Programme : 29.10.2019 / 14:00-15:45

29.10.2019

Part 7

14:00 - 15:45
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А4. Side Event. Academic Conference. Part 2. Theory and Practice of Transition Management and Germany’s Experience in Implementing the Programme “City of the Future” (German-Russian session)

Organizers : Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development (IOER), ICSER Leontief Centre

14:00 - 15:45
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7.B2. Panel Discussion. Implementing and Monitoring National and Global Sustainable Development Goals: International Experience and Russian Practice

Organizers : Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation, ICSER Leontief Centre, Council of the Baltic Sea States, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Analytical Center for the Government of the Russian Federation, St. Petersburg Committee for Nature Use, Environmental Protection and Ecological Safety, Mineral State Geological Company

In 2020, Russia will submit a Voluntary National Review (VNR) on progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Today, SDGs determine the development of all mankind and allow Russia to integrate into global trends and processes, and compare itself with other countries using global monitoring systems.
The Accounts Chamber of Russia is developing a set of measures to monitor national goals and actively working on the implementation of the SDGs monitoring system, paying particular attention to developing an integrated approach and contributing to the achievement of SDG 16, which is focused on building effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.
Russia’s Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) chairs an Inter-Agency Expert Group to provide information and statistical support for monitoring the SDGs. The Group is currently preparing a roadmap to improve Russia’s official statistics, aimed to link national statistics with SDGs indicators.
Key question: How to ensure data reliability and availability of national goals and SDGs monitoring results to all key stakeholders – state and local governments, business, NGOs, residents of the cities and regions of Russia?
How open is the process of preparing a VNR on progress towards achieving the SDGs in Russia? What challenges does it face?
How best international VNR practices, advanced technologies of global and national SDGs monitoring systems are used in Russia, including the main areas of cooperation in the framework of the Baltic 2030 Action Plan for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda in the Baltic Sea Region?

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	Monitoring SDGs implementation in Italy
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	Experiences from the Baltic Sea Region on the 2030 Agendanational and sub-national perspectives
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	Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): situation and efforts in Finland
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	Monitoring of SDG indicators in Russia
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7.B5. Round Table. National Projects: Project Management in the Public Sector (Expectations and Reality)

Organizers : Leningrad Region Committee for Economic Development and Investment Activity, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

14:00 - 15:45

7.G7. Round Table. Strategic Consultant and Client: Interaction Models

Organizers : Leontief Centre – AV Group Consortium, Scientific Research LLC

14:00 - 15:45

7.B1. Round Table. Urban Agglomerations in Russia: the Choice of Development Model, Legislative and Regulatory Priorities

Organizers : Analytical Center for the Government of the Russian Federation, State Duma Committee on Federal System and Issues of Local Self-Government, Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation

The topic of developing urban agglomerations in Russia has become an important part of the regional agenda over the past few years. This topic has also become one of the spatial development priorities with the adoption of the Russia’s Spatial Development Strategy until 2025.
Nevertheless, Russia does not have a priori successful examples of urban agglomerations. Urban agglomeration processes are mostly spontaneous and unregulated so far, and the law-enforcement practice in the federal subjects of Russia and municipalities is ambiguous.
There is still a number of unresolved issues concerning urban agglomerations such as legal regulation, the choice of a model for urban agglomeration management and its relationship to local government, a balance between the interests of federal, regional and municipal authorities.
Another pressing issue is further improvement of intermunicicipal cooperation and strategic planning documents for urban agglomerations.
Topics to be discussed:
- Main legislative and regulatory initiatives for urban agglomerations: points of consensus, development crossroads, initial steps;
- The outcomes of law-enforcement practice in developing urban agglomerations in the federal subjects of Russia and municipalities;
- Possible balance between the interests of federal, regional and municipal authorities;
- A priority model for urban agglomeration management and its relationship to improving intermunicicipal cooperation;
- Tools for joint economic activities of municipalities belonging to urban agglomeration;
- The role of the federal subjects of Russia in the development of urban agglomerations;
- The subject of planning and design of urban agglomerations and the need for its legislative consolidation: between territorial and strategic planning;
- Relevant regulatory measures for implementing infrastructure development projects for urban agglomerations, including investment projects;
- The participation of citizens and their associations in urban agglomeration management.

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	Urban agglomerations in modern Russia: model selection and legislative regulation priorities
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	Perm urban agglomeration: growth supports and structural constraints
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	The concept of the draft federal law “On Amending Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation Regarding the Regulation of Intermunicipal Cooperation”
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	City agglomerations vary in size of territory, population, spatial structure, functions and the number of "cores"
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14:00 - 15:45
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7.B4. Round Table. Prospects for Multilateral Cooperation in the Black Sea Region

Organizers : Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Scientific and Research Institute of Maritime Spatial Planning “Ermak Northwest”

14:00 - 15:45

7.G9. Panel Discussion. The Relationship between Strategic Planning Tools, Policy Instruments and Project Management Tools for Territorial Development

Organizers : NGO “Urbex-Development”, MPA Scientific-Educational Center at Institute of Public Administration and Civil Service of Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy, Urban Planning Institute for Moscow Region Development

14:00 - 15:45

Public Lecture. Circular Economy. Fundamental principles

Organizers : National Research University Higher School of Economics, City of Saint Petersburg (HSE - Saint Petersburg), Directorate-General for Public Works and Water Management (Rijkswaterstaat)

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