Open International Competition for the development of the Admiral Serebryakov embankment part Novorossiysk, Russian Federation

In 2018, Novorossiysk (Russia) will become a venue for the international investment project aimed at developing business tourism and MICE services. The purpose of the project is to form a recreation and tourism cluster, one of a kind in Russia. Its infrastructure is designed to host international business events, professional exhibitions and education programs. The project will be carried out as a part of the public private partnership model. 

The first step will be to hold an international professional competition aimed at developing a comprehensive architectural and urban planning concept of the cluster which should comply with the requirements for international business events. 

The International Supervisor of the competition is Anja Sofia Ehrenfried, a partner of the EDDEA architecture firm and expert in architecture and urban planning. 

The competition is set up on the initiative of JSC Friday and Joint stock company United Energy Construction Corporation. 

The Organizing Committee and the Project Consultant is the Agency for Strategic Development “CENTER”. 

The competition is supported by the Government of Krasnodar region and the city of Novorossiysk. 

International companies (consortium members or with the Representative office at the RF territory) that unites specialists in the field of architecture, territory and facility development, economics and financial modeling, MICE-tourism and marketing, as well as other relevant specialists are welcome to participate in the competition. The competition proposals should include a strategy for functional programming, architectural and urban-planning concept, as well as a financial and economic model.

To enter the competition, participants need to register form on the official website at www.novocluster.com by January 22, 2018. 

The total prize pool of the Competition is 8,100,000 rubles, plus taxes and fees. 

The finalists of the second stage will be awarded a contract for development of the concept, for which they will receive 1,700,000 rubles compensation. 

● The winner of the second stage will receive an additional bonus of 1,500,000 rubles. 

● The runner-up of the competition will receive an additional bonus of 1,000,000 rubles. 

● The third-ranked finalist will receive an additional bonus of 500,000 rubles.