RUSSIAN UNION OF INDUSTRIALISTS AND ENTREPRENEURS

The Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs /RSPP/ is an independent non-governmental organization. Its President is Alexander Nikolaevich Shokhin.

RSPP MEMBERSHIP

The Union has a membership base of over 120 regional alliances and industry associations representing key industries of the economy, including the fuel and energy industry, the machine-building industry, the investment-banking sector as well as the military industrial complex, the building industry, the chemical industry, and light and food industries. The RSPP has in its ranks more than 328 thousand members representing industrial, scientific, financial and commercial organizations and individual members in all Russian regions.

RSPP MAIN LINES OF ACTIVITY
Initiate new bill drafts and make continuous efforts to improve the existing legislation, including such areas as taxation, debureaucratization of the economy, small and medium business development, liberalization of foreign exchange regulation and the customs policy, legal, pension, and banking reforms, science and industry, investment policies, the natural monopoly reform and the agroindustrial complex.

Maintain regular contacts with authorities at the federal and regional level to keep them informed about the efficiency of applicable laws and to protect the interests of industrialists and entrepreneurs.

Hold round tables, forums, conferences and public discussions on key issues of business development in Russia; participate in business clubs, associations, committees and commissions to present the views of the business community, to resolve jointly the problems of cooperation between companies and to maintain effective contacts among RSPP members, including enterprises, industry associations, and regional alliances.

Develop regular bilateral and multilateral relations with business community organizations in other countries; provide assistance to Russian businessmen in developing their export capabilities, overcome discriminatory restrictions on export of goods and services from Russia and attract foreign investments for domestic production development.

Coordinate, through the medium of International Council for Cooperation and Investment, efforts of Russian companies and companies with foreign capital in improving the Russian investment climate, especially in the spheres of technical regulation and licensing, customs regulation, taxation, capital markets, regional investments. Facilitate efforts of Russian companies in their investment and trade activities abroad.

Keep the general public informed of the place and role of the Russian business in carrying out the prosperity-oriented reforms through public activities, including expositions, presentations and awards (Best Russian Enterprises, High Social Efficiency Organization) and through ongoing interaction with the mass media. RSPP

COMMITTEES, WORKING GROUPS AND COMMISSIONS

Currently, the RSPP has the following bodies in its structure:
Committee on Budget and Fiscal Policy
Committee on Exhibition Activities
Committee on Public Private Partnership and Investment Policy
Committee on Corporate Relations and Self-Regulation
Committee on International Cooperation
Committee on Environmental, Industrial and Process Safety
Committee on Industrial Policy, Tariffs and Regulation of Natural Monopolies
Committee on Private Property and Competition Protection
Committee on Corporate Social Responsibility and Demographic Policy
Committee on Technical Regulation, Standardization and Conformity Assessment
Committee on Trade and Customs Policy and WTO
Committee on Energy Policy and Energy Efficiency
Committee on Labour Market, Personnel Policies and Pension System
Committee on Innovation Policy
Committee on Updating of Control and Supervision and Elimination of Administrative Barriers

Sectoral strategies for improved competitiveness are addressed by:
Commission on the Agroindustrial Complex
Commission on Banks and Banking Operations
Commission on Healthcare
Commission on Forestry
Commission on Machinery Manufacturing Industry
Commission on Metals and Mining Complex
Commission on Defense Industry Complex
Commission on Vocational Training
Commission on Construction and Housing
Commission on Textile and Light Industry
Commission on Telecommunications and Information Technologies
Commission on Trade and Consumer Market
Commission on Transportation and Transport Infrastructure
Commission on Tourism and Hospitality
Commission on Finance Industry
Сommission on Chemical Industry
Commission on Power Industry

The RSPP has established the Council on Exhibition Activities.

Under the auspices of the RSPP a system of administrative bodies for alternative resolution of disputes was set up. The system includes:

The Joint Commission on Alternative Ethics under the RSPP auspices that deals with the issues relative to the actions taken by the parties within the context of their adherence to the guidelines of corporate ethics;

The Joint Mediation Service under the RSPP auspices that handles conciliation procedures and contributes to promotion of amicable settlement of disputes;

The Court of Arbitration under the RSPP auspices for settlement of corporate legal disputes in compliance with the Federal law “On Courts of Arbitration in the Russian Federation.”

INTERNATIONAL CONTACTS

The Union has concluded agreements on cooperation with over 70 similar business community organizations in the USA, Germany, Italy, Israel, France, China, Japan, and other countries. The Russian-American business dialogue was developed with the RSPP and the US Chamber of Commerce being directly involved, and cooperation with EU business groups is underway.

RSPP BUREAU AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Leading figures in Russian business representing core industries of the country have been elected to the membership of the Bureau of the Board of Directors and to the Board of Directors.

REGIONAL OFFICES

Regional associations of industrialists and entrepreneurs or RSPP representative offices and representatives have been set up in all 86 constituent territories of the Russian Federation. RSPP regional units protect the interests of business in the regions, including republican, regional and municipal unions of industrialists and entrepreneurs, associations, federations and other alliances of employers.