Before September 2006 we were known as NEI Russia, NEI Representative office in Moscow. We were one of the first consulting companies staffed with local experts and successful in working in Russia and CIS for international donors and IFIs. With time, international donors reduced their assistance, and our situation changed. To enhance our market opportunities, Ecorys took the decision to set up a national organization, ECORYS-NEI LLC.

We were starting not from scratch – we were already an experienced team backed by our colleagues from Ecorys Netherlands. At the same time, we were entering local market - a new market with different rules of game and unknown players, and that required from us much effort.

Now, five years later, we can say that we have succeeded: we have achieved financial stability, the results of our activities are highly appreciated by the clients, and demand for our services is high. We’re looking into the future with much hope and enthusiasm.

On this day of the 21^st of September, when we’re celebrating our birthday, we’d like to thank our colleagues and friends from EU for all they have already done and continue to do for our development. We look forward to our new joint opportunities in Russia and worldwide.

WE ARE:

…only five, and we’re full of energy and curiosity. We’re ready to move forward and to learn.

…already five, and we know a lot and can do many things.

…only five, and we’re courageous and flexible. We’re exploring numerous opportunities.

…already five, and we’re well-known. We have won good reputation and confidence.

…only five. We’re still growing, and we promise a lot!

About us
ECORYS-NEI LLC, established on the basis of the Russian branch of the Netherlands Economic Institute (NEI), is part of the big international consultancy holding, ECORYS Group. Since 1992 experts of ECORYS-NEI have successfully implemented over 80 projects on federal, regional and local levels in Russia, and in CIS.

ECORYS-NEI provides consultancy services in the fields of public administration, economics, finance and social policy. The services comprise: policy advice on budget reform, economic and social issues; monitoring and evaluation of programs and projects; expenditure reviews; improvement of reform legal and institutional environment; market research and sectoral studies, private sector development; statistical surveys and polls; comparative studies; organization of conferences, seminars and study tours in Russia and abroad; project management.

Our advantages:

• highly qualified staff having extensive successful experience of consultancy on reform issues, including public finance;
• applying effective technologies of change management;
• extensive network of lead international experts in economic consulting, direct access to best international practice;
• extensive successful experience of adapting best international practice to Russian environmentж
• excellent reputation among all clients, including international donors, IFIs, Russian federal and regional authorities, wide network of partners among Russian think tanks.

ECORYS International  www.ecorys.com

The Netherlands Economic Institute (NEI) was founded in Rotterdam in 1929. For over 30 years it was headed by the first Nobel Prize holder, Jan Tinbergen. In 2000 NEI merged with a number of European consultancies, thus establishing ECORYS International, one of the biggest holdings providing consulting services on economic and social policies. It has clients among donor organizations, public authorities, private and noncommercial organisations worldwide.

ECORYS International consists of twelve companies with the total staff of over 600 people. Every year they are involved in projects in over 100 countries.

ECORYS International continues the tradition of intellectual leadership of NEI, and is an internationally recognized leader among consultants in economics and finance.

Countries of ECORYS International presence

ECORYS International has offices in Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, the Netherland, Poland, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, South Africa, Spain, and the United Kingdom.

From the very start of the budget reform in Russia, experts of ECORYS-NEI have been involved both in the development of its strategy, and in consultations on day-to-day issues of its implementation. Our involvement started in January 2001 with public expenditure reviews of three public sectors, continued in the Tacis projects on State Budget Reform, on Improvement of Public Expenditure Management Read more: Budget reform

Since ECORYS-NEI establishment in 2006, it provides regular advice to Russia’s education authorities. Recently, it has completed three big (one- to three-year) projects for Russia’s Ministry of Education and Science: Development and testing of proposals on enhancing the efficiency of public spending in education under performance-based budgeting, Introduction of modern financial management in federal Read more: Economics of education

At present, ECORYS-NEI, in cooperation with ECORYS Nederland B.V., provides advisory services to the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation in the framework of the project Legislation on Improving Energy Efficiency in Public Buildings Through Energy Performance Contracting. Read more: Energy efficiency

ECORYS-NEI experts took part in monitoring and evaluation of EU programmes Tacis, Tempus, Bistro, IBPP, Customs, of the WB programmes Capacity Building in CAR and JVI Introductory Course in Market Economics and Financial Analysis, Dutch Government Programme MATRA, and numerous other M&E related projects. Read more: Monitoring and evaluation

ECORYS-NEI is well-experienced in organizing study tours and other training events which requires good understanding of training needs, ability to design a comprehensive program meeting those needs, and strong logistical skills. Our objective is to satisfy training needs of the target group to a maximumdegree. In delivering the training we use training formats which have proved to be the most Read more: Training and study tours

At present ECORYS-NEI is involved in the implementation of the OECD project Background report on the Russian Steel sector: Sector structure and government policies. Read more: Sector studies

Since 2006, ECORYS-NEI has been implementing the EU project EU Study Weeks in Russia, aimed at raising awareness among Russian students of various relevant fields about the latest development in the European Union, EU-Russia relations and perspectives for the future. Read more: EU Study Weeks