METROPOL Group delegation headed by Mikhail Slipenchuk participates in the International conference as part of Baikal Economic Forum
The International conference on Priorities of the Baikal
Region in Russia’s Asia Policy, dedicated to the 350th anniversary
of the voluntary accession of Buryatia to the Russian state, is
held on July 5-9 in Ulan-Ude.
The conference has been organized by the government of the
Republic of Buryatia, IFC METROPOL and the Baikal Institute of
Nature Management. Supporters include the Federation Council
Committee on Natural Resources and the Environment, envoys of the
President of the Russian Federation in the Siberian Federal
District and the Far East Federal District, the administrations of
Irkutsk and Trans-Baikal regions, the Far East and Transbaikalia
interregional association and the Siberian and Far Eastern branches
of the Russian Academy of Science.
The main goal of the conference is to devise recommendations and
proposals on the socio-economic development of the Far East and
Baikal region by supporting economic development and environmental
security.
The conference will discuss a strategy for developing the
economic potential of the Baikal region, factors of sustainable
development, necessary conditions for effective economic
development and environmental protection of the Baikal region,
prospects for improving transport and energy systems in the Asian
part of Russia, removing infrastructural constraints related to
transport, energy, etc.
The forum will also discuss how to create mechanisms for
balanced interregional and international cooperation and
integration, issues related to development of energy resources in
the Baikal region, use of renewable energy and development of
tourism in the special economic zones following the example of Lake
Baikal.
The Group includes six battery plants and business units developing and introducing new technologies, and distributing products.
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