CENTER FOR STRATEGIC RESEARCH (Moscow, Russia) Brief information

1. CENTER FOR STRATEGIC RESEARCH (Moscow, Russia) Brief information Oleg V. Fomichev, Director of Development URL: http://www.csr.ru e-mail: fomichev@csr.ru, info@csr.ru

2. Center for Strategic Research, 2004 CENTER FOR STRATEGICRESEARCH Brief history ► The center was set up by the leading Russian scientific institutions upon request of the government in 1999with the aim of working out the long-term development strategy for the country ► In 2000 the strategy was completed – all leading specialists of the CSR joined the government in order to practically implement it ► In 2003 the CSR boosted its activities: the Center became a platform and an expert think-tank for the development of “national projects”: education and healthcare reforms, creation of a market of affordable housing, reform of social benefits system for the military. The main criterion for the CSR’s work is “a key-in-the door” approach to all its projects which starts from a concept of a reform and goes all the way down to working out wording for a specific draft law and its further tracking by the experts in the government and the Parliament ► At the moment the CSR project portfolio is more extensive and in addition to the above ones includes such projects as financial markets, antitrust policy, eradication of poverty, migration policy, subsoil use reform and a number of others. These projects are being developed both upon request of the government and on the center's own initiative

3. Center for Strategic Research, 2004 CENTER FOR STRATEGICRESEARCH personalities The Foundation Council members: G. Gref, RF Minister of Economic Development and Trade; Chairmanof the Foundation Council; D. Mezentsev, Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council; DeputyChairman of the Foundation Council; E. Nabiullina, President of the Center for Strategic Research; Ye. Yasin, Head of Research, Higher School of Economics StateUniversity; Ya. Kuzminov, Director, Higher School of Economics State University; V. Mau, Director, National Economy Academy of the RF Government; Ye. Gavrilenkov, Chief Economist, Managing Director, TroikaDialogueInvestment Company; O. Vyugin, Head of the Federal Service for Financial Markets; A. Illarionov, Advisor to the President of the Russian Federation;Director, Institute of Economic Analysis; V. Ivanter, Director, Institute of Economic Forecast, Russian Academyof Science; M. Uzyakov, Deputy Director for Research, Institute of EconomicForecast, Russian Academy of Science; T. Khabriyeva, Director, Institute of Legislation and ComparativeJurisprudence of the RF Government The CSR is headed by E. Nabiullina, President of the Center forStrategic Research. Its research projects are implemented under the guidance of M.Dmitriyev, the Foundation's Head of Research.

4. Center for Strategic Research, 2004 CENTER FOR STRATEGICRESEARCH The center now is in the stage of development, expanding it’s activities in the following spheres: Long-term scientific research in several directions: World economy trends, globalization and Russia’s place in the world order; eradication of poverty; migration trends and new migration policy, regional development, international economic relations, etc. Start-up and further development of a number of new result-oriented projects in the sphere of policy advice: creation of innovation system, economic aspects of subsoil regulation, competitiveness raising policies etc. Establishment of close links with national and foreign expert organizations