Deputy Mayor Bagreeva spoke about the increase in labor productivity in Moscow

Moscow implements projects to increase labor productivity primarily in five key sectors of the economy: manufacturing, trade, construction, tourism and transport, which account for 90% of all participating companies in the federal Labor Productivity project. This was stated by Deputy Mayor of the capital, Head of the Department of Economic Policy and Development Maria Bagreeva.

"Today, these industries provide about 50% of the population's employment, and their share in the Moscow economy is about 35%. Here we see a large reserve for increasing labor productivity, and our main task is to balance the contribution of these industries to employment and the urban economy," Bagreeva said, speaking at the session "A New Look at Productivity: Adaptation and Growth in a Changing World" at the SPIEF.

She noted that one of the key priorities for the implementation of the federal project in Moscow is the transition from targeted support for companies to improving labor productivity in industries and the city's economy as a whole.
According to the deputy mayor, the capital will continue to involve enterprises operating in the industrial and commercial sectors, as well as in the fields of transport, tourism and construction. The city creates conditions and incentives for them, conducts consultations on the introduction of lean technologies and participation in the federal project.

"Moscow is actively implementing projects to introduce lean technologies in government agencies and organizations subordinate to the city. Thus, 16 city organizations in the field of transport, construction, and resource supply, such as Mosgortrans, Mosinzhproekt, OEK, Mosvodokanal, and others, have already joined the project. We are also expanding the project to the public sector, which will improve the efficiency of government institutions and the quality of services provided to Muscovites," Bagreeva said.

She added that one of the important areas of work is also to increase labor productivity at small and medium-sized enterprises in the city, which cannot participate in the federal project. A free online training program dedicated to lean technologies is available for small and medium-sized businesses, which account for about 30% of the urban economy and 40% of the employed. "This opens up new opportunities for growth and development," the vice mayor emphasized.

Lean technologies increase manual labor productivity, she continued, noting, however, that enterprises also need investments in digitalization, automation and robotization of production and business processes. This is another important area of further work to improve labor productivity in Moscow.

From 2022 to 2024, the national project "Labor Productivity" was implemented in Moscow. About 420 enterprises, including about a quarter of the city's large and medium-sized industrial companies, became its participants. Since this year, Moscow companies have continued to increase labor productivity within the framework of the national project "Efficient and Competitive Economy" (federal project "Labor Productivity"). Like the previous one, the new productivity improvement project is also being implemented in the capital at the expense of the city budget.