool for business, government agencies and scientific organizations, providing them with prompt and accurate information.

The Moscow innovation cluster, on the basis of which the cluster of space technologies operates, unites more than 1.1 thousand companies operating in various industries, including construction technologies, robotics, biopharmaceuticals and medical technologies. In total, more than 140 large projects have been implemented within the framework of the MIC. The launch of a new cluster of space technologies in the capital is a significant step in the development of the Russian space industry, focused on creating modern solutions for the use of outer space in the interests of the state and business.^[1]

2023

High-tech companies with Moscow grants attracted 800 million rubles of investments in three years

From 2020 to 2023, high-tech companies with Moscow grants received investments totaling more than 800 million rubles. At the same time, contracts worth over 1 billion rubles were concluded. This was announced on March 9, 2024 by the capital's mayor's office.

The Moscow government has decided to extend measures to support high-tech business. We are talking, in particular, about the issuance of grants for pilot testing of innovative products. As the mayor of the capital Sergei Sobyanin noted, thanks to such tests, the authors of the project "can finalize their product, introduce it into the urban environment and bring it to new markets." The maximum amount provided for the organization of testing as of March 2024 is 2 million rubles.

source = Moscow City Hall

In addition, according to Sobyanin, compensation for patenting costs will continue. The capital allocates assistance for patenting inventions and useful models both in the Russian Federation and abroad. In the first case, the amount of compensation reaches 75 thousand rubles (while companies are allowed to submit several applications at once), in the second - 2 million rubles.

From 2022 [to the beginning of 2024], financial support was provided when issuing over a thousand Russian patents and 68 foreign patents, Sobyanin said.

Moscow also allocates funds for the purchase of equipment and the development of high-tech activities: under this program, up to 50% of the costs incurred can be reimbursed - a maximum of 30 million rubles per company per year. Plus, there is a refund of investments to business angels - up to 50% of the size of investments, but no more than 10 million rubles. Participants in this program can be individuals who have invested in the capital's innovative companies from the Register of Startups and High-Tech Companies in Moscow.^[2]

Create a clustered ecosystem to run IT products

Moscow has created an innovative ecosystem for the development of new ideas and the launch of technological products. This was announced at the end of September 2023 by the mayor of the capital, Sergei Sobyanin, in his Telegram channel.

To support Moscow inventors, we have created an innovative ecosystem of the capital. It includes the i.moscow cluster and 54 technoparks. The cluster contains services and all the conditions necessary for the effective development of new ideas and the launch of products from scratch, Sobyanin wrote.

Moscow has created an innovative ecosystem for the development of new ideas and the launch of technological products

He noted that there is a project "Academy of Innovators" - a continuous innovation development program that will help refine and improve their technologies along with experienced mentors. And also the "Prototype Factory" is a free online service for finding partners in the areas of mechanical processing and instrument making.

Design Factory 2.0 is a project Creative Industry Agencies for interaction between designers and Russian manufacturers. And with the innovation testing program, you can test your development, get feedback from users, assess the potential of the product and understand what is needed to enter the market. B To Moscow is the world's largest network of piloting sites, it has 233 organizations and institutions, the mayor added.

According to him, another tool for introducing advanced developments is city technological contests in various areas. They make it possible to "introduce" promising Russian startups and businesses. In addition, a system of technology parks has been created in the capital. Residents of the sites can use their improved infrastructure: prototyping centers, coworking spaces and other facilities, the mayor of the capital noted.^[3]

Sobyanin: Moscow startups attracted 5.29 billion rubles of investment in 3 years

Moscow startups attracted about 5.29 billion rubles of investments in 3 years through the programs of the Moscow Innovation Cluster. This was reported in June 2023 by the mayor of the Russian capital Sergei Sobyanin.

The Moscow innovation cluster creates conditions for the development of advanced technologies, cooperation of market participants. It includes more than 35 thousand organizations from Moscow and the regions of Russia, - he wrote in his Telegram channel.

Moscow startups attracted 5.29 billion rubles of investment

According to Sobyanin, the most popular areas were cybersecurity, medicine, telecommunications, education, advertising and marketing.

As an example, the mayor cited Arkon Construction, a company using technologies 3D printing for design and construction, which managed to attract more than 48.6 million rubles to its project. Sobyanin also noted the Stem Cell Institute, which develops drugs in the field of regenerative medicine, which received 11 million rubles to create a new vaccine against coronavirus - COVID-19 Betuvax-CoV-2. Another 50 million rubles from the Voskhod venture fund after participating in the Future iHealth technology competition was attracted by Sciberia, which creates software for. health care

In May 2023, Sergei Sobyanin said that over the past three years, more than 500 preclinical and clinical studies of medicines have been carried out in Moscow.

For scientists, a whole ecosystem works in the city. Pharmaceutical companies can choose centers for their research from about 90 hospitals and clinics, - said the mayor of Moscow, adding that the functioning of the system is supported by the Moscow Center for Innovative Technologies in Healthcare.

The Moscow Innovation Cluster is a platform that unites large corporations, industrial enterprises, small and medium-sized businesses, educational and scientific institutions, development institutes and city departments for cooperation in order to introduce innovations. By June 2023, more than 35 thousand organizations from Moscow and 81 regions of Russia had joined the cluster.^[4]

Moscow allocated 800 million rubles for import-substituting industries

In mid-January 2023, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin announced that the city authorities had allocated more than 800 million rubles for the development of import-substituting industries.

Approved 15 applications for companies from such areas as medicine, pharmaceuticals, IT industry, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, pulp and paper industry, production of building materials, "Sobyanin wrote in his Telegram channel.

The city authorities have allocated more than 800 million rubles for the development of import-substituting industries

The mayor recalled that the Moscow Innovation Cluster is developing a program for providing grants for their creation and expansion. In January 2023, the results of the program were summed up.

Grants will help technology companies accelerate the development and localization of production. Moreover, they will receive a quarter of the amount (or about 201.78 million rubles) in advance. The remaining funds will be paid annually, based on the actual costs and timing of the project.

The grant is paid to companies over three years - from 2022 to 2024. At the expense of these funds, they can compensate for half of their costs for the purchase of real estate or for connection to engineering networks - electricity, gas supply, water supply, heat supply and water disposal. Also among the items of expenses for compensation of which a grant can be sent is the purchase of rights to the results of intellectual activity, the purchase of equipment or software. In addition, you can compensate for a quarter of the amount allocated to employees' salaries.

For the provided 100 million rubles, the Gem company is going to create an import-substituting production of special disks with antibiotics necessary for microbiological research, thanks to which the patient is prescribed optimal antimicrobial therapy. Tests are used to increase the effectiveness of antibiotic use in the treatment of infections and are needed to determine the resistance of microorganisms to antibiotics. ^[5]

2022

Issuance of grants for 2.5 billion rubles

At the end of 2022, the companies of the Moscow Innovation Cluster (MIC) received grants totaling 2.5 billion rubles, and for all four years of the platform's operation, the total amount of state grants issued exceeded 10.5 billion rubles. This was announced on February 16, 2023 by the deputy mayor of the capital Natalya Sergunina.

Moscow is constantly expanding measures to support technological business. Subsidies and grants remain one of the most in demand. The city compensates entrepreneurs for the costs of training employees, buying new equipment, paying for utilities, repaying loans and other costs, the press service of the Department of Entrepreneurship and Innovative Development of the capital quoted Sergunina as saying.

Since the creation of the Moscow Innovation Cluster, the city has allocated more than 10.5 billion rubles to support its participants

She added that additional support measures are provided for MIC participants, in addition to citywide ones. For example, grants for patenting inventions, buying or leasing equipment, as well as for the creation and development of import-substituting industries.

Thus, one of the recipients of the grant in the amount of 30 million rubles in 2022 was the IT holding, which develops software in demand on the Russian market for organizing the work of financial and personnel departments in companies. The company plans to direct funds to create new import-substituting solutions.

Another grant recipient is a developer of domestic microcircuits for various household appliances. For the allocated two million, the company purchased equipment necessary to increase the volume of products.

Another company is engaged in modeling and 3D printing. For a grant of 18.3 million rubles, she purchased additional equipment. This made it possible to attract new customers and conclude large contracts for the production of components to replace imported analogues.

More than 11 million rubles were allocated to a company engaged in the installation of automated heating control units. The company has allocated funds to improve the efficiency and reliability of heat supply systems for facilities in the Moscow region.

For four years, over 6.5 thousand enterprises participating in the MIC received various subsidies and grants. These are IT companies, manufacturers of electronics, food, drugs, medical equipment, representatives of the telecommunications, energy and industrial sectors.^[6]

Moscow has created a cluster of medical technologies

In 2022, an intersectoral cluster of biopharmaceuticals and medical technologies was created in Moscow. The main objectives of this project are as follows:

• Consolidation and formation of research and production potential in the field of biomedical technologies and biopharmaceutical products;
• Improvement of R&D infrastructure;
• Industrial implementation of R&D;
• Commercialization of intellectual property objects and access to Russian and foreign markets;
• Elimination of import dependence;
• Improving the quality and safety of biopharmaceutical products. Read more here.

Creation of an inter-industry cluster of electric vehicles

to the capital In created a single platform for the development of projects in the field. Electric Car Building This was TAdviser reported on December 12, 2022 in. Department of Entrepreneurship and Innovative Development of the city of Moscow

A cluster for the development of electric vehicles has been created in Moscow
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The intersectoral association will work on the basis of the Moscow Innovation Cluster (MIC). It already includes about 40 research, production and other organizations, for example, the Moskvich plant, the Moscow Automobile and Road State Technical University (MADI) and the Technopolice Moscow special economic zone. Both companies and individual entrepreneurs can join them.

According to Deputy Mayor Natalya Sergunina, among the participants in the Moscow cluster of electric car building are representatives of the transport industry, IT companies, electronics developers, suppliers of various equipment and materials. They will be engaged in the creation of components and technologies for the serial production and maintenance of cars, trucks, electric buses.

"At the same time, the efforts of engineers and entrepreneurs will be aimed at developing the accompanying infrastructure, and the city will provide them with all the necessary support," added Natalya Sergunina.

According to experts, Moscow may become one of the centers of electric car building in Russia. And the newly formed cluster will play a significant role in achieving this goal. The members of the association already have three projects. The first is devoted to the creation of a cargo electric van based on the UAZ chassis. The second and third are related to the development of domestic batteries for electric transport.

"The city actively contributes to the creation and development of technologies in this area. By decision of Sergei Sobyanin, Moscow will hold an electronic tender for the conclusion of an offset contract for the supply of batteries for electric transport. Within the framework of the agreement, the investor will build a plant within three years, where he will produce such products for urban electric vehicles and electric vehicles "Moskvich." At least three billion rubles will be invested in the project, "said Vladimir Efimov, Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Economic Policy and Property and Land Relations.

In total, as of mid-December 2022, 15 similar intersectoral associations were created on the basis of the Moscow Innovation Cluster, which includes more than 900 organizations. They are working on projects in fields ranging from robotics and medicine to microelectronics and unmanned vehicles.

So, in the cluster of unmanned equipment, a smart shuttle was created for movement in park areas. It was tested in the Technograd innovation and educational complex at VDNKh. The compact bus can recognize surrounding objects, seats four people and can be used for excursions or as a taxi. An example of a project in the field of medicine is the decision of one of the participants in the association in the field of biotechnology. The company has developed microneedles for painless injections. It plans to bring the product to market next year.

Creation of a laboratory for testing unmanned systems in Zelenograd

The Moscow innovation cluster has created a laboratory for testing unmanned systems in Zelenograd. Its key tasks will be the development and scaling of advanced developments in this area, representatives of the Moscow Department of Entrepreneurship and Innovative Development, which oversees the cluster, told TAdviser on November 22, 2022.

A laboratory for testing drones has been created in Zelenograd
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The laboratory will test aircraft and technologies for them. They expect to start experimental flights on the territory allocated for testing in the Moscow Innovation Cluster after a special legal regime is established in this zone.

"Drones are already helping to find and save people, extinguish forest fires, ensure the safety of facilities and territories, and in the future there may be a real mass delivery of parcels and goods, transportation of people with their help. But for this it is necessary to work out all stages of the technological chain: control of safety, compliance with trajectories and boundaries of permitted zones, control of devices, their take-off and landing. These tasks will be solved by a specially created laboratory in Zelenograd. To start testing, we are working on the issue of establishing an experimental legal regime on the territory, "said Alexei Fursin, head of the Department of Entrepreneurship and Innovative Development of the city of Moscow.

According to representatives of the department, in the laboratory of Zelenograd it is also planned to organize a single dispatching control room for urban airmobility, which will include functions for modeling the route of drones, displaying the air situation and technical control of the flight plan.

It is assumed that in the Zelenograd administrative district, the systems of automatic dependent surveillance "AZN-V," video surveillance, meteorological support and monitoring of the navigation field will be used, standard landing sites for drones are organized.

Creating a 3D Printing and Industrial Design Cluster

A cluster of 3D printing and industrial design has been created in Moscow. It will include 35 organizations, according to the official website of the capital's mayor on November 8, 2022.

As Natalya Sergunina, Deputy Mayor of Moscow, clarified, the Moscow Innovation Cluster (MIC) has created an intersectoral association of companies that will create, promote and replicate joint projects in the field of 3D printing and industrial design.

3D printing cluster created in Moscow

Demand for 3D printing is growing in many industries: from industrial production to medicine. The new cluster will develop and implement complex solutions in this area, she noted, adding that the first project of the cluster will be associated with the development of a pellet printer for creating large-sized products.

The necessary resources and infrastructure will be provided to the participants by the Zelenograd Development Corporation. The partners of the project were companies - developers of 3D printers and scanners.

Both legal entities and individual entrepreneurs can join the Moscow Innovation Cluster. It has already been joined by the Moscow Polytechnic University and the Zelenograd Development Corporation. The volume of investments in the project was not disclosed.

By November 8, 2022, 14 intersectoral associations were created in the Moscow Innovation Cluster, in which over 850 companies are involved. In total, participants are working on 36 projects in different directions, for example in the fields of robotics, microelectronics, green technologies and artificial intelligence.

As of November 2022, more than 35 thousand organizations from Moscow and 81 more regions of Russia have already joined the MIC. The project is supervised by the capital's Department of Entrepreneurship and Innovative Development together with the Department of Information Technology.^[7]

Create a cross-industry photonics cluster

On October 24, 2022, it was announced the creation of an intersectoral photonics cluster in Moscow. It was launched on the basis of the Moscow Innovation Cluster. Read more here.

Moscow compensates IT startups for the purchase of equipment for 30 million rubles

On April 4, 2022, it became known that high-tech enterprises in Moscow could receive grants for the purchase of equipment. We are talking about compensation in the amount of up to 30 million rubles, according to the official website of the mayor of Moscow.

Small and medium-sized enterprises of the capital, working in the fields of science, industry and information technology, will be able to receive a kind of cash back for the purchase of equipment made after January 1, 2022. When buying domestic equipment, you can return half of its cost, when buying imported equipment - 35%. The program also applies to leasing or repayment of interest on loans taken for these purposes, said Deputy Mayor of Moscow Natalya Sergunina.

High-tech enterprises in Moscow can receive grants for the purchase of equipment

Applications for grants are accepted on the website of the Moscow Innovation Cluster (MIC) i.moscow from April 4 to May 16, 2022. The co-financing program for equipment costs is included in the package of measures to stabilize the capital's economy. In 2021, more than 180 entrepreneurs received grants, the total amount of compensation amounted to 350 million rubles.

As noted in the capital's mayor's office, by the beginning of April 2022, the small and medium-sized business industry is the largest in terms of the number of employees employed in it. It has about 40% of the total number of working residents of Moscow. The number of small and medium-sized businesses in March 2022 amounted to almost 800 thousand.

In March 2022, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a decree approving the rules for granting subsidies to technology companies. According to the document, such companies will be able to receive grants for the refinement of their products under the requirements of large customer corporations. The maximum grant size can be 250 million rubles for up to three years.^[8]

Granting grants to technology companies to test products

In March 2022, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin signed a decree approving the issuance of grants to technology companies for pilot testing of innovative products. You can apply for participation in the program on the website of the Moscow Innovation Cluster. Acceptance of applications for grants will open in April 2022.

The amount of grants for each test will be up to 2 million rubles. The funds received can be used to compensate for the costs of logistics, insurance, certification, consumables and components, labor, repair and maintenance, as well as rental of additional equipment necessary for testing the development.

Sobyanin approved the issuance of grants of 2 million rubles to IT startups to test their products

Any technology company or startup involved in the development and release of new products, technologies or software can apply for the grant.

Testing can be carried out on the basis of 60 sites of urban infrastructure. Among them are 24 organizations of health care and social services, 12 cultural and leisure and four educational institutions, as well as technology parks, institutions in the field of housing and communal services and transport and a number of other organizations.

As reported on the official website of the mayor of Moscow on March 22, 2022, over the previous two years, more than 180 pilot tests have passed as part of the testing program for innovative solutions. As a result, technology companies were able to attract more than 650 million rubles of investments and conclude contracts totaling about 220 million rubles. The decision to expand the program of pilot testing of innovations is part of a package of measures to stabilize the Moscow economy in the face of sanctions pressure. Thanks to this program, developers can fix the identified problems and assess the market potential of their product.^[9]

2021: Creation of the closed venture club "Syndicate"

Sberbank, Moscow Innovation Cluster and AngelsDeck organize a closed club "Syndicate." The goal of creating the club is to increase the number of transactions through collective financing to early technological startups, Sberbank reported on December 16, 2021. You can apply for membership in the club on the online platform SberUnity and the digital platform i.Moscow. Read more here.

2020: Creation of the first intersectoral association

The first intersectoral association was created on the platform of the Moscow Innovation Cluster (MIC). According to the Deputy Mayor of Moscow Natalya Sergunina, more than 30 technological companies and institutions specializing in robotics, electronics and IT solutions have joined him. DIT of Moscow announced this on June 23, 2020.

The first intersectoral association within the framework of the MIC was the innovative territorial cluster Zelenograd. It included 33 scientific, educational, research and production organizations. Together they will work on projects in the field of information technology, electronics and microelectronics, medicine and robotics, - said Natalya Sergunina.

The goal of the project of the participants of the innovative territorial cluster (ITK) "Zelenograd" is to create a cooperative model in the field of microelectronics based on nitride technologies. We are talking about joint scientific and technical research and development, as well as production programs.

The result of the pilot project will be the production of modern domestic samples of electronic equipment that can compete with foreign counterparts, "said Alexey Fursin, head of the Moscow Department of Entrepreneurship and Innovative Development.

He added that the creation of high-tech products often requires the efforts of several professional teams - developers, materials scientists, equipment manufacturers, programmers and experts in other fields. The format of intersectoral clusters will make the interaction of its participants with the city more effective, facilitate the process of attracting investments and allow launching fundamental high-tech projects.

The unification of companies involves the integration of technologies, therefore, the platform for general coordination is the i.moscow IT platform. Its electronic services and tools allow you to create intersectoral clusters, invite participants and partners to their composition, build cooperation chains, provide communication within the community from any convenient point without restrictions on the territorial basis, - said the Minister of the Government of Moscow, Head of the Department of Information Technologies Eduard Lysenko.

Any member of the Moscow Innovation Cluster in his personal account on the i.moscow platform can apply for the creation of inter-industry clusters or, using the Inter-Industry Clusters service, join an existing association. The process of filling out the application is as automated as possible. All information comes from the user's personal account. The application for the creation of an intersectoral cluster goes for verification, and within 10 business days the participant will receive a notification of the results of the consideration.

To register an intersectoral cluster, you need to form a consortium, which will include at least 30 organizations from one or more adjacent areas that will develop at least one project. All organizations must be members of the Moscow Innovation Cluster.

2019

Agreement with the Moscow Innovation Agency and the AFL in order to develop the financial infrastructure of Moscow

On October 30, 2019, the Association for the Development of Financial Technologies (FinTech Association, AFL) announced the signing of a cooperation agreement with the Moscow Innovation Agency and the Moscow Innovation Cluster Foundation (MIC). The key goal of the trilateral agreement is the development of innovative financial infrastructure and financial technologies in the city of Moscow. Read more here.

The Moscow government has identified the founder for the innovation cluster

In April 2019, a document appeared on the website of the Moscow government clarifying the procedure for the functioning of the innovation cluster of the city of Moscow (Decree of the Moscow Government of April 25, 2019 No. 435-PP). In order to implement the decree of the President of the Russian Federation of November 26, 2018 No. 672 "On the creation of an innovation cluster on the territory of Moscow" and the law of the city of Moscow of February 20, 2019 No. 5 "On the innovation cluster of the city of Moscow," the Moscow government will establish the Moscow Innovation Cluster fund to finance events of the Moscow innovation cluster.

The innovative cluster of Moscow is the totality of subjects who have received the status of a participant in the field of industry, science, education and communications. Its tasks will be to stimulate the creation of innovative products and services that are competitive in the Russian and international markets, help with the registration of rights to the results of intellectual activity and commercialization of the activities of participants, create conditions for expanding existing and organizing new innovative industries in Moscow and develop personnel potential.

The founder of the fund will be the capital's Department of Entrepreneurship and Innovative Development. Along with this, the fund will also receive funds from the Moscow budget, as well as other sources. The Metropolitan Department of Entrepreneurship and Innovative Development will also approve the key performance indicators of the participants in the innovation cluster and will monitor their implementation.

The Supervisory Board of the Fund will include the Mayor of Moscow, Sergei Sobyanin the Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, Mikhail Kotyukov the Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, the Denis Manturov Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation, the Konstantin Noskov Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, Oreshkin Maxim the President "Development Fund of the Center for the Development and Commercialization of New Technologies," Victor Vekselberg President of the Federal State Budgetary Institution National Research Center Kurchatov Institute, Mikhail Kovalchuk General Director of the State Corporation, Rosatom Alexey Likhachev General Director of the State Corporation, "Rector Roskosmos of Dmitry Rogozin FSBEI," "President Lomonosov Moscow State University Victor Sadovnichy of FSBU," "General Russian Academy of Sciences Alexander Sergeyev Director of the State Corporation", "Chairman of the Board Rostec Sergey Chemezov of LLC" UK "and representatives of RUSNANO Anatoly Chubais the President of the Russian Federation. The Supervisory Board of the Fund will approve a list of areas of innovation.

The document states that the fund will accept participants in the innovative cluster of Moscow and the inter-industry cluster that is part of it. The resolution specifies what is meant by the intersectoral cluster: "cluster participants who have united in order to implement a joint innovative project or joint innovative projects in one or more sectors of the economy in the number of at least 30 participants are assigned the status of an intersectoral cluster." To become a participant, a legal entity or individual entrepreneur must complete an interactive application form and send it to the fund. Within 10 working days, an answer should come^[10].

Moscow's innovation cluster will become a pilot platform for national projects

On March 13, 2019, it became known that the Moscow Innovation Cluster will become a pilot platform for the implementation of priority national projects. This was stated by the head of the Department of Entrepreneurship and Innovative Development of the city of Moscow Alexei Fursin.

It is assumed that the Innovation Cluster Moscow will help solve three important problems:

• achieve global technological leadership,
• implement national projects
• improve the quality of life of citizens

Within the framework of the expert session, representatives of the capital and federal authorities, technology business and venture capital market, science and education discussed in detail the most promising measures to support the cluster participants. Among the possible support tools, the participants of the event considered co-financing part of the costs of introducing the results of intellectual activity, financial support in the engineering of production processes; application of the mechanism for pledging objects of intellectual activity in lending, organization of the process of piloting innovative products and services at urban and commercial sites.

author '= Alexey Fursin, Head of the Department of Entrepreneurship and Innovative Development of Moscow We set an ambitious goal: the cluster should focus on developments from the most advanced areas - artificial intelligence, unmanned transport systems or biotechnology. All high-tech projects created within the cluster, first of all, should meet the interests of the city and residents, as well as be useful for the country. As of March 2019, we are actively working on the development of the cluster's IT platform. Tentatively, the commissioning of the first stage will take place in April 2019, and its technical potential will be increased until December.

According to A. Fursin, the cluster's IT platform will combine a wide range of tools to support innovative projects that exist at the federal and regional levels. The platform will become a universal platform for the exchange of information and analytics in the field of innovation, the creation of scientific and production cooperatives, as well as the receipt of all possible support measures by participants through a single electronic window.

Nikita Ponomarenko, Deputy Director of the Department for Strategic Development and Innovation of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, spoke about the possibilities of solving national problems within the Moscow cluster.

According to him, the innovation cluster will become a driver of increased exports of high-tech products, an increase in the number of breakthrough startups and company revenues, as well as convincing dynamics of labor productivity.

What technologies need to be developed within the framework of the Moscow innovation cluster? There are two federal strategic programs: the National Technology Initiative and the Digital Economy of the Russian Federation, which identify end-to-end technologies. It is worth focusing on these directions. I note that the Moscow cluster will become a link in working with federal state corporations, development institutions and other participants in innovative activities.

The Moscow cluster will speed up the solution of national problems, since it can combine a significant share of the country's scientific and production potential. In terms of internal research and development costs, Moscow accounts for a third of the country's total indicators. This potential should be used within the framework of all the main measures for the implementation of the national project "Science." We see that the innovation cluster of Moscow has great potential both in terms of the implementation of technical programs and projects, and the creation of scientific and educational centers

2018: Putin signs decree creating innovation cluster in Moscow

On November 26, 2018, the president Russia Vladimir Putin signed a decree creating a To Moscow single innovation cluster.

In order to develop the innovative potential of Moscow, create conditions for the implementation of priority areas of scientific and technological development of the Russian Federation, I decide to consider it expedient to create an innovation cluster on the territory of Moscow, - says the decree published on the official portal of legal information.

The cluster will provide coordination of interaction between entities in the field of industry, science, education, communications and others, which will be determined by the Moscow government and organizations included in the infrastructure for supporting small and medium-sized businesses. 

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered to create an innovative cluster in Moscow

The Moscow government within three months is recommended to determine the criteria and procedure for the selection of cluster participants, the conditions for their participation. In addition, measures to support cluster participants, indicators of their performance. It is also necessary to determine how the achievement of the desired indicators will be monitored.

The innovation cluster will be created in the organizational and legal form of the fund. The President ordered the creation of a specialized organization that will ensure the functioning of the innovation cluster.

The Moscow authorities are recommended to include representatives of the president and government, the mayor of Moscow, the president of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the rector of Moscow State University, the general directors of Rostec, Rosatom and Roscosmos, the head of the board of Rusnano, the president of the Kurchatov Institute, the head of the Development Fund of the Center for the Development and Commercialization of New Technologies.

The idea of ​ ​ creating an innovative cluster on the territory of Moscow, which will unite IT companies, business incubators, technology parks, academic institutions of the capital, was put forward in April 2018 by Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin. According to him, the creation of a research and production cluster will allow "to create synergy in the development of the scientific and production potential of Moscow."^[11]

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