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The final meeting of the Interdepartmental Working Group IWG of the V All-Russian competition for the best projects for creating a comfortable urban environment was chaired by the Deputy Minister of Construction Housing and Communal Services of the Russian Federation Maxim Egorov.More than 300 applications were received for the V All-Russian competition. At the moment they have passed a technical check and have already received estimates from an expert jury consisting of specialists in architecture and urban planning historical and cultural heritage sociology and economics.At the meeting the Interdepartmental Working Group also evaluated all applications and prepared a final report with proposals for the winners of the competition. The report will be sent to the Federal Competition Commission and it will be it who will determine the list of winners. The Federal Commission is headed by Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin.The winners of the All-Russian competition will be announced on August 26 in Nizhny Novgorod within the framework of the plenary session of two major forums - the All-Russian Forum Small Towns and Historical Settlements and the Forum Environment for Life. The prize fund of the V All-Russian Competition will amount to 10 billion rubles it will be distributed among 160 winning projects.Every year our participants submit more and more elaborated and high-quality projects to the competition. We see that in the matter of preparing complex projects the regions have grown by an order of magnitude in recent years. Separately I would like to note that this year there are many really strong applications from newcomer teams from cities that have not previously participated in the competition. It is safe to say that the competition sets a high bar for positive changes and has become a catalyst for the emergence of good management teams and strong local communities in the regions says Maxim Egorov.For referenceThe All-Russian competition for the best projects for creating a comfortable urban environment was organized on behalf of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and was first held in 2018. The competition is open to small towns with a population of up to 100 thousand people inclusive as well as historical settlements of federal and regional significance.