OREANDA-NEWS. July 26, 2010. BALT-AUDIT-EXPERT Company has won a tender entitling to draw up the Conception for Development of Competitiveness in Saint-Petersburg for the period 2010-2015. The execution of this work is based on the Order of the Committee for Economic Development, Industrial Policy and Trade of Saint-Petersburg, in compliance with the Enactment of the Government of the Russian Federation № 691-r, dated on May 19, 2009 "The Program for Development of Competitiveness in the Russian Federation", envisaging the development of appropriate programs in the RF regions, reported the press-centre of Energy Consulting.

The Government of Saint-Petersburg places special emphasis on this work. The process of drawing up the Program for Development of Competitiveness in Saint-Petersburg is supervised by M. Oseyevski, Vice-Governor, and by E. Elin, Chairman of the Committee for Economic Development, Industrial Policy and Trade. After consideration of this program in the Government of Saint-Petersburg, it is submitted to be scrutinized in the Regional Development Ministry of the Russian Federation.

For achieving the purposes of the work it is required to make a research in two areas as follows: the assessment of the entrepreneurial environment and the conditions of the competitiveness on the markets of Saint-Petersburg.

In the frames of the first area it is envisaged to make a research of entrepreneurial activities in the city, availability of such resources as electric power, gas, water, real estate, credit and data resources, safety of entrepreneurial activities etc. For each of the above mentioned area it is expected to supervise actual involvement of entrepreneurial subjects in different procedures. The research shall be resulted in drawing up a system of indicators for assessment of the entrepreneurial environment of Saint-Petersburg in each area.

The other research will focus on assessment of the competitive environment and of possible measures for its development on the markets of Saint-Petersburg. The work will aimed at the marketing research and at assessment of the competitive environment segregated by the following markets: foodstuffs, medicines, housing and public utilities, city itinerary bus transport, electric power, oil products, construction, and finance services.

As Leonid Ivanovski, Head of the Consulting Practice, BALT-AUDIT-EXPERT acknowledges "At present, the work is placed on all the areas as required. The first and foremost mission is to supervise actual involvement of entities and organizations in stipulated procedures in the frames of regulatory functions for entrepreneurial activities and for access to resources".

All the work shall be resulted in the Program for Development of Competitiveness in Saint-Petersburg for the period 2010-2015. Apart from substantiation of the expediency and agenda for development of competitiveness, the Program will focus on target indicators, on scopes and sources of fundraising. Moreover it is expected to estimate the social & economic performance for its implementation.