Pre-Forum Activities
Pre-Forum Activities
3 July 2020
The results of an expert survey on changes in strategic planning priorities in 2020 have been processed. The survey was initiated by Tatyana Krasnikova, Executive Director of Scientific Research LLC, in May 2020.
19 June 2020, 3rd Municipalities Forum “Economic Transformation Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic”
The 3rd Municipalities Forum, organized by the Ulyanovsk Region Сenter for Strategic Research, focused on the economic transformation amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Forum included eight thematic platforms organized by the Ulyanovsk region executive bodies and research institutions. The Forum’s key event, the plenary session, was addressed by the Governor of the Ulyanovsk Region Sergey Morozov and leading federal and regional experts, including the Director of the Resource Centre for Strategic Planning under Leontief Centre Boris Zhikharevich.
Boris Zhikharevich spoke about shock-resilient strategies at the plenary session and made a presentation “Strategic Planning During the Economic Transformation” at the open discussion “Strategic Planning in Times of Coronavirus Outbreak”.
5 June 2020, International Circular Economy Webinar
A circular economy and cleantech are constantly discussed at the Strategic Planning Leaders Forum. International Consortium “Saint-Petersburg Cleantech Cluster for Urban Environment” is preparing a green event to be held at the Strategic Planning Leaders Forum 2020. The Cluster is the SmartUp Accelerator project partner of the Interreg Baltic Sea Region Programme. On June 5, the SmartUp Accelerator project is hosting a webinar to discuss sustainability trends in society and consumer behaviour, as well as policies and political perspectives on the future of sustainable consumption and production.
Anniversary Project “20 years of Uniting Strategists”
In anticipation of the Strategic Planning Leaders Forum 2020 and in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Resource Centre for Strategic Planning under Leontief Centre, the project “20 Years of Uniting Strategists” has been launched. The project will help strategic planning consultants to effectively respond to the challenges of the current economic crisis exacerbated by the pandemic and to prepare to reconsider the existing regional and municipal strategies that are no longer relevant.
The project concept has gained support at the online meeting called “Towards the Strategic Planning Leaders Forum” held on 29 April 2020. The working group has been created, composed of representatives from the Higher School of Economics, the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, the Leontief Centre – AV Group Consortium.
The project includes a number of events:
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