Kerch Rada Committees Discuss Draft Strategic Plan

July 22-23, 2010 — Committees of Crimea’s Kerch City Rada discussed the draft Economic Development Strategic Plan worked out for the city by the Kerch Expert Committee for Economic Development with assistance from the USAID LINC Project.

A LINC expert presented the draft at a meeting of Rada members, whereupon they split by committees for discussion. It is expected that the Rada will consider adoption of the strategy at its plenary meeting on Tuesday, July 27.

The Expert Committee began drafting the strategy in July 2009, and finished on June 30, 2010. The strategic plan provides for two main directions and three priority sectors of the city’s economic development. The directions include creation of conditions for business development and investment attraction, and the sectors include resort and tourism, transport and logistics, and maritime complex.