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 MISSION
 Leontief Centre, the International Centre for Social and Economic Research, according to the intent of its founders - Nobel Prize winner Wassily Leontief and the Mayor of St. Petersburg Anatoly Sobchak was established in 1991 as a think tank providing strategic insight and expert support for the market reforms in St. Petersburg and the rest of Russia.
Major activities of the Leontief Centre are:
- organizing and conducting research on problems of regional economies;
- providing consulting and methodological support to the government of the Russian Federation and to the administrations of Russian federal subjects in the development of the scientifically well-grounded socio-economic programs, draft laws and effective mechanisms of strategic management;
- coordinating work and participating in international technical and financial aid projects of World Bank, US Agency for International Development (USAID), European Union;
- providing a wide spectrum of consulting services to Russian and foreign enterprises including market research, help in developing business plans, financial analysis of projects and assistance in finding partners and investors;
- organizing scientific conferences, practical seminars and exhibitions;
- organizing and conducting PR campaigns;
- publishing activities;
- information technology and telecommunications and geo-information systems
The following principles are at the core of the Leontief Centres philosophy:
- openness to cooperation;
- willingness to share its research findings;
- an emphasis on partnerships and networking.
Leontief Centre has made its best effort to:
- focus on communitys real economic and social needs;
- stay ahead in terms of the subject areas and level of its research, promoting the standards of the future through its pilot projects;
- involve the best Russian and international experts;
- remain independent, non-partisan in its political beliefs;
- explode stereotypes and exposed delusions
Leontief Centre mission: to promote top international standards of quality in social and economic studies and consultancy with a view towards fostering more professional methods of governance for Russian cities and regions.
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