Socio-Economic Development Strategy of Leningrad Region

Socio-Economic Development Strategy of Leningrad Region up to 2030 was approved by the regional law No. 76-oz of 8 August 2016.

In the long term up to 2030 global trends connected with the results of demographic transition and increase of healthy life expectancy, development of urbanization, creation of “smart cities”, growth of international migration, increase of social inequality, changes in public and personal values and lifestyle, expansion of social innovations, digitalization in all spheres, transformation of education system, will be developing.

The strategic aim of Leningrad region is the improvement of the standard of living and the quality of life based on the implementation of the selected priorities.

Directions and priorities of socio-economic development of Leningrad region up to 2030:

• Demography – an increase of the total fertility rate in Leningrad region up to 1.296 by 2024, up to 1.5 by 2030; growth of the average life expectancy up to 73.8 years by 2024, up to 75 years by 2030.
• Health of population – reduction by 2024 of deaths among men of working age by 1.3 times, among women of working age – by 1.1 times, including deaths from diseases of the circulatory system by 17%, from neoplasms – by 2% in 2024.
• Physical culture and sport – increase in the number of citizens regularly doing sport up to 55%.
• Export – increase in the volume of exported non-resource non-energy industrial products up to 4.4 billion USD, including an increase in the number of exporters among small and medium-sized business by 2 times.
• Food security – stabilization of agricultural production growth rate not less than 2% per year and growth of food products export by 2 times by 2024.
• Modern transport complex – improvement of the quality of public transport services.
• Comfortable settlements – improvement of the quality of the living environment in all settlements of Leningrad region.
• Tourism – increase in tourist flow to Leningrad region by 1.3 times, development of inbound and domestic tourism.

As the result of the implementation of the Strategy, Leningrad region is expected to enter top 7 Russian regions in terms of the quality of life (Leningrad region occupies the 8^th place among Russian regions in terms of the quality of life in the ranking prepared by RIA Rating in 2019). A key condition for achievement of the strategic aim of Leningrad region is the development of industry, agriculture, services, improvement of the efficiency of public and municipal administration through the introduction of new technologies and optimization of processes as well as the attraction of federal resources and private investments.

Targets of implementation of Socio-Economic Development Strategy of Leningrad Region up to 2030