EN RU

form of training

format of study

program volume

cost of the program

60

150 000

practical training/workshops

days of full-time study

academic hours

rubles

The first advanced GR-training in Russia, based on the concept «practitioners for practitioners». The teaching faculty comprises GR-experts of Russian and international companies from the real economy.

REGISTRATION

6

Timeframes

Structure of the Program

Contacts

En

Ru

EN RU

off the GR-training's cost will be donated to Lake Baikal Foundation for Environmental Applications and Research

10%

About

Government Relations' functions have finally become the mandatory condition for development and enhancement of business and nonprofit organizations. It is literally neither possible nor justifiable to execute major or social responsibility projects as well as agree upon some long-term investments without the strategically significant collaboration with state authorities. The role of managers, who are responsible for interaction with public entities, has been increasing. The managers start facing the mounting requirements to their professionalism as well. The future of the overwhelming majority of world markets is inexorably connected with state actions. Protectionism, import substitution, export promotion, technological ambitions, geopolitical adjustments, governmental social initiatives' reinforcement and now the pandemic of Covid-19 – all these variables are swiftly transforming the current state of affairs, and enormously precise adaptation of business and the "third sector" is totally required for "survival". Under these complex and sophisticated circumstances the trust of the State is positioned as the most precious capital of for-profit companies and NGOs. GR-experts are in extremely high demand now, and their professional relevance has been expanding annually.

01

Mastery and advancement of the professional activity, aimed at representing and promoting the interests within the system of public entities at the regional, federal and supranational (the EEU) levels as well as internationally.

03

Relevance of the program

Goal of the program

We invite business owners, top managers of private and state organizations, PR, IR, HR and GR-specialists, public employees, representatives of media, nonprofit sector and expert community. All the interested persons, who are wishing to upgrade their relevant skills and competences, are welcome as well!

02

Target Audience

Mr. Eduard Voytenko

Academic Director of the Program

Mr. Eduard Voytenko – PhD in Political Science, CEO and Managing Director of the lobbying firm Baikal Communications Group, Head of the Board of trustees at Lake Baikal Foundation for Environmental Applications and Research. Professional lobbyist with over 10 years' experience. Member of professional international lobbying associations – the Society of European Affairs Professionals and the Public Affairs Council, Crisis and Litigation Communicators' Alliance.

Mr. Eduard Voytenko implemented dozens of governmental, social and political, electoral, GR & Lobbying federal and regional projects as well as a number of media and communications' international initiatives.

Mr. Eduard Voytenko

Academic Director of the Program

Mr. Eduard Voytenko – PhD in Political Science, CEO and Managing Director of the lobbying firm Baikal Communications Group, Head of the Board of trustees at Lake Baikal Foundation for Environmental Applications and Research. Professional lobbyist with over 10 years' experience. Member of professional international lobbying associations – the Society of European Affairs Professionals and the Public Affairs Council, Crisis and Litigation Communicators' Alliance.

Mr. Eduard Voytenko implemented dozens of governmental, social and political, electoral, GR & Lobbying federal and regional projects as well as a number of media and communications' international initiatives.

Teaching
Faculty

Ms. Yana Arzhanova

Public Affairs Director,
Volvo Group Russia

Mr. Artyom Belov

Managing Director, Executive Director of National Union of Milk Producers («Souzmoloko»)

Mr. Vladimir Gerasimov

Head of the Regional
Communications Directorate,
PJSC «LUKOIL»

Mr. Makar Goncharov

Head of GR,
Skyeng

Ms. Yana Guskova

Director for Legal Affairs
and External Corporate Relations,
British American Tobacco Russia

Ms. Maria Dronova

Director of Government Relations
and Charity Activity,
EVRAZ Plc.

Mr. Alexander Zhestkov

Executive Director,
Self-Regulatory Organization
«Union of Dietary Supplements Producers»

Mr. Rafael Zohrabyan

Director of Legal Affairs and Government Relations,
Saint-Gobain

Mr. Oleg Kalinskij

Head of GR at Uralkali PJSC, Director of the Institute of Economics and Management at the National University of Science and Technology (MISIS), PhD in economics, professor

Mr. Dmitry Kononov

Director of Federal Government Relations,
JSC «VimpelCom»

Mr. Sergey Lebedev

Director of Government Relations,
Alibaba.com

Mr. Andrey Lyan

Corporate Affairs Lead for Russia,
Cargill, Inc.

Mr. Evgeny Makhortov

Head of Government Relations for Russia and CIS Region,
3M Company

Mr. Elman Mekhtiyev

Independent Board Member of the National Association of Professional Collection Agencies – NAPCA, Head of the Board of the Self-Regulatory Organization «Microfinance and Development»

Mr. Alexander Moskovkin

Head of Law Section,
"Rossiyskaya Gazeta" – Russian newspaper

Mr. Alexander Pavlenko

Head of GR,
PJSC «Fortum»

Ms. Anastasia Parfenchikova

Director of legislation and legal studies' practice, Baikal Communications Group

Mr. Nikita Pichugin

Director, Public Affairs Department,
JSC "The United Shipbuilding Corporation"

Mr. Dmitry Polikanov

PhD in Political Science, Deputy Head, Rossotrudnichestvo

Ms. Anna Smirnova

Government Affairs and Policies Director for Russia & CIS,
Cisco Systems Inc.

Mr. Alexey Torgov

Director of Government Relations
and Market Access,
CJSC BIOCAD

Ms. Elena Ushanova

Head of Corporate Relations,
Diageo Russia

Ms. Anastasia Tsvetkova

CEO,
Lake Baikal Foundation

Ms. Irina Fedorova

Senior Government Relations Director in Eastern Europe, Baltika Breweries – part of Carlsberg Group

Structure of
the Program

GR and Lobbying in Russia. Impact of the political agenda on the lobbying activity.
GR-strategy as a constituent and significant part of the corporate strategy of a company. Structure and all the distinguishing features of the document's elaboration process.
Monitoring and analysis of information with an impact on strategy and tactics for promoting business interests at the level of regional and federal state authorities.
Stakeholder analysis and mapping as well as GR-campaigns' planning: comparison of approaches of "in-house" specialists and independent lobbyists.
Construction of communicational channels between business sector and state authorities. Specifics of the GR-approach to communication with stakeholders. Mastery of GR-negotiations.
Principles, GR-technologies and instruments of interaction with state authorities at the federal and regional levels as well as within the scope of supranational GR-space (countries of the Eurasian Economic Union).
Business and sectoral organizations, public institutions and development institutes as GR-platforms for lobbying projects.
Expert Relations. Role of expert and analytical/research organizations in Government Relations and Lobbying activity.
Workshop: "Legal expertise of the legal and normative acts' bills and the legislative process of their passing".
PR-instruments in GR: formation of the target audiences' mass opinions during the implementation of GR and Lobbying projects.
Сhallenges of GR-communications and GR-risks' prevention. Execution of activities for the benefit of state interests. Ethics of GR-communications and Lobbying. Code of Professional Conduct.
Workshop: "Assessment of the regulative influence and other instruments of interaction with the Eurasian Economic Commission as a supranational regulative entity of the Eurasian Economic Union".

GR in the field of non-profit organizations' activities: present-day Russian realities.
Sectoral nonprofit organizations as an effective GR-instrument: demonstrative cases in the industry of specialized food products (federal and supranational levels).
Importance and meaning of GR within the modern organization. The legal expert's standpoint.
GR-tasks and problems-solving through the judiciary system: boundaries of possibilities and impossibilities.
GR in the financial and banking industry.
Retail sector, suppliers and governmental policy. Common aspirations and disagreements, regarding the import substitution and support of domestic manufacturers. Lobbying aspirations of the industry.
Lobbying activity within the agro-industrial sector: strife for national and international markets.
GR amid COVID-19: challenges and opportunities.
GR and Lobbying activity of the Russian companies internationally in the context of the national markets' protectionism. Demonstrative case of pharmaceutical companies.
GR in the oil and gas industry: international, federal and regional agenda.
GR in the metallurgical and mining industry: Influence of the ecological agenda on the industry.
GR-specifics in the sphere of traditional and "green" energetics. Overcoming of the existing regulatory barriers and obstacles for the industrial development in Russia.
GR and lobbying activities in the chemical industry.
GR in the environment protection domain. Demonstrative cases of the effective dialogue with public authorities, illustrated by the activities of an environmental non-government organization (ENGO).
Promotion of business interests in government bodies through the conclusion of investment and other agreements. Demonstrative case of the automobile industry.
GR in companies, where Government is a shareholder: Dispelling the Myths.
IT and Telecommunications in Russia: specifics of regulation and industry's government relations.
GR and Lobbying in the fast-growing sectors: demonstrative cases in the field of EdTech/E-commerce.
Industries under intense supervision and scrutiny of the regulator and public control: demonstrative cases in the field of tobacco and alcohol regulation.
Workshop "Construction of GR-department within the corporate entity. Organizational structure and functions. Professional skills and competences of GR-specialists. Assessment of the effectiveness: Risks and Opportunities' Management".

Leave a request on our website

Registration Form

Scan or copy of passport/other identity documents

Identity Document

Certificate of Vocational Education with Supplement (scan or copy) or the Written Notice from the place of study

Diploma of Higher Education

3×4 cm (printed or electronic, without headwear)

Color Photograph

Template will be forwarded electronically to the e-mail address, indicated in the Registration Form

Questionnaire

Template will be forwarded electronically to the e-mail address, indicated in the Registration Form

Application Form

Contract with individuals or legal entities (template will be forwarded electronically to the e-mail address, indicated in the Registration Form)

Contract

If available

Curriculum Vitae

Admission Checklist. Required documents for GR-training's enrollment

REGISTRATION

We have trained
company employees

60

academic-hour program

6

training programs are completed

117

GR-specialists have already improved their qualifications

Фотогалерея

2021 Gold Quill Awards

2021 IABC Gold Quill Award of Merit (Category 19: Communication Training and Education)

Get ready to absorb a plethora of useful practical information, review lots of versatile real cases and communicate intensely with colleagues during the course. I would especially like to highlight the openness of all the speakers and their willingness to answer the audience's questions.

Mr. Vadim Suprun

Head of Government Relations and Internal Control Department, Collection Agency "EOS Russia"

Upon completion of this GR-training within MGIMO School of Business and International Proficiency under the leadership of Mr. Eduard Voytenko I can highlight 4 main advantages:

1 – Highly qualified, individually tailored composition of speakers – experienced industrial specialists of the largest private and state corporations with the multifaceted professional focus,
2 – Relevant and interesting practical case studies with the deep elaboration on particularities as well as the detailed commentaries from authors,
3 – Properly structured handout materials, that can be successfully utilized during the working process,
4 – Opportunities to become knowledgeable and manage contact exchange with sectoral specialists from different fields of professional activities.

Undoubtedly I will highly recommend the GR-advanced training course to all the specialists, which value their time and high-quality approach to the delivery and presentation of information.

Ms. Alina Osnach

Chief Specialist of the Regional Communications Division, Public Relations Department, PJSC "Lukoil"

GR-training course under the leadership of Mr. Eduard Voytenko manifests the new approach to education in the sphere of GR-staff preparation and encompasses 3 main constituents:

1 – Structure and foundations of GR-management in Russia with excellent presentation materials, which I use after graduation,
2 – High-quality teaching staff: GR-practitioners from private and state corporations,
3 – Acute, relevant and concrete cases, which GR-practitioners encounter on a regular basis.

MGIMO Graduate Certificate is a pleasant added bonus to my obtained knowledge and productive networking with professionals. I would like to say that "4 days training" positive impact corresponds to the effectiveness of the full-fledged education with the specialty "Public Administration".

Ms. Olga Balueva

Head of Regional Communications and Organizational Activity Division, Directorate of GR and International Activity, Uralchem Group

The advanced training "GR and Lobbying in Business and Nonprofit sector" under the leadership of Mr. Eduard Voytenko awarded me the wealth of knowledge, which is indispensable for professional activity and extremely useful for enhancing the GR-expertise of Skyeng. The GR-training is best structured, it is an ideal combination of theory and practice. Among lecturers were chief executives of the leading companies, who addressed an audience, presenting the practical material, based on their work experience.

It is very significant to note that all the lecturers maintained the lively dialogue with attendees, they were completely open to communication. It was the powerful networking experience for me. Upon completion of the GR-training, I was given the handout materials, since then I have been using them from time to time. I recommend this training to everyone, who wishes to excel in the GR-profession or obtain more knowledge on this matter. After graduation You will have the true understanding of this professional domain.

Mr. Makar Goncharov

Head of GR, Skyeng

The GR-course will help arrange the working process inside my department according to the priorities, set by our corporate management. With regard to all the speakers of the educational program, I would like to praise the work of Ms. Irina Fedorova from Baltika Brewery (Carlsberg Group) and Ms. Maria Dronova (EVRAZ Holding) – these two stories made me energized, they provided me with ideas, which can be used
in my practice.
What is more, within the framework of the GR-course It was possible to get acquainted with interesting and very talented people from various spheres, like-minded professionals. It was possible to exchange contacts. We have already found the common topics, which can be implemented beyond the framework of the GR-program.

Mr. Nikita Pichugin

Director, Public Affairs Department, JSC "The United Shipbuilding Corporation"

The training course was very interesting! I like very much the theoretical block from Mr. Eduard Voytenko, CEO and Managing Director of Baikal Communications Group, which he presented in the beginning. The practical experience of a number of corporate colleagues was very compelling as well. I was delighted to learn some particularities of the media GR-activities. For example, lecture of the speaker from the Russian newspaper "Rossiyskaya Gazeta" was very interesting. In addition to the aforementioned educational potential, the GR-training gives some excellent networking opportunities.

Mr. Yuriy Golovatchik

Director of Corporate and Government Affairs, Mon'delēz Rus LLC company

Time is one of the most valuable resources. The GR-training program was so intensely saturated with a formidable number of great speakers and extremely useful information, that its fruitful outcomes are certainly going to unveil themselves in the long run. Speakers understand you and your professional needs and present the most relevant cases.

For experts in international relations and those who seek to become one, this training program can become a beneficial addition to their expertise and an impetus for their career in the relevant professional domain.

Ms. Tamara Stepanova

Consultant to The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

One of the best training courses in recent years: a plethora of practical cases from the leading companies with lots of quite sensitive details of corporate GR, very intense educational program, useful professional contacts. All these features of the training are certainly worth the money and time.

Ms. Vitaliya Tsarik

Senior Manager, Public Relations Department, PJSC "Lukoil"

Lecturers-lobbyists from Yandex Corporation, Baltika Breweries, EVRAZ, Siberian Coal Energy Company, tobacco industry...all-star cast! Relevant cases, professional contacts, new ideas - it was an epicenter of GR! I would like to thank Mr. Eduard Voytenko for this opportunity!

Mr. Artyom Schepinov

Leading Specialist, Public Relations Department, PJSC "Lukoil"

I am excited about the GR-course, I am delighted by what I saw and what I heard. I certainly succeeded in establishing the good personal contacts with experienced representatives of the wide spectrum of different sectors.

All the accumulated knowledge and obtained practical case studies are the "gold mine" of information about the regulatory industry (what it looks like and how the relations in the regulatory domain are established). Undoubtedly the advanced training GR-course is going to get an excellent score!

Mr. Igor Cherkasskiy

Head of Trade Marketing and Operations, British American Tobacco Plc.

It was very interesting and useful to exchange experience with colleagues from absolutely different spheres and industries. All the accumulated knowledge, which was obtained within the framework of the GR-course, without any doubt, will be utilized and implemented in my practice.

Ms. Anna Baires

Specialist, International Projects Division, PJSC Rosneft Oil Company

timeframes of the training program 2021

25-30

timeframes of the training program 2022

October,

11-16

April,

By clicking the button, you accept the terms of the policy and user agreement

*

Leave a request – we will call you back and answer your questions

Upon completion of the training program
all the attendees are awarded the MGIMO
Advanced Certificate

+7 (495) 660-68-34

grandlobbying@b-c-g.ru

Details by phone:

THE CORPORATE TRAINING AND CUSTOMIZED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS WITH THE FOCUS ON SEPARATE AND SPECIFIC INDUSTRIES ARE AVAILABLE AND SUBJECT TO FURTHER DISCUSSIONS.

PRACTITIONERS FOR PRACTITIONERS

SUBMIT

B-C-G

+7 (495) 660-68-34 grandlobbying@b-c-g.ru

MGIMO

+7 (495) 225-37-20
+7 (964) 573-65-77
ostashova.y.v@my.mgimo.ru

PROGRAMS

Structure of the program
Timeframes
Scrapbook