A ceremony was held as part of the Russian Investment Forum’s business programme on 15 February 2018 to present awards to the winners of the All-Russian Best Practices and Initiatives Competition.

The contest, which has been held since 2017, was initiated by the Agency for Strategic Initiatives (ASI).

Russian Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Competition’s Board of Trustees Dmitry Kozak presented diplomas and expressed gratitude to the winners.

Winners of the competition:

1. ‘Development of Public Spaces.’ Ulyanovsk Region
2. ‘The People’s Budget.’ Tula Region
3. ‘Modernization of Street Lighting Based on an Energy Service Contract.’ Tambov Region
4. ‘Vocational Training for Children with Disabilities.’ Khabarovsk Territory
5. ‘Switching Apartment Buildings to Individual Heating.’ Lipetsk Region
6. ‘Creation of Conditions for Growth in the Region’s Socioeconomic Potential.’ Moscow
7. ‘Involvement of Private Suppliers in Social Services for the Population.’ Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area – Yugra
8. ‘Creating a Mobile Market for Agricultural Products.’ Republic of Buryatia
9. ‘Car of Knowledge.’ Samara Region
10. ‘Volunteer's Card.’ Saratov Region

Finalists and winners of the competition:

1. ‘Involving the Public in Key Decisions by Organizing and Holding Children’s and Youth Referendums.’ Orenburg Region
2. ‘National Reconciliation and Open Municipality.’ Amur Region
3. ‘Seven Steps to Develop the Economy of Tyumen Region Municipalities.’ Tyumen Region
4. ‘Territory of Business.’ Chelyabinsk Region
5. ‘Establishment of a Rural Business Support Institution.’ Kaluga Region
6. ‘Creation of Favourable Conditions to Organize Youth Farms and Information and Advisory Support in the Agropolis Agro-Industrial Complex.’ Astrakhan Region
7. ‘Development of Agro-Tourism in the Krasnodar Territory.’ Krasnodar Territory
8. ‘Vacation at Home and Travel around the Ryazan Region.’ Ryazan Region
9. ‘Express Grandmothers.’ Chuvash Republic
10. ‘Development of Children’s Hospital and Social Volunteering.’ Kaliningrad Region

Special gratitude from the Competition’s Board of Trustees:

1. ‘Development of Domestic and International Tourism and the Successes of Hanseatic Week in 2017 Dedicated to the 25th Anniversary of Veliky Novgorod’s Ascension to the Hanseatic League.’ Novgorod Region
2. ‘Alabuga SEZ Corporate University.’ Republic of Tatarstan
3. ‘Care.’ Ryazan Region
4. ‘Vocational Training for Children with Disabilities.’ Khabarovsk Territory