Presidential Executive Order No. 204 dated May 7, 2018 On National Goals and Strategic Objectives of the Russian Federation through to 2024

The article examines the country’s acute economic problems and substantiates the need of socio-economic development acceleration, discusses ways to achieve national development goals, and shows that national projects are important, but not the only mechanisms for achieving them. The urgent need for the formation of a full-fledged comprehensive Strategy for the socio-economic development of the country for the prospective period, as well as the available experience in developing strategic documents at the federal and regional levels, have been identified. Attention is paid to the experience of strategic development planning in St. Petersburg. The urgent need to create incentives for business development and the formation of a favorable investment climate has been identified. The article defines methods for enhancing the mechanisms for the implementation of national and regional development projects and programs, including specific methods for achieving the goals, such as conducting continuous monitoring of their achievement, using methods of foresight, regulatory guillotine, triple helix, etc.

This analytical report was prepared by the Center for Strategic Research, the Higher School of Economics, external experts, and the business community and deals with the regulatory policy of Russia, that is with the way the State forms and changes the rules according to which businesses, social organizations, and the public sector operate.

This report, prepared jointly by the Center for Strategic Research and the Higher School of Economics, identifies opportunities and proposes definite solutions for dramatically increasing the contribution of Russia’s educational system to economic growth, technological modernization, social stability, and the country’s global position.

The study analyzes the impact of infrastructure on competitiveness and sustainable development. Problematic issues of infrastructure development in the world are identified, and the current situation with infrastructure gap is portrayed. Considering high importance of private investment for the development of infrastructure complex, development of public-private partnerships in Russia was analyzed, necessary conditions for better utilization of its potential were identified.