The Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee formed a list of projects for foreign direct investment in 2013
A list of projects has been formed to attract net foreign direct investment to meet the government's target of $145 million. With the involvement of foreign investment, the region will continue to implement major investment projects for the development of the production base and the construction of a transport and logistics center based on OJSC "Orsha Aircraft Repair Plant", the construction of a plant for the import-substituting production of metal sheets and tinplate by OOO "MMZP-Group" with a capacity of 200 thousand tons per year in the Miory district, the organization of wood pellet production in the Liozno district and peat pellet production in the Sharkovshchina district, peat soil in the Miory district, the creation of highly efficient agricultural production facilities in the Tolochin and Gorodok districts, and installations for obtaining landfill gas and producing electricity and heat from it at solid municipal waste landfills in the Vitebsk, Polotsk, and Orsha districts.
Capital is expected to be invested by companies from Russia, Ukraine, the Czech Republic, Turkey, and Sweden. Within the framework of an investment agreement involving Turkish investors, RUP "Vitebskenergo" plans to implement two investment projects: "Construction of the Beshenkovichi HPP with a capacity of 33 MW" and "Construction of the Verkhnedvinsk HPP with a capacity of 13 MW" with a total investment volume of $320 million.
Based on the results of 2012, the region expects to attract foreign direct investment in the amount of about $85 million, of which $40 million are net foreign direct investments.