Information about report: Integrated development of the Arctic mono-cities

Round table

Integrated development of the Arctic mono-cities

THEMATIC AREAS: Scenarios of regional development

Project*

There are 14 mono-profile cities in the Arctic zone. According to the rating prepared by the Center for the operation of the State Commission for the development of the Arctic in conjunction with the Institute for applied political studies, the deterioration of the social and economic situation is observed in most polar mono-cities. The most difficult situation has developed in Kirovsk, Onega Kovdor and Revda settlement. Experts attribute the following to the peculiarities of the Arctic mono-cities: the structure of their economy is determined by the resource and raw materials base of the territory (the most common non-ferrous metallurgy and coal industry); regression of demographic indicators; deterioration of social, housing and communal and transport infrastructure; deficiency of budgets.

Within the framework of the round table, it is planned to discuss the construction of a system for supporting Arctic mono-cities, taking into account their developmental features, mechanisms for attracting investments, ways to improve the quality of life of the population of single-profile territories.

Issues for discussion:

Features of the development of Arctic mono-cities
Creating conditions for improving the socio-economic status of the Arctic single-industry towns
Strategy and mechanisms of state support of mono-profile cities
Mechanisms for attracting investments in mono-profile territories

Moderator:

IGOR SHPEKTOR

President of the Union of Arctic Circle and High North Towns, Chairman of the Commission on Housing and Public Utilities, Construction and Roads of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation

Disputants:

GRIGORII DOBROMELOV	Director of Political Research Institute
EVGENII PLISETSKII	Deputy Head of the Region Policy and Development of the Russian Far East Board of the Analytical Center for the Government of the Russian Federation
IURII DOLGIKH	Head of Vorkuta
IGOR SKUBENKO	Head of Severodvinsk
ANDREI PONOMAREV	Head of the administration of urban settlements Nickel
VALENTINA AGALAKOVA	Head of the Municipal Structure of Urban Locality Revda
IVAN GRISHIN	Acting Head of Onega Municipal District
ROMAN DURIAGIN*	Acting Head of Kovdor
ANDREI KUZNETSOV*	Head of Zapoliarny Administration
DMITRII STAROVEROV*	Head of Monchegorsk
OLEG SAMARSKII*	Head of Olenegorsk
SERGEI SKRUPSKII*	Head of the Administration of Berengovsky village
VLADIMIR DIADIK*	Head of Kirovsk
NIKOLAI LEVANOV*	Head of Pevek
MIKHAIL GMYRIN	Chairman of the Association “Arctic Municipalities”

* Changes in the draft program are possible