Cooperation with the Regions
One of PJSC Gazprom’s key focus areas is improving people’s quality of life, developing infrastructure in its regions of operation and creating conditions for raising healthy young generations with stable values. Through educational and healthcare projects, and by championing culture and sports, the Gazprom Group’s entities drive continuous, dynamic growth in local communities’ wellbeing,ensuring both preservation and full realization of human potential.
Approach to Interaction with Regions of Operation
In building its partnerships with Russian regions, PJSC Gazprom is guided by the Regional Policy ConceptApproved by resolution of the Management Committee of OJSC Gazprom No. 32 dated May 22, 2003..
Collaboration with government authorities, the Gazprom Group implements social programs that enhance quality of life for people across its regions of operation. The Company actively cultivates charitable initiatives and encourages corporate volunteering. Through dialog with local communities, PJSC Gazprom identifies resident needs and provides assistance where it is most needed.
Areas of Cooperation with Russian Regions
- Tax payments to budgets of all levels
- Assistance in addressing social issues
- Support of indigenous minorities of the North
- Urban improvement in cities, towns, and villages
- Development of culture, sports, and education
- Employment opportunities
- Interaction with state institutions and local communities and implementation of joint projects
- Cooperation with state authorities on gas infrastructure expansion programs
Implementing regional agreements tackles social and economic challenges while making substantial contributions to infrastructure development. The Group also sets the scene for stable and promising operation of the Unified Gas Supply System based on a mutually beneficial partnership with Russian regions.
Cooperation agreements with municipal administrations are in place in almost all regions across the footprint of PJSC Gazprom’s subsidiaries.
For more details on the organizational and functional transformation of the Gazprom Group, see the Organizational and Functional Transformation of the Gazprom Group section.
Agreements with regions are concluded on behalf of PJSC Gazprom to ensure interaction with regions in implementing strategic projects, strengthen friendly partnership relations, and expand business ties between PJSC Gazprom’s subsidiaries and entities with enterprises, organizations, and municipal authorities in the Russian regions. The Company interacts with regions in the area of social and economic development through
its subsidiaries and entities operating in the respective regions.
For more details on the effect of the Gazprom Group’s investment projects in Russian regions, see the About the Gazprom Group section.
Organizational and functional transformation: regional aspect
Creating the Unified Center for Support Functions (UCSF) requires strategic selection of locations for Shared Services Centers (SSCs). This process involves comprehensive studies of several Russian regions, weighing factors like economic attractiveness, transport and IT infrastructure quality, and local workforce training levels.
The analysis also focuses on the evaluation of expected social and economic benefits for host territories, including small business development (encompassing service providers and infrastructure) and employment growth.
To attract qualified specialists and young talent to the UCSF, the Company plans to collaborate with regional universities and employment centers.
By establishing growth hubs and expanding local communities’ human resource capabilities, the UCSF contributes to sustainable territorial development.
For more details on the Gazprom Group’s relations with government and local authorities, see the Stakeholder Engagement Practices appendix.
