Lipetsk Special Economic Zone Development
In 2007 the Marche Region outlined a project on an industrial park in Dmitrov, a city
with 130,000 inhabitants located 65 km North of Moscow. This initiative is now
being developed thanks to the recent Agreement with the Marche-Russia Association.
In 2002 when the Italian and Russian governments met during the Moscow and Sochi
Summit a joint Italian-Russian working group was set up whose task was to promote
the creation of industrial districts in Russia based on the Italian model.
To keep the competitive advantages that characterise agglomeration economies which
are a peculiarity for industrial districts, it seems suitable to allocate public incentives
to promote the internationalisation of the industrial district as a whole, not only of the
single company. To attain this goal in 2002 the MAP decided to include within the
guidelines for promotional activities a package of measures to create new Italian
industrial districts in the most interesting countries from the point of view of the
internationalisation strategies of our SMEs: the Russian Federation, Romania,
Morocco and Tunisia.
It was observed that, as regards the creation of an Italian industrial district the first
real and positive results have been achieved with the pilot case of Lipetsk based on
project for the creation of a mechanical district.
It seems clear that the creation of industrial district in Russian regions, following the
Italian model, can contribute to the development of SMEs in the Russian federation
and to enhance the economic relations between Italy and Russia.
The MAP has decided to outline a model of agreement among Italian and Russian
regions on the cooperation in the field of industrial districts.
7.Special economic zones
According to the national law on "Special Economic Zones in the Russian
Federation" the Russian government adopted on the 21st December 2005 the
resolution 782 through which it accepts the proposal forwarded by the Ministry of
Economic Development and Commerce to create a Special Economic Zone SEZ in
District of Gryazy in the Lipetsk Region.
The Lipetsk Region had previously won a competition organised to select the
requests for the creation of a Special Economic Zones. In the region the building of a
SEZ has started, the name of this area is Kazinka because it is located in a rural area
called Kazinka, in the District of Gryazy.
The SEZ is the result of an agreement between the Ministry of Economic
Development, the Lipetsk Region and the District of Gryazy signed on the 18th
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