OREANDA-NEWS. July 06, 2012. Head of Karelia Alexander Khudilainen ordered executive authorities of the republic to elaborate a draft concept of social and economic development of Karelia for the period through to 2017.

A working group was established to coordinate the draft concept development. The working group includes ministers and committee chairpersons, representatives of a number of regions of the republic, scientists, Presidents of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Karelia. In particular, the group includes such famous figures as Anatoly Voronin, Alexander Pankratov, Yuri Ponomarev, Alexander Titov, Anatoly Shishkin, etc. The group is chaired by Alexander Efimov, acting Deputy Head of the Republic of Karelia and acting Minister of Economic Development of the Republic of Karelia.

According to the order of the Head of Karelia, the working group is supposed to submit the draft concept for consideration of the Government of Karelia by October, 1. Ministry of Economic Development is made responsible for organization of the group activities.

Let us remind that according to the Constitution of Karelia, Head of the republic submits the concept of social and economic development for approval of the Legislative Assembly within six months since accession to office.