The center of development of investments and PPP in digital economy

2019

Creation of the center

The center of development of investments and PPP in digital economy was created in December, 2019. At the head of the center of the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications Nadezhda Kostryukova was delivered. The center provides to concessors and public partners the help in identification and preparation of IT projects, consulting support in interaction of investors and the states, information and educational support and also assistance in development of the regulatory legal base and methodology of PPP in IT.

2020

the First results of work

The center of development of investments and PPP in digital economy of federal state budgetary Institution Scientific Research Institute Voskhod prepared the work plan on development of public-private partnership in the field of IT. The document means maintenance by the center of structuring, approval and implementation of the relevant agreements in the field of IT. This TAdviser was announced on January 29, 2020 by the head of the center of development of investments and PPP in digital economy Nadezhda Kostryukova.

In addition, according to her, the plan provides the initiatives developing organizational and methodical support of projects concession both PPP agreements in the field of IT and creation of suggestions for improvement of the relevant regulatory legal base by the center. Also, according to the plan, the center will organize also itself to participate in educational programs, forums, conferences, work-shop and other actions. As of December 29, 2020 the plan is being approved with the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications, Nadezhda Kostryukova informed TAdviser.

The work plan on development of public-private partnership in the field of IT means maintenance by the center of structuring, approval and implementation of the relevant agreements.

In 2019 together with project office on implementation of the Digital Economy national program, according to Kostryukova, the center conducted survey of Russian regions which subjects were their readiness for projects of PPP and concession in the field of IT, the needs for such projects, initiatives of their implementation and also the related problematic issues. The center will provide survey results within materials of the complex analytical research "Assessment of Perspectives of Implementation of PPP and Concession Projects in the field of Information Technologies and Communication". The publication of this research is previously planned for the end of February – the beginning of March, 2020.

Preliminary results of poll as Nadezhda Kostryukova told TAdviser, speak about the following:

• regions of Russia show high interest in mechanisms of PPP in IT;

• 15 of them already consider models concession or PPP agreements for IT projects, at the same time the total amount of the off-budget investments attracted to their implementation can be about 35 billion rubles;

• Russian regions select specific needs for methodical recommendations, explanations and making changes in the legal acts necessary for simplification of the conclusion concession or PPP agreements in the field of IT and removal of separate barriers;

• regions of Russia are sure of a great influence on development of projects of PPP in IT of the specialized measures of support meaning assignment of the federal budget to regions on project implementation according to the approved plans for development in them digital economy.

According to Nadezhda Kostryukova, one more result of work of the center – consideration in different formats of federal initiatives in spheres of transport, power, the industry and agriculture.

Together with the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications the center participates in approval of conditions of the draft of the order on the conclusion of the concessionary agreement in the field of transport. Other initiatives are at a stage of discussion of conceptual opportunities of projects with use of mechanisms concession and PPP agreements, - Nadezhda Kostryukova told TAdviser.

Also, according to her, the center participates in consultation of several Russian regions on projects of creation and upgrade of regional data processing centers.

During interaction on projects by the center not only performs a support and maintenance of selection processes of an optimal contractual form, structuring agreements, formations of attractive conditions for potential investors with observance of opportunities and requirements of the public party, but also standard questions and data on barriers to use in the methodological base developed together with the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications and inclusion in suggestions for improvement of legal acts accumulate further, - Nadezhda Kostryukova noted.

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