Moscow, March 14, 2008 – Today the International Trade Center hosted a conference sponsored by the MOEDT of Russia titled “2007 Administrative Reform Efforts in Review. Outline of the Work Agenda for 2008, featuring heads of federal ministries, services, agencies, as well as heads of regional governments of the Russian Federation. The conference was co-sponsored by the World Bank.

Among the speakers at the Plenary Session were A.V. Popova, State Secretary, Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation, A.V. Sharaov, Director of Department of Government Regulation in the Economy, and M.V. Parshin, Deputy Director of Department of Government Regulation in the Economy, as well as Klaus Rohland, World Bank Country Director and Resident Representative in Russia.