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"Success Constructor"
How to find your place in life, do what is easy and brings happiness? To do this, you need to correctly apply the knowledge that the university and life itself gave. In the Success Builder project, we talk about graduates of the Higher School of Economics who have realized themselves in an interesting business or an unexpected profession. The heroes share their experience - they tell what bumps they stuffed and how they used the chances given to them.
HSE alumnus Oleg Fomichev, current Deputy Minister economic development RF, tried to make the activities of the ministry closer and more understandable to people and allowed his subordinates to be creative in working with such a conservative discipline as economics. He spoke about what the work of a state official is and how it can be attractive for a university graduate, in the section “Success Constructor”.
You graduated from HSE and the University of the Netherlands. How did you manage to study at two universities at the same time?
It was a joint program between the Higher School of Economics and Erasmus University Rotterdam, a great opportunity obtaining a foreign diploma for HSE masters - at that time there was an agreement between universities and courses were taught by professors from the Netherlands. Exams were also taken in English thesis I had to translate and defend myself before a commission of foreign professors, as well as complete three examination tasks. Such an experience turned out to be extremely useful - when you defend yourself before a foreign commission, you confirm not only your professional level, but also the ability to quickly convert knowledge at the level of language and mentality. And those who endured it all received diplomas from Erasmus University - there were four of us.
Is it easy for a university graduate to get a job in government bodies management? Is there a demand for young employees?
Yes, there is always demand. It is relatively easy to get a job in the ministry for entry-level positions. But will a university graduate want to work for the salary that is paid in these positions?
Each young specialist decides for himself whether he is ready to wait. At one time, I solved this issue for a very long time and painfully for myself. Despite the fact that I am not a Muscovite, I have no other sources of livelihood here to pull the strap of waiting. As a result, my parents supported me, and since 1999 I have been working here.
HSE has an excellent public administration unit with the best competencies in the country
And if you, as a young employee, put up with a small salary, work, work, but you are not promoted. It happens?
This is an almost unbelievable situation. Because the civil service, especially on low levels, especially in such mobile ministries as the Ministry of Economic Development, from the point of view of career growth - a very good option. A person's abilities become visible quickly enough if he is creative, works efficiently and quickly with a large amount of workload.
Now, in front of my eyes, in the departments that are under my control, a number of young specialists in 3-4 years go from initial positions to the level of deputy head of a department or head of a department. The structure of the ministry is often reorganized, vacancies appear, people move from their places, and you need to replace them with someone - then you have to look at young employees who have proven themselves. You already know what they are capable of - you throw them "into the river" and watch how they show new qualities, grow, become independent, responsible and useful in a new incarnation.
What special qualities do you need to possess in order to surely advance in the service?
The first quality is efficiency. We, as leaders, have an officially irregular working day, and this is reflected in the work of subordinates. We have to prepare urgent materials, react with lightning speed to instructions in a mode very close to around the clock. Another thing is to show initiative, creativity, because our ministry is non-standard, there is no need to perform monotonous routine work here, and there is always a need for fresh ideas and proposals.
To work in the Ministry, of course, professional training is needed: economic theory, micro-, macroeconomics, higher mathematics and a very mobile brain. For example, in economic theory there are very beautiful models, but they all come from premises that do not exist in reality. Accordingly, if you are a super expert in economic theory, you cannot apply any of its models in the practice of the ministry. A person from the Ministry of Economics has a brain arranged accordingly, he must understand the essence economic processes, to see the consequences of certain proposals in the future, and most importantly, to have the flexibility of thinking in connection with reality.
Do you have to be an economist to work at the Ministry of Economic Development? On what specialties is the structure of the ministry built?
For example, we have the Department of Macroeconomic Forecasting, which is about the entire range of what is taught at the Higher School of Economics in macroeconomics. And although the models are used with amendments, all this is a natural application of the same theoretical knowledge in economics - of course, you need to know all of them perfectly. We have a strategic planning block, where we develop a strategy for socio-economic development and anti-crisis plan- here the whole economy is needed in full.
The ministry is large, and although it is about the economy, it deals with different things. In my submission, for example, there is a grant block public services, no economic theory is formally applied there, and even to economic practice the division has nothing to do with it - pure service, as well as the project of multifunctional centers "My Documents", which also came out of our ministry. The department has a regional block and a territorial planning block, which is essentially pure urbanism and urban planning, there is an investment climate block - a pure business direction, very far from economic theory.
Having taken office, you felt responsible for the fact that you really influence the fate of yourself big country in the world?
Responsibility is felt, but dulled by the fact that I am far from the first in the decision-making hierarchy. Above me there is a minister, a deputy prime minister, a prime minister, and many more intermediate steps where my decisions can be corrected. I can propose a project to the government for implementation, in this sense, the responsibility is great, and the work is rewarding - if what you proposed turns out, and what you then implement yourself, this is a great pleasure. You not only earned money for yourself and your family, but made a certain contribution to the common cause of developing the country. This is very important factor, which is always underestimated when talking about the civil service. Of course, we work for money, and we need to pay, and preferably more (laughs), but besides money, there are also non-material factors.
What projects that have come out of your blocks into real life can we already observe with our own eyes?
I think you have already used the My Documents service and visited the MFC - these are our most significant projects. They were made directly for citizens, and such a targeted opportunity to influence everyone in our ministry rarely appears.
Now we are doing a lot for small businesses, quite specific to ourselves, especially in terms of regional support programs with specific enterprises and jobs. We have created the Regulatory Impact Assessment project, a kind of tool for business to influence the state, with the help of which any bill can be subjected to examination. The Federal Portal of Draft Regulatory Legal Acts is generally unique; there is nothing like it anywhere else abroad where all the acts that are being developed by the Government are posted on one portal. It has always been believed that the draft act is such proprietary information that should not be shown to anyone.
Development institutions and innovation clusters, innovative development programs of state-owned companies, venture funds, a number of other things that really work and really generate innovative development in the country, were created on the initiative and with the direct participation of the Ministry of Economic Development.
On what basis are reforms driven? Are these studies of the Ministry of Economic Development, direct requests from the population?
We have our state statistics, indicators of socio-economic development by industry, by type and size of enterprises. From these statistics, we can get information about the main pain points in the economy. A lot of work is being done with the expert community of the National Research University Higher School of Economics and the Academy of National Economy, on whose authoritative research the government traditionally relies. The department itself has a large number of academic experts in all areas is, so to speak, theory, and the business with which we interact constantly gives us an idea of real life entrepreneur and his problems. We can pass a great law, but feedback quickly comes from fellow businessmen: “It doesn’t work.”
In addition to working with HSE as a center economic research How else does the Ministry of Economic Development interact with the university?
We work with HSE as a supplier of experts for our research and internships. The Ministry of Economic Development interacts intensively with the HSE block, which deals with everything related to human capital within the framework of the strategic planning system - this is [First Vice-Rector Lev Ilyich] Yakobson and his team. HSE has an excellent public administration unit with the best competencies in the country — almost the entire program of the specialty is formed here, at the Ministry of Economics, closing the cycle of practice and theory. The tower is really strong by specialists who contribute huge contribution in almost every direction of the Ministry. And almost always free of charge, as a voluntary support.
Where do young employees most often come from?
Many from regions. One Department Director from Nizhny Novgorod, another from Yekaterinburg, the head of a subordinate service - from Kaliningrad. Those who live their whole lives without leaving the Moscow Ring Road are life theorists. I myself am from the region, and my parents live there, I have a good idea of the real situation in small depressed regions.
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civil service experience and higher professional education are required from candidates for vacancies in the highest group of positions of the Ministry of Economic Development.
The key word is "depressed". Why are they like this, our regions?
Everything is not easy there, because everything depends on the personality of the leader. Two neighboring regions may be in approximately the same situation in terms of basic prerequisites, human capital, natural resources, but they have an abyss in economic development, simply because in one region there is a normal governor who has built a team, monitors the work of the business, etc. And in the other, they are completely depressed: there is no work, people are leaving, the infrastructure is collapsing. Russia's problem is that it is large - 85 regions, and it is very difficult to establish control over each, and even with elections as the key to the solution - there are also problems. Fortunately, the country's leadership paid attention to this.
There is an opinion that an official is an age-related profession. How can young people adapt to this system and establish communication with the team?
On the one hand, there are no common recipes, because each ministry has its own history and corporate culture. Our ministry is one of the youngest, there is such a specificity here - specialists in their thirties often head a department where people of 50 years of age work. You still need to adapt, have leadership qualities, understand the psychology of relationships, be able to build authority - and this applies to any team of a large company.
What does your working day consist of?
The main activity of the Deputy Minister is meetings. There is also a large volume of daily mail that has to be sorted out for hours, digital and analog. The main work in numerous areas that I lead is the control of work on deviations. There is a department, there is its director, he is responsible for the unit, he dives deeper into the specifics of the direction, and my task is to listen to the problem and determine where to move. The higher you climb the career ladder, the less depth of immersion and time, but more room for maneuver and creativity.
How do you take a break from work?
The main thing is a vacation with family, and, of course, friends.
Fomichev Oleg Vladislavovich, Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation.
2001, 2004 - Gratitude of the Minister of Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation
Secretary of State - Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation
Graduated in 1998 from the Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University.
In the near future, Oleg Fomichev, Sergei Nazarov and Alexei Gruzdev may leave the post of deputy head of the Ministry of Economic Development. This was told by the sources of "Gazeta.ru" in the government
Ministry of Economic Development does not support VAT increase to 20% - Deputy Minister
The Ministry of Economic Development does not support the idea of raising VAT, which is being discussed in the government, Oleg Fomichev, Deputy Minister of Economic Development, told Interfax. “We, as a ministry, do not support an increase in VAT to 20%,” Fomichev said.
MED: The government will keep the bankruptcy threshold for individuals at the level of 50 thousand rubles.
10/14/2013, Moscow 13:20:04 The government considers it inappropriate to raise the bankruptcy threshold for individuals from 50 thousand rubles. up to 100 thousand rubles or higher as previously suggested. This was reported to RBC by Deputy Head of the Ministry of Economic Development (MED) Oleg Fomichev, commenting on the amendments to the second reading of the bill on bankruptcy of individuals, prepared by the ministry. The second reading of the bill is scheduled for November 2013.
link: http://www.rbc.ru/rbcfreenews/20131014132004.shtml
In Russia, the functions of the portal of public services will be cut
The public services portal will be redesigned in accordance with the new concept, and the number of services provided to the population in electronic form will be reduced. This was announced by State Secretary, Deputy Minister of Economic Development Oleg Fomichev.
link: http://www.rbcdaily.ru/society/562949989179482
Deputy head of the Ministry of Economic Development O. Fomichev was appointed Secretary of State of the Ministry.
07/11/2012, Moscow 13:49:01 Deputy Head of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Oleg Fomichev has been appointed Secretary of State - Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation. The corresponding order of the Government of the Russian Federation of July 7, 2012 No. N1206-r was signed by the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev.
link: http://www.rbc.ru/rbcfreenews/20120711134901.shtml
The state helped ministerial officials buy housing
The Ministry of Economic Development and the Ministry of Finance reported on the income of employees for 2011. For some officials, they increased by 4-5 times. In the Ministry of Economic Development, these are Deputy Ministers Andrei Klepach (24.2 million rubles), Oleg Fomichev (19.7 million) and Igor Manylov (23.8 million), as well as department directors Ivan Oskolkov (22.4 million) and Vadim Zhivulin ( 21.9 million). In the Ministry of Finance - Deputy Minister Alexei Savatyugin (23.5 million).
link: http://www.vedomosti.ru/politics/news/1745667/po_dolgu_sluzhby
Oleg Fomichev appointed Deputy Head of the Ministry of Economic Development
Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin signed a decree appointing Oleg Fomichev, the eighth deputy minister of economic development, who previously headed the department of strategic management (programs) and budgeting of the Ministry of Economic Development link: http://www.izvestia.ru/news/481096
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Salaries of officials will be tied to the results of their work. So far, this will affect large managers responsible for large projects, and those who work with the population, since the effectiveness of their activities can be calculated, Deputy Minister of Economic Development Oleg Fomichev told RG.
link: http://www.rg.ru/2012/03/26/fomichev.html
The Ministry of Economic Development has figured out how to implement Putin's proposal on Internet signatures
The Ministry of Economic Development of Russia has developed a mechanism for implementing the proposal of the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, according to which each bill that has collected more than 100 thousand Internet signatures will be considered in the State Duma, Deputy Minister Oleg Fomichev said at a meeting on the implementation of the tasks outlined in Vladimir Putin's election article " Democracy and the quality of the state. The transcript of the meeting is published on the Prime Minister's website.
link: http://www.rosbalt.ru/main/2012/04/18/971406.html
FAS demands to introduce fines for departments
The government's mandate to drastically reduce unnecessary administration to make life easier for businesses is only halfway done. Of the plan approved by the government for the elimination of unnecessary functions, departments agreed to fulfill only 43%, Oleg Fomichev, deputy head of the Ministry of Economic Development, said yesterday. In his opinion, this situation is absolutely unacceptable. The leadership of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) proposes to fine and dismiss violators mercilessly. But how this zeal will affect the entrepreneurial climate is not yet clear.
link: http://www.ng.ru/economics/2012-03-15/4_fas.html
Bribes beat inflation
Deputy Minister of Economic Development Oleg Fomichev said that the total volume of the corruption market in 2010 amounted to 164 billion rubles, having increased by 35 billion rubles over 5 years.
link: http://www.gazeta.ru/politics/2011/06/14_a_3661773.shtml
Write to the cluster
Oleg Fomichev, Deputy Minister of Economic Development, shared these plans yesterday at a press conference "Continuing the Course of Modernization in Conditions of Political Change."
link: http://www.rg.ru/2012/03/02/innovacii.html
The Ministry of Economic Development will offer officials a "piecework" salary
The Ministry of Economic Development and the Ministry of Health and Social Development are preparing amendments to the legislation that will tie the salaries of officials to the results of their work, said Deputy Economic Development Minister Oleg Fomichev.
link: http://www.dp.ru/a/2012/03/26/Minjekonomrazvitija_predlag/
Along the lower border
Rates of growth consumer prices in the Russian Federation in 2011 will slow down to 6.5% from last year's 8.8%, Oleg Fomichev, deputy head of the Ministry of Economic Development, said on Tuesday, RIA Novosti reports. “Inflation is now declining, by the end of the year it will be 6.5%. The decline will continue in the coming years, and in 2014 (inflation. - Approx. "Expert Online") will not exceed 4.5%," - said the Deputy Minister at a meeting of the budget committee of the State Duma.
link: http://expert.ru/2011/10/18/po-nizhnej-granitse/
An analogue of the Discovery TV channel may appear in Russia
The Russian analogue of the television channel about science and technology Discovery may appear in 2012, said Oleg Fomichev, Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation.
link: http://vbgsat.ru/glavnye
A meeting “without ties” will be held as part of the Kazan Venture Fair
The opening ceremony was also attended by Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Oleg Fomichev, Executive Director of the Russian Direct and Venture Financing Association Albina Nikkonen and other officials.
link: http://www.tatcenter.ru/article/114073/
Innovative clusters of regions will receive state support, O. Fomichev said
Innovative clusters of regions will receive state support. This was stated by Deputy Minister of Economic Development Oleg Fomichev at the III Forum of Russian Regions "Modernization Institutions".
link: http://www.akm.ru/rus/news/2012/march/13/ns_3890170.htm
The Ministry of Economic Development came up with a club for innovative top managers
The Ministry of Economic Development initiated the creation of an informal club of top managers of large companies involved in innovation, said Oleg Fomichev, Deputy Minister of Economic Development. To begin with, the club will include 47 directors of state-owned companies who, on behalf of the government, formed their innovative plans. The first meeting of the club will take place in the first ten days of October, says Dan Medovnikov from the Institute of Innovation Management at the Higher School of Economics (HSE). On the next week The Ministry of Economic Development will send out invitations to club members, Fomichev promises.
link: http://rabota-nsk.ru/?/info/2011/09/3306/
State support for 5-7 projects of innovation clusters will amount to 5 billion rubles
Volume state support innovative clusters in the pilot mode will amount to 5 billion rubles, this amount is designed for 5-7 projects, Deputy Minister of Economic Development Oleg Fomichev said at the forum of Russian regions "Modernization Institutes". “We have now identified 5 billion for 5-7 projects,” he said. Fomichev noted that, first of all, the Ministry of Economic Development will select innovative clusters "in the direction of biotechnologies, maybe nuclear technologies," RIA Novosti reports.
link: http://unova.ru/2012/03/13/11136.html
Where are the biggest bribes given? First hand information
The average size of one bribe in 2010 amounted to 5,285 rubles, almost doubling compared to 2005, said Deputy Minister of Economic Development Oleg Fomichev. “The conditions for giving a bribe arise when it takes a lot of time and effort to receive a service. Therefore, it is necessary to act in this direction - to reduce the time and effort expended by a citizen, ”Fomichev believes.
link: http://www.1tvnet.ru/content/show/gde
"Innovation is as much a curse as modernization"
The Strategy for Innovative Development of Russia until 2020 is already ready for consideration, which will take place in the Cabinet of Ministers, most likely on September 6. This was stated by Deputy Head of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Oleg Fomichev. The original version of the document caused a lot of complaints and criticism, so it was sent for revision. Now, according to Fomichev, the strategy has been adjusted and has received clearer descriptions. “We coordinated the strategy with all departments and even received a positive conclusion from the Russian Academy of Sciences ( Russian Academy Sciences), who wrote that the strategy has become better, although it still does not reflect the role of the Russian Academy of Sciences,” RIA Novosti quotes the words of the Deputy Minister.
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