Results of Krasnoyarsk Economic Forum

14:25, March 6, 2014

According to experts, development of science and education should become one of the growth drivers for Russian economy

Last Saturday was the final day of Krasnoyarsk Economic Forum.  The forum lasted for 3 days; more than 5 thousand people attended it. The participants came from 33 countries and 71 regions. The leaders of several federal ministries, as well as the First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov and Deputy Chairman of the Government Arkady Dvorkovich visited the forum. The central issue of the forum was to find sources of economic growth.

According to UrFU Vice-Rector for Innovations Sergei Kortov, several key vectors were formulated at the forum: the intellectual capital is a key competitive resource of both; the country and the individual companies; and the main question is how to make this intellectual capital really effective.

The other important question is choosing the mechanism of further development of Russian economy. Many representatives of the Russian Academy of Science (RAS) support the opinion that the intensive growth of GDP (about 6-7% per year) is possible only in case the domestic economic policy is changed; otherwise 2-4% is a maximum that can be counted on.

UrFU Rector Victor Koksharov took part in the round table “Time of effective scientific integrations”, which was organized within the frames of the forum. The representatives of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation and the Federal Agency for Scientific Organizations, rectors of the leading Russian universities, outstanding experts in the fields of science and education, leaders of the largest scientific organizations, including The Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science participated in the event.

Victor Koksharov mentioned that during the forum the possibility of Russia re-entering the number of the world leaders in the field of science, if not in all the areas, in which our country has great potential, was actively discussed. The key factor is to join efforts of the leading research teams, both academic and university.

UrFU Rector underlined the importance of concentrating resources on the activities of the leading scientific schools, which should operate not only on the base of one particular university, through the joining of their efforts with Ural Federal University, if speaking about the Ural Region.

Victor Koksharov suggested using grants of the Russian Scientific Fund, the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, the Russian Humanitarian Science Foundation and federal target programs as additional criteria to create integration research teams. This suggestion was supported by the greater part of the participants of the round table.