Newsletter January 2004

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“Can Ekaterinburg learn lessons from Birmingham?”

Dr Elena Denezhkina has met people at every level from government to grassroots, frequently travelling to Ekaterinburg and Moscow, and hosting delegations from Ekaterinburg. Like Birmingham, Ekaterinburg (formerly Sverdlovsk) is a major city with a history of heavy industry and a jewellery trade. Ekaterinburg was previously a closed military city. On the break up of the Soviet Union it suffered many social and developmental problems, comparable to those previously overcome by Birmingham. The RACE project helped the City Administration to develop a strategic plan for the development of the city, and the results of the project will be disseminated to other Russian cities and the Presidential Administration. Elena will explain how the Ekaterinburg City Administration learned to adopt a “bottom-up” approach and share her conclusions and thoughts about the project, using examples drawn from small businesses, hospitals and other Ekaterinburg institutions.