Thematic Forum Bloks

New Frames of Strategic Planning

• Updating strategies: pros and cons of unification
• Methodology for developing regional strategies
• Strategic and medium-term planning: similarities and differences
• Strategic choice: quantitative growth or sustainability of development
• Strategic planning in crisis

Federal Initiatives for Regional Development

• Megaprojects and regional development
• Special areas: Arctic, Siberia and Far East, North Caucasus, coastal regions
• Synergetic effect of Interregional transport infrastructure
• Interbudgetary relations: does reform overdue?
• Regional Investment standard: achievements and lessons

«Russian locomotives»

• Urban agglomerations and agglomeration effects
• Republic of Tatarstan: on the way to Global Competitiveness
• St. Petersburg: integration strategies and government programs

Interregional (cross border) cooperation

• Spatial development in the Baltic Sea Region
• Monitoring of areas development: opportunities for international comparisons

Culture as a Strategic Resource

• Culture: is it a resource and / or barrier?
• "Cultural" effects for regional development
• Potential of creative industries

Green Day Forum: the Values of Sustainable Development

• Potential of the green economy
• Region’s human capital: to create, retain, apply
• Urban and rural areas: suburbanization or ruralisation

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