Workshop on the Investment and Business Climate in the Russian Federation: A Regional Perspective

St. Petersburg, Russia, 9-10 November 2005

This workshop was organised within the framework of an OECD project on investment policy and business integrity in the Russian Federation and benefited from the support of the European Commission. It addressed the role and responsibilities of the regions in shaping the investment and business environment and considered business integrity and private-public interaction in the fight against corruption. The workshop was structured as follows:

• Business and investment climate in Russian regions;
• Business integrity and private-public interaction in the fight against corruption;
• Policy options for the Russian Federation and Russian regions in light of OECD experience in promoting investment and enhancing business integrity and public-private partnership in the fight against corruption.

Participants from the Russian Federation included officials from the federal government and regional administrations and representatives of foreign investors and the private sector. Domestic and international governmental and non-governmental organisations were represented by participants with a particular interest in regional investment issues and anti-corruption work.

• Summary of discussions
• Agenda and issues for discussion [ English / Russian ]
• List of participants
• Glossary of selected terms and instruments for Session I [ English / Russian ]
• Glossary of selected terms and instruments for Session II [ English / Russian ]

Workshop material

• OECD Investor Survey on Investment Policy Transparency and Implementation in Russia
• A Policy Framework for Investment: Draft Preamble, Checklists and Preliminary Annotations
• A Policy Framework for Investment: Investment Policy
• A Policy Framework for Investment: Investment Promotion and Facilitation

Further reading

• Investment Policy Review of the Russian Federation, OECD, 2004
• The Investment Environment in the Russian Federation: Laws, Policies and Institutions, OECD, 2001
• OECD Convention Against Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions
• Russian language version of the text of the OECD Bribery Convention and commentaries, Revised Recommendation and the 1996 Recommendation on Tax Deductibility of Bribes to Foreign Officials (unofficial translation)
• OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises 
• Public Sector Transparency and the International Investor 
• Checklist for Foreign Direct Investment Incentive Policies 
• FDI for Development: Maximising Benefits, Minimising Costs
• Policy Brief: the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises – A Key Corporate Responsibility Instrument
• Policy Brief: Fighting Bribery in International Business Deals

Workshop organisers

Investment - Ms. Blanka Kalinova, OECD Investment Division, Paris
Tel: 00 33-1 45 24 89 23; blanka.kalinova@oecd.org 

Business integrity - Ms. Nicola Ehlermann-Cache, OECD Anti-Corruption Division, Paris
Tel: 00 33-1 45 24 17 48; nicola.ehlermann-cache@oecd.org