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ICSER Leontief Centre ABOUT US The International Centre for Social and Economic Research - Leontief Centre was established in 1991 on the initiative of the Mayor of St. Petersburg Anatoliy Sobchak and Wassily Leontief, a St Petersburg-born economist and Nobel Prize winner. During 20 year of our work: The Leontief Centre has completed over 500 projects, including 400 research and consulting projects, held 150 conferences and workshops, carried out 60 publishing projects, and authored 1200 publications in periodicals, monographs and journals. The partnership network of the Leontief Centre encompasses 47 countries, 290 cities of the Russian Federation, 80 international and more than 300 Russian organizations. Leontief Centre employees have passed 40 internships in Russia and abroad. Every year, more than 15 students intern with the Leontief Centre. The Leontief Centre has launched and supports 21 Websites visited by more than 1000 daily. This year alone, users from more than 70 countries have visited our Websites. The Leontief Centres Information Department has 2500 books, 1500 of them in Russian, and 1000 in foreign languages; we subscribe to 50 titles of newspapers and magazines annually.

ICSER Leontief Centre Leontief Centre mission : to promote top international standards of quality in social and economic studies and consultancy with a view towards fostering more professional methods of governance for Russian cities and regions LEONTIEF CENTRE MISSION

ICSER Leontief Centre LEONTIEF CENTRE RESEARCH AND CONSULTING GROUP The Leontief Centre is an independent research and consulting group, with a staff of 50, which include: Closed Joint Stock Company ICSER Leontief Centre established in 1991 to implement the expert support for market reforms in Russia. The Autonomous Noncommercial Organization ICSER Leontief Centre established in 1998 for the development of fundamental and applied researches in field of social sciences and the development of cooperation with recognized scientific schools in Russia and abroad. Resource Centre on Strategic Planning for Russian Cities established in 2002 to promote the growth of professionalism in the management of social processes in Russian cities and regions by promoting best international standards as a strategic planning and management, the development of networking and partnership. In 2009, for science projects financing Leontief Centre Endowment was founded.

ICSER Leontief Centre LEONTIEF CENTRE ENDOWMENT Leontief Centre Endowment formation objectives: To support fundamental and applied research in social (especially economic) sciences To promote new leading scientific fields and schools To disseminate research results To develop cooperation with recognized scientific schools and universities in Russia and abroad To support for young scientists In 2009 Leontief Centre Endowment was founded to finance research and training activities. Leontief Centre Endowment Mission: supporting fundamental and applied research in the social sciences and promoting new scientific fields and scientific schools at the world level.

ICSER Leontief Centre LEONTIEF CENTRE ENDOWMENT BOARD Vladimir Mau Rector of the Academy of National Economy under the RF Government Mikhail Oseevsky Deputy RF Minister for Economy and Trade Leonid Rukhovets Director of the St. Petersburg Economics and Mathematics Institute, RAS Eugeniy Yasin Professor, Research Director of the State University - Higher School of Economics (HSE) Sergey Vasiliev Member of the Board Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs (Vnesheconombank), Sientific Director of Close Corporation “Leontief Centre”, Member of the Supervisory Board of the Autonomous Noncommercial Organization ICSER “Leontief Centre” Irina Karelina Director General of ICSER "Leontief Centre”, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Autonomous Noncommercial Organization ICSER “Leontief Centre”

ICSER Leontief Centre Leontief Centre is one of the leading Russian think tank providing strategic insight and expert support for the market reforms in St. Petersburg and the rest of Russia. The main activities of the Leontief Centre include: organizing and conducting research in the area of regional economies and public finances; providing consulting and methodological support to the federal, regional and municipal public authorities in the development of strategic plans, socio-economic projects and programs; collaboration in projects and programs of international research by financial and other organizations; organizing scientific thematic conferences, practical seminars and exhibitions; organizing of trainings, workshops and learning programmes; publishing; information technology and telecommunications LEONTIEF CENTRE MAIN ACTIVITIES

ICSER Leontief Centre The Leontief Centre conducts large-scale projects on commission by the Government of the Russian Federation, St Petersburg City Administration, other regional and local authorities of the Russian Federation, as well as international governmental organizations and NGOs. It has implemented a number of projects with the European Union, the World Bank, and international donors. Since 1991 the Leontief Centre has completed over 600 projects in the following key thematic areas: RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT Regional Economy Public Finance Employment and Social Policy Territorial Strategic Planning Spatial Planning in Baltic Sea Region Land and Real Estate Markets Investment Privatization and Corporate Behavior Promotion of Private Enterprise

ICSER Leontief Centre In September 2011 the Leontief Centre Interfaculty Department in National Research University "Higher School of Economics" (St Petersburg Branch )was opened. The purpose of the Leontief Centre Interfaculty base department is to improve the educational process by strengthening teaching and research links between Higher school of Economics and Leontief Centre in developing:  Master degree programs STATE AND MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT and ECONOMICS of St Petersburg branch of Higher School of Economics  Program Faculty of Public Administration of the Higher school of Economics (Moscow) INTERFACULTY BASE DEPARTMENT

ICSER Leontief Centre In September 2011 Urban and Regional Economics Department was opened in St Petersburg Higher School of Economics in collaboration with Leontief Centre (Bachelor and Master Programmes in Economics) Laboratory for Urban Researches : Leontief Centre takes part in scientific and educational project Analysis of Institutional Factors of Urban Agglomerations Spatial Development. URBAN AND REGIONAL ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT AND LABORATORY OF URBAN RESEARCHES

ICSER Leontief Centre The Leontief Centre actively spreads information on research results, carried out by scientific team of Leontief Centre during academic and research conferences, seminars and round tables, organized by the Centre. Apart from this, the Leontief Centre remains a platform for professional discussion and experience exchange between the partner companies with wide range participants around the world. ANNUAL CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS Annual Conference Leontief Readings Annual international scientific conference, devoted to actual economic and social issues. There is an annual tradition in February of every year to organize the conference which joints together lead world and Russian scientists, politicians, experts, specialists, journalists dealing with actual problems of Russian development, with the purpose of discussion and presentation of their own vision on actual political, social and economic problems of Russia reforming All-Russia Forum of Strategic Territorial Planning Leaders Annual since 2002 Leontief Centre organized the All-Russian Forum Strategic Planning in the Regions and Cities of Russia. Forum Mission: Enhancing balanced and sustainable development of the regions and cities of Russia by means of improving the system of territorial strategic planning, supporting coordination and public dialog on long-term development priorities, creating and promoting the up-to-date standards of planning Interdisciplinary seminar Economy and Society Since 2002 on the base of Leontief Centre the Interdisciplinary seminars hosted jointly by Leontief Center and Sociological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences are being held with participation of leading sociologists and economists of Saint Petersburg. In 2009 coming new partners: National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow) and its St Petersburg branch, St. Petersburg Institute for Economics and Mathematics of Russian Academy of Sciences

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ICSER Leontief Centre Publication of research findings is one of the key areas of the Leontief Centre’s activities. Articles and interview of Leontief Centre experts are published in Petersburg business newspapers, Russian and foreign economic editions. Leontief Centre experts annually take part in preparation of textbooks and manuals, carry out scientific editing of editions, prepare independent expert judgments on bills The Socio-Economic Situation in St Petersburg, information bulletin published by-monthly since 1992 Based on the annual Leontief Conference materials the electronic journal Leontief Centre: Actual Economic Problems of Russia (since 2002) – and collective monographs (since 2005 ) have been published Since 2000 the brochures on the annual Strategic Planning Leaders Forum have been published Series of collective monographs and other publications have been published on the regular basis PUBLICATIONS

ICSER Leontief Centre LEONTIEF.NET A comprehensive nature of the Leontief Centre’s projects, our principles of networking and partnership, transparency and public involvement, contribute to the development of the information infrastructure based on modern information technology. The internet technology has become crucial for our project work and dissemination of project results. All major Leontief Centre projects involving multiple stakeholders operate their own Web pages that are part of the Leontief.net platform. Currently 20 web sites are operating on

ICSER Leontief Centre Urban and City Management Distance Learning Program elaborated and implemented by Leontief Centre jointly with World Bank Institute.during and more than 80 participants from public sector and NGO from Russia, Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine took part in all training courses and modules. Course 1. Urban Governance Course 2. Financial Management Course 3. Sectoral Issues of Urban Development International Centre for Social and Economic Research Leontief Centre

ICSER Leontief Centre Leontief Centre collaborates with more than 400 govermental and non-govermental organizations, research institutes, financial or consulting companies and foreign firms. The Centre develops and supports networks for specialized organizations and is also a co-founder of several organizations, provides advice to regional and federal authorities. It is actively developing a network of related organizations: Strategic Planning Resource Centre Association of Territorial Economic Development Specialists Association of Studies of Public Economics Association of Russian Economic Think Tanks North-West Centre for Small Business Support Russian National Sub-Committee of the European Baltic Sea Transnational Programme Nordic Council of Ministers Green Growth Strategic Partnership RU Lead Coordinator PARTNERS AND NETWORKS

ICSER Leontief Centre Leontief Centre Cross Border Spatial Development projects in the Bаltic Sea Region Best Practice examples NOrdi Nordic Russian Green Growth Arena 1.GREEN CITIES: planning instruments and strategies 2. GREENWAYS : Nordic-Russian eco-tourism paths 3. SUSTAINABLE HUBS AND CLEANTECH CLUSTER In the framework of these three priority areas, the Nordic-Russian Green Growth Arena will address major policy issues for green growth and provide a platform for policy dialogues, consultations, capacity-building, as well as for starting up pilot projects and networking with Nordic and NW Russian stakeholders. Launching Conference in Malmo of April 2012, hosted by the city of Malmo

ICSER Leontief Centre GREEN SOLUTIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE URBAN AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT X ALL RUSSIA STRATEGIC PLANNING LEADERS FORUM

ICSER Leontief Centre XI ALL RUSSIA FORUM STRATEGIC PLANNING IN THE CITIES AND REGIONS OF RUSSIA POTENTIAL FOR INTEGRATION of October 2012 St Petersburg (Russia)

ICSER Leontief Centre Leontief Resource Centre for Strategic planning and Territorial Development promotes consolidation of cities that are actively using the strategic planning instruments on the principles of wide community participation within the partnership informal alliance Strategic Cities and Regions of Russia (around 100 cities and regions are the members of the virtual club of strategic planning leaders), provides organizational support for Association of practitioners, who are engaged in the field of regional and municipal economic development - ASSET (formal NGO network with 118 individual members operating in 56 cities and regions of Russia) supports the Club of Advisers for Strategic Planning (professional coalition of leading consultants in the field of strategic planning and governance) Leontief Resource Centre for Strategic Planning and Territorial Development in Russia

ICSER Leontief Centre Leontief Resource Centre for Strategic planning and Territorial Development maintains the Learning Portal of "Strategic planning in cities and regions of Russia" ( – Internet information sharing platform providing access to wide range of learning resources and tools, regional and local development strategies based on wide community involvement, best practice experiences of networks members and international practices organizers Annual Russian Strategic Planning Leaders Forum – knowledge sharing and advocacy platform involving more than 1000 stakeholder representatives from Federal Ministries and State Duma, regional and municipal authorities, business associations and unions, NGOs, business schools, international organizations Leontief Resource Centre for Strategic Planning and Territorial Development in Russia

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