September 30, 2013. Governor of Sverdlovsk Region Evgeny Kuivashev heads the region’s delegation at the 12th International Investment Forum Sochi 2013 on September 27-28, the Governor’s Information Policy Department reports.

This year, the forum’s participants are discussing the development of public-private partnerships, ways of attracting private funds to finance large-scale socially important projects, the development of transport infrastructure, and enhancing the efficiency of existing mechanisms of working with investors.

The Governor is expected to join the plenary session called ‘Economic Development and Living Standards: Challenges and Prospects’ that will be opened by Russian Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev. The Governor will also speak at the round table discussion dedicated to how the investment attractiveness standard was implemented in the area.