In 2019, the Rostov Region became one of the pilot regions of the Russian Federation for the implementation of the national project “Labor Productivity and Employment Support” (hereinafter - the national project).
The key goal of the national project is to accelerate the growth of labor productivity by at least 5% per year by 2024 compared to 1.4% in 2018 at medium and large enterprises of the basic non-primary sectors of the economy.
In order to become a participant in a national project, an enterprise must meet the following criteria:
- the main field of activity is manufacturing, agriculture, construction, transportation and storage;
- revenue from 400 million rubles to 30 billion rubles per year;
- the share of foreign participation in the authorized capital is not higher than 25%.
In addition, management should be interested in participating in the project and increasing the competitiveness of their enterprise.
To participate in the national project, you must submit an application by registering on the site производительность.рф.
The project provides 3 formats for the participation of enterprises:
- under federal management (with the participation of the Federal Competence Center in the field of labor productivity);
- under regional management (with the participation of the Regional Competence Center);
- by yourself.
Regardless of the format, participation in the project for enterprises is free.
In the process of participating in the project, an expert is assigned to the participating company, which within six months provides consulting services on the implementation of advanced managerial, organizational and technological solutions to increase labor productivity, including lean manufacturing tools and workplace organization on the principle of 5C.
In addition, project participants can take advantage of a range of financial and non-financial support measures.
Within the framework of financial support, enterprises can:
- Get a soft loan from the Federal Industrial Development Fund in the amount of 50 to 300 million rubles. at 1% per annum;
- Get an investment tax deduction of 90% on the acquisition, modernization and improvement of fixed assets;
- Take advantage of the zero tax rate on property of organizations in relation to newly introduced real estate objects;
- To subsidize the costs incurred in connection with the retraining and advanced training of any categories of employees, including at risk of release.
As part of non-financial support, the following measures are envisaged:
- The opportunity to participate in the “Export Accelerator” program, which is aimed at accelerating the development of export activities of companies;
- Opportunity for senior executives of participating enterprises to undergo training under the Productivity Leaders program The purpose of the program is to educate managers on relevant competencies and management skills in the context of large-scale production transformations, and the introduction of organizational and technological innovations that increase labor productivity.
For more information, contact the Ministry of Economic Development of the Rostov Region (contact person is Elena Muratova, tel. 8 (863) 240-53-49) or the Department of Economics of the city of Rostov-on-Don (contact person is Victoria Tsymbal, tel. 8 (863) 240-42-98).