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            [post_content] => On April 13, MGIMO completed the 13th round of the advanced training program “GR and lobbying in Business and Nonprofit Sector”, implemented by Baikal Communications Group in cooperation with the School of Business and International Proficiency. 

The purpose of the program is to master and improve the activities of professional specialists in promoting the interests of business and NGOs in government bodies at the federal and regional levels, as well as in the supranational and international space.

The course program includes disciplines devoted to various aspects of GR and lobbying activities: significant attention is paid to building communication between business and public authorities in a crisis period, GR in the sustainable development of an organization, managing relations with public, expert and scientific institutions, working with business and industry associations, state corporations and development institutions, as well as with the Subcommission The Board of Directors for the Control of Foreign Investments in the Russian Federation.

25 experts spoke to the audience, including Eduard Voytenko, scientific director of the program, PhD in political science and CEO of consulting firms Baikal Communications Group (Moscow) and Edward’s East Strategies (Astana), Andrey Lian, Public Relations and Public Authorities Director of Cargill in Russia, Irina Fedorova, Vice President for Interaction with Public Authorities of LLC Baltika Brewing Company, Lyubov Aksenova, GR-Director of Ekoniva Group, Stanislav Bogdanov, Vice President for Interaction with Public Authorities of X5 Group, Maria Dronova, Director of Public Relations and Charitable Activities EVRAZ, Alexander Pavlenko, Director of Work with Public Authorities of Forward Energy PJSC, Oleg Kalinsky, Director of Interaction with Authorities of Uralkali PJSC, PhD in Economics, Professor of the MISIS University of Science and Technology Economics Department, Alexander Moskovkin, Head of the Law unit, Kirill Tuzov, Public Relations Manager at Mindray Medical Russia, Evgeniya Ovchinnikova, Head of Foreign Economic Activity Support at BIOCAD, Dmitry Polikanov, Deputy Head of Rossotrudnichestvo, PhD in Political Sciences, Elman Mehtiyev, Chairman of the Boards of the SRO MIR and NAUMIR,  Anastasia Tsvetkova, Director General of the Lake Baikal Foundation, Anastasia Parfenchikova, Director General of the Research Center for Legal Expertise, PhD in Law, Dmitry Krokhmalev, Director of the Department for Interaction with Government Agencies and Regions of Atomenergomash JSC (Rosatom State Corporation), Anton Eropkin, Director of Government Relations at Olam International in Russia and the CIS, Sergey Lebedev, Director of Business Development, Deputy General Director for Interaction with Public Authorities of AliExpress Russia, Makar Goncharov, Head of distribution of digital educational projects "Tsifrium" (Severgroup TT), Dmitry Kononov, Head of interaction with federal authorities of PJSC Vimpelcom, Roman Kletskikh, Director General of NAUMEN, Alexander Likhanov, Director General of the National Champions Association, Denis Abdrakhmanov, Deputy Corporate Director – Director of the Center for Interaction with Federal Authorities of the ANO ASI, and Artem Yulegin, Head of the Business Advocacy Department of the Business Development Department of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC).

Throughout the program, the speakers shared with the audience GR-experience from various sectors of the economy and NGOs: GR in the agro-industrial complex, in the field of marketplaces and catering, IT, Edtech, pharmaceuticals, financial and banking sector, retail, "green" and traditional energy, metallurgy, mining and others.

During six days of interactive classes and workshops, students studied the principles and functions of lobbying, methods and instruments of lobbying activity, technologies for building B2G communications using the example of companies from various sectors of the economy, as well as key tools of GR and lobbying activities: monitoring and analysis of the regulatory environment, legal expertise of bills and other NPAs, PR tools, event management, etc. Special emphasis was placed on mastering GR approaches in a private company, working with regulatory risks and solving crisis response cases in the context of the functioning of the GR department.

Among the listeners there were representatives of the following organizations: LLC UDS Neft, LLC Gazprom International Limited, LLC Gazpromneft – SM, LLC Gazpromneft – technological partnerships, LLC BASF, LLC UK Polyus, JSC Polymetal UK, JSC Bashkir Electric Grid Company, LLC Arman Group, JSC Kursk Electrical Plant, LLC PUCH RUS, AB EPAM, JSC ABI Product, LLC Digital Platforms, LLC BFT, Pravo Tech, LLC AllTools.ru, LLC Utum-Invest, LLC Samara Municipal Systems, GC ABZ-1, LLC Domain, Frontmed Foundation for the Development of Domestic Science, Technology and Medicine, Branch Union for the Development of Social Nutrition, etc.

At the end of the program, 32 participants received state standard certificates of advanced training.

Registration is open for the 14th stream of study, which is scheduled for November 18-23, 2024. The course duration is 60 academic hours.
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            [post_content] => Baikal Communications Group organized the "Corporate GR" Forum, which took place on April 4, 2024. The GR-Forum is a closed club that unites representatives of the corporate sector of the GR-industry and was created to discuss topical issues and exchange effective practices in the field of interaction between business and the state.

The Forum's program was dedicated to the regulatory challenges and opportunities faced by business in Russia due to the changed political and economic conditions.

The speakers were leading experts of the GR-industry and industry leaders, representatives of large Russian and foreign companies. They discussed:

 	
features of the foreign business development in Russia and the effective use of GR-tools;
 	
strategy and methodology for managing the GR-function in vertically integrated holdings, which include various multidisciplinary companies, including those previously owned by foreign owners;
 	
increasing the GR-function role in Russian companies;
 	
problems of education in the GR field and the search for suitable personnel.

Here are some conclusions reached by the participants of the discussions:

 	
Foreign companies that actively used GR practices have adapted much better to the regulatory changes of the last two years than companies that did not carry out GR work or that started it belatedly.
 	
Interaction with the Subcommittee on the withdrawal of dividends abroad is much easier for those companies that have decided to continue working in Russia, even with the reservation of suspending investments in their production. However, sooner or later such companies will still face the question of resuming investments in the Russian economy or finally leaving the Russian market.
 	
For successful work with the Sub-Commission, it is necessary to build communication with all participants in the approval process, especially with direct executors in government agencies. The process of approving transactions can take from several weeks to a year or even longer: it depends on the supervising ministry, the size of the transaction, and the quality of the established relationships with authorized executors.
 	
For the most effective promotion of interests, it is important for companies to take a proactive position, taking initiatives and offering new regulatory approaches to the state.
 	
There is an increasing role of GR in Russia, as a result of which competition within the industry is also increasing.
 	
State support for domestic companies is an important mechanism for anti-crisis regulation, but its effect is often offset by the development of fiscal regimes as part of the introduction of counter-sanctions, including an increase in the key rate.

Also at the Forum, the Baikal Communications Group team presented the study on the development of the GR industry in Russia, prepared jointly with sociologists.

It is planned that the "Corporate GR" Forum will become an annual event that will bring together the professional community to strengthen and develop the GR-function in companies in the context of global changes. The next Forum will be held on December 5, 2024. Follow the details in the Telegram-channel and on the event website.
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            [post_content] => The sanctions pressure conditions from unfriendly foreign states required the adoption of a number of economic measures to stabilize the Russian economy. As a result, over the past two years, a whole range of new regulatory requirements have emerged that companies must take into account. For example, the need to coordinate some transactions in the Subcommittee of the Government Commission for the Control of Foreign Investments in the Russian Federation.

Baikal Communications Group specialists have prepared the short guide for obtaining regular permits (navigator), which contains explanatory information:

 	
about the authorities accredited to issue permits;
 	
about the types of permissions;
 	
about the necessary documents;
 	
about the interaction process and the GR-role;
 	
about transaction requirements and success factors.

As the regulation is updated, the navigator will be updated.
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            [post_content] => Baikal Communications Group will act as a partner of Lomonosov Moscow State University in the implementation of the Master's degree program in GR. Within this program, Baikal Communications Group specialists will conduct their course on GR and lobbying activities.

Recently, there has been an increase in demand for specialists who are able to independently conduct legal expertise of draft regulations and effectively organize interaction between government and business representatives. Therefore, the program is aimed at training highly qualified personnel in the field of GR and lobbying activities for both government agencies and businesses.

The Master's degree program includes:

 	
training courses that provide fundamental knowledge of the legal status and legal features of the Russian authorities functioning and the procedure for their adoption of state-governmental decisions;
 	
special training courses that teach practical skills in carrying out the examination of draft regulations, organizing official meetings and conducting business negotiations, establishing safe, reliable and effective communication with government representatives.

The program is implemented by the Department of Constitutional and Municipal Law of the Moscow State University Faculty of Law. The head of the program is Stanislav Nikolaevich Sheverdyaev, Doctor of Law, Professor of the Department.

Details about the conditions, tuition fees and entrance tests are available on the program's website.
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            [post_content] => Baikal Communications Group Partner of the International Communications and CSR Practice Anastasia Tsvetkova took part in the review of environmental initiatives presented at the "Social Course: New Age Ideas" contest.

In 2024, the Federation Council of the Russian Federal Assembly launched the project "Social Course: New Age Ideas", which is aimed at raising awareness of federal executive authorities, public authorities of the Russian Federation subjects and citizens of the country about the best social practices implemented by the non-governmental sector, as well as subsequent assistance in their replication in the Russian Federation subjects.

At the end of March, a meeting of expert groups on the directions of the contest was held, during which the winners were determined in the following categories: "Family and Parenthood", "Health Care", "Active life" (sports and tourism),"Comfortable environment" (urban environment and ecology), "Science and Education", "Culture" and "We are together"(the older generation, the disabled and orphans).

It is expected that, based on the results of the project, videos will be developed about the winning practitioners of the contest. The videos will be broadcast on TV channels of the Russian Federation subjects.

Anastasia Tsvetkova noted that among the top-8 projects in the "Comfortable Environment" nomination, the project"National Parks without garbage - Baikal" was presented at the discussion of the expert group. This project has alreadybeen implemented in three national parks in the Baikal Natural Area by the Lake Baikal Foundation.

Read more about the competition and its results here.
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