ProgramDesignation

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Federal SpecialPurpose Program Development of Kaliningrad Oblast inthe Period of up to 2010

Legal Grounds forProgram Development

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Minutes of Decision# 11 made by the Government of the Russian Federation at its session on 22March, 2001

Contracting Party,on the part of the RF Government

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Ministry ofEconomic Development and Trade, Russian Federation

Entities /Organizations Contracted to Design the Program

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Administration ofKaliningrad Oblast, Institute of Economy in Transition

Primary Goal of theProgram

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To ensure thatfavorable conditions are set for a sustainable development of KaliningradOblast in the social and economic areas, along the lines commensurable withthose of neighboring states and also to create an investor-friendly environmentin the region, thus bringing Russia and the European Union closertogether.

Major Tasks to beAccomplished under the Program

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a)аto secureRussia’sgeo-strategic interests in the Baltic Region by:

further developing the city of Kaliningrad as a largetransportation and communications hub in Russia;

seeing to it that power is uninterruptedly supplied tothe Oblast;

improving the environment and ensuring proper protectionthereof, in keeping with Russia’s commitments under international agreements;

b)аfederal tasks:

to transform the Region’s economic structure into apredominantly export oriented economy;

to improve performance of the Special Economic Zone inKaliningrad Oblast;

to improve and further develop the telecommunicationsinfrastructure;

to develop tourism and recreationalbusiness;

c)аRegional tasks requiring government supportinclude:

to further integrated development of the agriculturalsector;

to develop the fishing and seafood-processing sectorindustry;

to upgrade the social sphere

TimeFrameworks

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The Program shallbe implemented in the time span between 2002 and 2010 in 2 phases:

Phase Iа, 2002 through 2005, includes activities andmeasures aimed at addressing the mist critical issues of economic and socialnature, improving the performance and increasing the efficiency of the SpecialEconomic Zone in Kaliningrad Oblast, including certain projects designed to setthe ground for the implementation of the region developmentstrategy.

Phase II, 2006 through 2010, provides for furtherimplementation of investment projects and social sphere related activities,with a view to consolidating the progress and positive changes in the economicand social spheres achieved during Phase I of the Program.

Entities to beContracted to Implement the Program

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Enterprises and organizations ofKaliningrad Oblast. Contracts shall be awarded through a bidding process, inconformity with the Federal Law On Tenders to AwardContracts for Delivery of Goods, Performance of Works, Provision of Servicesfor Government Needs

Volumes and Sourceof Finance

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The total volume offunding for the Program is RUR 93,049.74 M 2001 prices.

Grand total in 2002 through 2010

Of which:

% of TotalFunds

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006-2010

Funding under the Program, Total

93,049.74

9,126.34

11,916.16

12,955.2

12,917.05

46,143.99

100

Federal funds *

7,827.85

802

872.35

849.1

912.80

4,391.60

8.41

Kaliningrad Oblast’s funds **

2,868.19

257.86

324.56

386.25

497.17

1,402.35

3.08

Organizations’ and Businesses’ Own Funds

20,658.4

1,868.8

2,276.8

2,551

2,570.4

11,391.4

22.2

Loans Advanced by Commercial Banks

6,732.8

657.2

1394

719.5

677.3

3284.8

7.24

Foreign Loans

13,168,5

1,423

1,295.6

1,797.4

1,806.4

6,846.1

14.15

Other sources of Finance

41,794

4,117.48

5,752.85

6,651.95

6,452.98

18,818.74

44.92

ProgramImplementation Supervision and Monitoring System

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The State Contractorand the Administration of Kaliningrad Oblast shall see to it that all Programrelated activities and projects are carried out in a timely ad completemanner.

Day-to-day financial supervision over howfederal and regional fundsare used under the Program shall be exercised by the authorized bodies of government. TheState Committee forStatistics of the Russian Federation shall keep records, on a regular basis, ofhow the Program is being carried out.

ResultsExpected from theProgram

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An investor- andentrepreneur-friendly climate to be created in Kaliningrad Oblast, with a viewto attracting investments, stimulating export-oriented and import-substitutingindustries, increasing competitiveness of domestic manufacturers;

The living standards in Kaliningrad Oblast,to be brought in line with those in neighboring states;

The per capita gross regional product, togrow by 2.4 times, compared to the 2001 figure;

Revenues accruing to all levels ofgovernment, to grow by more than 2.7 times, or by over RUR 19 bn, includingthose accruing to the federal budget to go up by over 3.8 times, or by over RUR12 bn;

The amount of per capita budget share, tonearly double and reach almost RUR 7,000;

All the existing 17,155 jobs, to be preservedand 15,012 new jobs created.

1998

1999

2000 (preliminary estimate)

Gross RegionalProduct, M RUR

8659.3

15,662.7

21,780

Index of GrossRegional Product Physical Volume, as % of preceding year

90.5

106.8

115

Per Capita GrossRegional Product, RUR

9,140

16,500

22,900

1998

1999

2000