WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.919 --> 00:00:03.320 Good afternoon, colleagues. 2 00:00:03.320 --> 00:00:10.001 I would like to begin by thanking you for your work last year. 3 00:00:10.001 --> 00:00:15.880 You put forth a number of interesting ideas, some system-wide projects, 4 00:00:15.880 --> 00:00:21.440 and managed to get business circles, 5 00:00:21.440 --> 00:00:26.796 experts and civil society representatives interested in them, 6 00:00:26.796 --> 00:00:31.800 as well as working very efficiently with the authorities. 7 00:00:31.800 --> 00:00:36.209 You have established cooperation with such new institutions 8 00:00:36.209 --> 00:00:38.633 as the Industry Development Fund, 9 00:00:38.633 --> 00:00:43.482 the Russian Export Centre and the corporation for the development 10 00:00:43.482 --> 00:00:46.201 of small and medium-sized businesses. 11 00:00:46.201 --> 00:00:50.060 I must say that such broad cooperation helps you achieve practical 12 00:00:50.060 --> 00:00:52.940 results in the interests of the country’s economy. 13 00:00:52.940 --> 00:00:57.825 Last year with your active involvement we practically implemented 14 00:00:57.825 --> 00:01:01.970 the roadmaps of the National Entrepreneurial Initiative 15 00:01:01.970 --> 00:01:06.041 and significantly amended the legal and normative base. 16 00:01:06.041 --> 00:01:10.909 The National Investment Climate Rating has become an objective 17 00:01:10.909 --> 00:01:16.473 mechanism for assessing the application of law in supporting businesses 18 00:01:16.473 --> 00:01:19.641 in the regions of the Russian Federation. 19 00:01:19.641 --> 00:01:24.261 It is important that you have established monitoring by entrepreneurs 20 00:01:24.261 --> 00:01:28.881 over the quality of compliance with the normative acts that are being 21 00:01:28.881 --> 00:01:32.380 adopted, primarily on a regional and municipal level. 22 00:01:32.380 --> 00:01:36.941 I am convinced that the results of such inspections should be made 23 00:01:36.941 --> 00:01:41.502 public and this will help further improve the business climate and, 24 00:01:41.502 --> 00:01:43.949 importantly, will become an effective mechanism 25 00:01:43.950 --> 00:01:46.180 for preventing corruption. 26 00:01:46.180 --> 00:01:49.208 I would like to note the significant contribution made by the Agency 27 00:01:49.208 --> 00:01:51.306 to the development of the professional training system 28 00:01:51.306 --> 00:01:53.615 using international standards. 29 00:01:53.615 --> 00:01:58.001 I believe it was very important to win the right to hold 30 00:01:58.001 --> 00:02:03.157 the international professional skills competition in Kazan in 2019, 31 00:02:03.157 --> 00:02:07.312 which, as I have said, will serve as a strong impetus 32 00:02:07.312 --> 00:02:12.391 for the development of the entire system of professional training 33 00:02:12.391 --> 00:02:16.961 and for raising the prestige of blue-collar jobs. 34 00:02:16.961 --> 00:02:22.664 I expect that in the new year your Agency will take an active part 35 00:02:22.664 --> 00:02:27.006 in implementing our common strategic goals set out 36 00:02:27.006 --> 00:02:30.240 in my Address to the Federal Assembly. 37 00:02:30.240 --> 00:02:33.258 Here is what I would like to highlight. 38 00:02:33.258 --> 00:02:37.597 First: a very important condition for the country’s dynamic development 39 00:02:37.597 --> 00:02:41.197 is, of course, greater freedom for doing business, 40 00:02:41.197 --> 00:02:42.709 for entrepreneurship. 41 00:02:42.709 --> 00:02:46.013 I would like to repeat that many barriers in the federal 42 00:02:46.013 --> 00:02:48.261 legislation have been lifted. 43 00:02:48.261 --> 00:02:53.105 It is of principal importance now to ensure the proper application 44 00:02:53.105 --> 00:02:56.806 of the decisions made and norms established, primarily in the regions, 45 00:02:56.806 --> 00:03:00.231 and to spread the best practices of dealing with 46 00:03:00.231 --> 00:03:01.737 entrepreneurs nationwide. 47 00:03:01.737 --> 00:03:05.482 The Agency’s task is to assist in creating in the regions truly 48 00:03:05.482 --> 00:03:10.050 efficient, up-to-date and thinking management teams that will 49 00:03:10.050 --> 00:03:13.967 understand the requirements of businesses and see entrepreneurs 50 00:03:13.967 --> 00:03:16.867 as their key partners in developing the country’s economy 51 00:03:16.867 --> 00:03:19.760 and the economies of the regions of the Russian Federation. 52 00:03:19.760 --> 00:03:23.458 I would like to ask the Agency to create, 53 00:03:23.458 --> 00:03:29.101 as we have already said and have just discussed with Andrei Belousov [Aide to the President] 54 00:03:29.101 --> 00:03:31.276 and develop a centre for exchange in best 55 00:03:31.276 --> 00:03:33.520 practices of state administration and investment climate creation. 56 00:03:33.520 --> 00:03:40.480 I know you have agreed to do this using the Academy of National Economy 57 00:03:40.480 --> 00:03:45.120 and Public Administration, as a regular seminar, 58 00:03:45.120 --> 00:03:49.267 so to speak. You must try to launch the mechanism 59 00:03:49.267 --> 00:03:54.601 and to make sure it truly works. 60 00:03:54.601 --> 00:03:57.641 Second. You have launched a serious, important project – 61 00:03:57.641 --> 00:04:00.300 the National Technology Initiative. 62 00:04:00.300 --> 00:04:05.543 Jointly with experts, the academic community and businesses you have 63 00:04:05.543 --> 00:04:10.177 drawn up targeted measures to develop certain specific areas. 64 00:04:10.177 --> 00:04:14.032 It is now important to meet the deadlines and to consolidate resources, 65 00:04:14.032 --> 00:04:17.521 including those of the development institutions. 66 00:04:17.521 --> 00:04:21.162 Next. Yesterday at a meeting with Government members, 67 00:04:21.162 --> 00:04:25.321 we had a detailed discussion of the development of up-to-date 68 00:04:25.321 --> 00:04:27.981 professional standards and their use for the introduction 69 00:04:27.981 --> 00:04:29.593 of new training systems. 70 00:04:29.593 --> 00:04:34.321 Here we should be guided by the latest international requirements. 71 00:04:34.321 --> 00:04:39.760 In this connection, we should further enhance the role of work 72 00:04:39.760 --> 00:04:45.630 and engineering skills competitions and contests as key instruments 73 00:04:45.630 --> 00:04:52.220 in assessing the quality of the national professional training system. 74 00:04:53.160 --> 00:04:57.739 The Address to the Federal Assembly dealt with the need to create 75 00:04:57.739 --> 00:05:02.040 a national system of such competitions as Young Professionals, 76 00:05:02.040 --> 00:05:06.708 which would involve contests for younger people, 77 00:05:06.708 --> 00:05:12.250 aged 10 to 17. I would like to hear your opinion on this, 78 00:05:12.250 --> 00:05:14.681 your ideas and proposals. 79 00:05:14.681 --> 00:05:18.979 I would like to know how you are working on the development of a new 80 00:05:18.979 --> 00:05:21.081 model of additional education for school students. 81 00:05:21.081 --> 00:05:24.475 Let us deal with all this in detail.