Russian Federation Acceptance Tender

The federal government adopted a decision to extend the deadline for accepting applications for participation in the fourth All-Russian contest of the best projects for creating a comfortable urban environment in small cities and historical settlements for one month. Thus participants will have to submit to the Ministry of Construction of Russia formed applications no later than July 1.The purpose of the competition is to support projects to create attractive comfortable urban spaces in small cities and historical settlements which often have less opportunity to develop an urban environment than large metropolitan areas. Landscaped public areas increase the quality of life and contribute to the economic development of cities and financing through competitive procedures allows you to approach beautification in a comprehensive manner.Project evaluation includes five key equivalent criteria the jury evaluates the quality of planning and architectural decisions the validity of the choice of territory and the synchronization of the landscaping project with other programs and projects in the municipality the preservation of the historical and urban planning environment and the predicted socio-economic effect of the implementation. The last fifth indicator is the degree and variety of forms of citizen participation.The competition rules are structured so that all evaluation criteria are equally important. A project that sags results in at least one of the points has very weak chances of winning. In the application municipalities must show effective tools for interconnecting with citizens involving the population in the discussion of improvement. Given the difficult epidemiological situation participants found themselves in difficult conditions - not all feedback formats were available in recent weeks. Therefore it was decided to postpone the competition by one month said Maxim Egorov Deputy Head of the Russian Ministry of Construction Head of the Interdepartmental Working Group of the competition.