Russian Federation' IAP Capacity Building As Tool For Regional and Local Planning

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Russian Federation. IAP Capacity Building As ?
Tool For Regional and Local Planning
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TOMSK REGION
TOMSK REGION
Tomsk
Tomsk
Deputy Head of Tomsk Administration
(Government) ?. Koslovskaya
Deputy Head of Tomsk Administration
(Government) ?. Koslovskaya
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Tomsk region at the map of Russia
6 cities 20 municipal districts 576 villages
The regions population is around one million -
0,7 in Russia. For every two urban dwellers
there is one rural dweller.

The Tomsk region is a geographical center of
Russia
The Tomsk region occupies an area of 316,9 sq. km
2 territory of Russia More than 85
territories of area concern to the remote areas
equal to districts of the Far North
Regional center is Tomsk city
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Competitive advantages
The Tomsk region has two main competitive
advantages
RAW materials
INTELLECTUAL resources

• Hydrocarbon resources (oil, gas, condensate)
• Minerals (titanium, zirconium, gold,peat, etc.)
• Timber resources (cedar, fir, pine tree, silver
  fir, etc.)
• Non-timber forest resources(nuts, mushrooms,
  herbs)
• Water resources (artesian water supply, thermal
  and medicinal
• water )

• 8 institutes of higher education
• More than 100 000 students
• 3. Amount of academics and scientists is
  3522 people

1 in 3 Tomsk natives has higher education, (1in 5
in the Russian Federation)

• The total value of natural resources is 931,3
  trillion including
• non-renewable resources is 930 trillion.

IHPD has the 5th postion in the RF
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Strategic plans and initiatives
Regional level
Municipal level
1 Programme for Socio-Economic Development of
Tomsk region for 2005
There are 5 Programs for SED
Tomski, Krivosheinski, Molchanovski, Shegarski
districts and Seversk, urban settlement
2003
Urban and rural settlements
September,11, 2003 put into the register of
Programs of SED of the RF by MEDAT
2. Strategy for innovative development of the
Tomsk region
Being developed are 4 Programs for SED for
Tomsk city and Stregevoi, Asinovski and
Kolpashevo districts
Adopted by the Ministry of Education of the RF
and World Bank
2004
In the short -term of formulation
a Program for socio-economic development for
settlements
3. Strategy for Poverty Alleviation of the Tomsk
region
It is planned to develop 4
Programs for SED Pervomaiski, Kargasokski,
Verkhneketski and Kogevnikovski
2005
Adopted by the Ministry of Health, experts of
Foundation Institute of Economic of the City
and Foundation Independent Institute on Social
Politic
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Robust strategy pre-requisite for the
successful development of the region
Regions compete among themselves and with other
territories (countries) in terms of markets and
resources
The added value migrates and it is important to
have a clear concept as to where it will be
concentrated in the future?
Regional Administration resources are always
limited
It is necessary to have well defined priorities,
plans of actions and purposeful guidelines
Strategy establishes a fruitful basis for
negotiation between authorities and society
Serves to build the regional Administration as a
strategic and robust organisation
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Strategic goals
Prosperity of population
Competitiveness of the region
Productivity of regional corporations
Favorable conditions for business development
Qualitative resources (territorial capital)
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Planning process in transition main gaps

• Lack of consistency of the planning process
• Lack of participation
• Lack of integration
• Lack of strategic view, poor planning capacity in
  market environment
• PPP are budget-oriented rather then objectives
  oriented
• Lack of stakeholders involvement

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Regional/Local Development existing process
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Regional/Local Development desirable process
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Project Description and key Results
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Project objectives

• Raise the stakeholders awareness of IAP
  benefits
• Enhance the stakeholders capacity to use IAP
• Enhance the involvement of non-traditional
  stakeholders into the planning/policy-making
  process
• Strengthen cooperation within the
  planning/policy-making hierarchy vertical and
  horizontal tiers
• Facilitate the design of integrated programmes on
  the regional local levels (ESE integration).

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Expected outcomes

• Enhanced understanding of integrating social,
  economic and environmental objectives to tackle
  urgent problems of regional / local development
• Improved institutional and human capacities of
  key stakeholders for undertaking IAP for
  sustainable development within the Tomsk region
• Strengthened cooperation between key
  stakeholders
• Consistent planning process/coherent
  policy-making hierarchy.

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Institutional Framework

• The project is leading by Tomsk Regional
  Administration
• National Implementation Agency Ecoline EA Center
• The institutions involved
• MEDT
• MNR
• Rostechnadzor (newly established structure to be
  involved)

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Initiation of the Project

• National IAP workshop and inception meeting
  (Moscow, December, 2003) sponsored and organized
  by UNEP
• National EA/IAP international conference partly
  sponsored by UNEP (Vologda, December, 2003)

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Pilot municipalities
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Tomsk District Case Study
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Stakeholders Involvement

• Tomsk Regional Administration
• Tomsk District Administration
• District Duma (responsible for approving)
• Village Administrations
• Local citizens, including poorest lays
• Pensioners
• Regional enterprises
• Local SME
• Farmers
• Local NGOs
• Tomsk State University (planners)

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Tools and methods used

• Situation Analysis - SWOT.
• Analysis of the Programme structure consistency
  analysis
• Analysis of the goals system (Gap-analysis)
• Environmental screening and brief Impact
  analysis.
• Public consultations
• Stakeholders Mapping
• Informal meetings in villages

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Existing gaps and IAP tools for addressing
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Addressing narrative issues
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Challenges

• Valuable improving of the local planning
  capacity
• Turning the palling to the needs of local
  residents
• Strengthening relationships and co-operation on
  the local level

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Lessons learned

• IAP creates good basis for Programme
  implementation, monitoring and correction
• Integration is realistic approach on the local
  level
• Public involvement is an exciting tool on both
  the planning and implementation stages
• Appropriate forms of public involvement should be
  used. Forms are differed in rural and urban areas

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Planned Activities and Next Steps

• Continue the public consultation process
• Continue IAP case studies
• IAP of the DP for Asino and Tomsk City
  municipalities
• IAP of the Tomsk Oblast Development Programme
  (2006-2020)
• Basing on IAP results, contribute to evaluation
  process of Tomsk District DP
• Expand IAP approach to the village planning
  process
• Small-scale IAP for Moryakovka village

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IAP methods