The 5th Baikal Economic Forum, which is entitled Europe – Russia – Asia-Pacific Region: Ways of Integration and Cooperation, started in the city of Irkutsk on September 9. METROPOL Group of Companies is the principal partner of the Forum.
10 roundtables were held within the frameworks of the Forum of September 10. METROPOL Group of Companies is acting as the sponsor of a roundtable entitled: Problems Concerning Lake Baikal Protection and Regional Natural Resource Management of the Baikal Nature Area; Legal State Mechanisms Enabling the Creation of Economic Zones Devoted to Tourism and Recreation.
During the roundtable Head of METROPOL Group M. Slipenchuk acted with a report broached such issues as economic development of the Baikal region and in particular problems of the Kholodninskoye deposit.