1. Institute of Direct Investments Foundation: mission, goals and programs

Institute of Direct Investments Foundation (IDI) is a non-profit organization established for the purpose of implementing the Investment Opportunities in Russia project (IOR) and assisting attracting investment in the regions of Russia. The IOR project began in 1998 and is being implemented with the support of the Russian Federal Commission for the Securities Market and the Ministry for Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation. The IOR project is aimed at creating an information internet-system that supports a network of regional databases on investment projects and business proposals initiated by Russian companies. The information collected in databases is provided to a broad range of foreign and Russian investors. Other IDI activities include: public events, i.e. conferences, seminars, round-table meetings; research, publications, and others. These activities are implemented within the framework of IOR project or closely related to it.

The IDI mission is to offer up-to-date information and organizational assistance to those who participate in the investment processes in Russia, and to provide effective tools and technologies that help investors develop projects at a high quality level.

IDI's Main Goals:

• to assist companies in acquiring access to information, to update knowledge, to provide sophisticated technologies and tools for attracting capital, and to help in developing investment projects.
• to provide investors with up-to-date and comprehensive information on investment opportunities in Russia, to help in establishing contacts and conducting negotiations with Russian private and state companies and organizations as well as with authorities.
• to assist Russian consulting companies in mastering modern technologies and methods of effective assistance to companies while preparing and implementing investment projects.
• to help state authorities at federal, regional, and local levels in developing and implementing effective investment policies.

• primary information on projects is provided in a uniform format, which makes easier to process and store data
• computer aided means of projects selection are used according to the provided restrictions.

1. Corporate Bonds as the 2000 Year Instrument for the Attraction of Investments to the Russian Economy, Closed professional conference (December 3, 1999, Moscow) – 211 participants.



2. Private Issuing of Company Shares as a Way of Attracting Investments to the Real Sector of the Russian Economy, Professional conference (March 16, 2000, Moscow) – 254 participants.



3. Practical Aspects of Russian Companies Financing. Loans, Trade Financing, Letters of Credit, Leasing, Professional conference (May 25, 2000, Moscow) – 158 participants.



4. Direct Investments: Legal Problems and their Solving, Professional conference (July 14, 2000, Moscow) – 176 participants.



5. Investment Opportunities in the Volga Region (within the framework of the All-Russian Scientific and Industrial Forum), Round Table (September 6, 2000, Nizhniy Novgorod) - 136 participants.



6. Potential for Russian Companies Corporate Value Growth, Professional conference (October 19, 2000, Moscow) – 144 participants.



7. Policy and Practice of Attracting Investments to the Regions of Russia, Professional conference (October 26, 2000, Moscow) – 210 participants.



8. Methodology and Program Tools of the Investment Projecting, Round Table (December 14, 2000, Moscow) – 86 participants.



9. Strategy of Urban Development in Russia, Round Table (February 15, 2001, Moscow)



10. Problems of Corporate Governance in the Electric Power Industry of Russia, Conference (March 14, 2001, Moscow)



11. Increasing of Investment Attractiveness of the Tula Region, Round Table (March 14, 2001, Tula)



12. Methodology and Program Tools of the Investment Projecting, Typical errors. Round Table, (March 15, 2001, Moscow).



13. Margin Trading in the Russian Stock Market, Round Table (29 March 2001, Moscow)



14. Pressing Issues of the Trust Management: How to Invest in the Russian Stock Market, Conference, (May, 17, 2001, Moscow)



15. Tax Reform in Russia: Prospects and Methods, Conference (29th May, 2001, Moscow)



16. Strategy and Practice of Attracting the Investments in the Regions of Russia and the CIS Countries, Conference ( 14 June, 2001, Moscow)



17. The Urban Development at Present Junction, Conference, (15th June, 2001, Moscow)



18. The 5th Russian Investment Symposium, Symposium, (1-3 November 2001, Boston, USA); in cooperation with Dow Jones International and Harvard University



19. The General Plans of Russian Towns in 21st Century, Conference, (15 November, Moscow)

• Companies representatives – 45%


• Consultants and analysts – 32%


• Financial institution representatives – 10%


• Media – 8%


• Federal and local authorities’ representatives – 5%

• Real Property Management, December 3, 1999.
• Mortgage Lending: Legislative Prospects, March 10, 2000.
• Russia's Transition to International Accounting Standards, May 25, 2000.
• Improvement of the Legal and Regulatory Base for the Enhancing the Baikal Region's Production Complex (Baikal Pulp and Paper Mill): Property, Legal and Financial Mechanisms, August 29, 2000.
• Stock Taking, Accounting, Evaluation and Registration of Taxable Property, October 16, 2000.
• Property Registers: Current State and Development Prospects, November 13, 2000.
• Concerns in the Regional Investment Legislation, November 30, 2000.

• Help and assistance in inviting speakers and participants;
• Lease of conference halls, placing and providing food (lunches, cocktails) to participants;
• Entire set of design services;
• Technical support of the event (provision of presentation and org. equipment)
• Full information support of the event including publications in mass media and Internet web-sites, regional and central newspapers, information agencies.