Russia proposes to introduce financial support for the mentor regions

To financially support the mentor regions that share their experience, successful decisions and practices of socio-economic development with other Russian entities, the head of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives (ASI) Svetlana Chupsheva made this proposal.

According to RIA Novosti, at the meeting of the Board of Trustees of the All-Russian Competition of Best Practices and Socioeconomic Development Initiatives, the ASI head noted that financial support would be a good incentive for mentor regions, for this you can use the funds pledged to implement national projects.

“We believe that this non-core activity of the regional team should be rewarded. They undertake to accompany other regional teams throughout the year and help them implement the best management decision,” the words of Chupsheva are quoted on the agency’s website.

According to RIA Novosti, the competition has been held by the Agency for Strategic Initiatives (ASI) since 2016 and interest in it has been growing every year, said Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, head of the board of trustees of the ASI competition Marat Khusnullin.

"The main goal of the competition is to solve socio-economic problems in the regions through the selection and replication of best practices, initiatives of socio-economic development. I believe that today this task is especially relevant in the framework of national projects. There are huge funds allocated, there are opportunities, people expect us to effectively manage and implement these projects, "Khusnullin said.

According to the ASI press service, since 2020, contestants and finalists will begin to be evaluated in the nominations “Region-donor”, “Region-mentor” and “Region-leader of changes”. The assessment will be based on data from the Smarteka digital platform for sustainable development practices.

Source: http://www.rbgmedia.ru/