Vnesheconombank and the Center for International Industrial Cooperation UNIDO in the Russian Federation Agree to Cooperate
State Corporation ‘Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs (Vnesheconombank)’ and the Center for International Industrial Cooperation UNIDO in the Russian Federation signed a Memorandum of Cooperation.
On behalf of Vnesheconombank the Memorandum was signed by Deputy Chairman – Member of the Board Alexandr Ivanov and on behalf of the Center for International Industrial Cooperation UNIDO in the Russian Federation – by Director Sergei Korotkov.
Under the Memorandum Vnesheconombank and the Center for International Industrial Cooperation UNIDO in the Russian Federation intend to identify key lines of their cooperation to assist in enhancing partner relations between Russian enterprises and organizations in the field of technologies and innovations in Africa-BRICS format.
Under the Memorandum the Parties are to render all-round assistance in expanding regional and sectoral cooperation aimed at unlocking industrial potential of Russian companies and at export promotion of Russian-made high-technology products in Africa-BRICS format.
The Parties approved representatives of the relevant functional subdivisions to coordinate cooperation under the Memorandum.
The Center for International Industrial Cooperation UNIDO in the Russian Federation is a representative office of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization. It was established in 1989 on the basis of the Agreement with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and is a constituent part of UNIDO system of offices designed to promote investments and technologies.
The Center’s main objective is to assist international cooperation between Russian enterprises, associations, organizations and companies from industrialized and developing countries in economic, technological, industrial and scientific spheres.
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A report published by the Anticorruption Research Center – Transparency International–R on transparency of purchases, their openness and compliance observance in Russian state corporations is interesting and undoubtedly useful for each state-owned company.
As Vnesheconombank participated in the research done it has the right to comment on the content of this material.
Work on posting subdivisions on Vnesheconombank’s official site and filling them with content is to be performed in accordance with the Russian Anti-Corruption Legislation and within the time limits set by it.
Data on incomes, property and property obligations of the state corporation’s top management are posted on the site and are available in the archive.
By law, Vnesheconombank is to post information on purchase activity on the Official Site of State Purchases and till the site was launched (October 1, 2012) information on purchases had been posted on VEB’s site.
Vnesheconombank holds a unique position among Russian state corporations for the reason that it is a bank and a creditor institution.
Participation of the Bank’s representatives in profit-making organizations’ governing and control bodies is to be approved by Vnesheconombank’s Supervisory Board and is to be carried out either on the Russian Government’s instructions (to represent the state’s interests) or to make arrangements for exercising control over spending monetary funds bankrolled by the Bank for Development to finance investment projects.
Vnesheconombank set up a Code of Official Conduct and Conflict of Interests Settlement Commission which is functioning now (information is posted on the site).
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