The regional capital entered the ISSC — the international club of smart cities. Krasnodar became one of the 8 cities in Russia, which were among the first to receive this status. The decision was announced on October 16 in the framework of forum "Open innovations" helding in Skolkovo (Moscow). The corresponding certificate was received by Deputy Mayor of the city Evgeny Zimenko.

The implementation of the agreements signed in the period from 2016 to 2018 in the framework of investment forums in Sochi was discussed at a meeting in the city administration. It was held by the Mayor of Krasnodar Evgeny Pervyshov. For almost three years, 5 agreements have been fully implemented. And investments of enterprises of the regional centre in fixed assets exceeded 244 billion rubles.

The official entry into force of the tripartite Treaty between Krasnodar, Karlsruhe (Germany) and Nancy (France) took place in the municipal hall. The sister-city Agreement between Krasnodar and Nancy was also enacted. The ceremony was participated by the Mayors Evgeny Pervyshov, Frank Mentrup and Laurent Hénart.

The new training ground is located inside the residential complex in Kalinina Street of the Western urban district. About a thousand children aged from 5 to 11 years old can take training here for free. The land for the construction of arena was allocated by the city administration.

The project for the organization of a citywide bicycle rental network was presented at the meeting in the city administration. Lucky-sharing Ltd has experience of creation of similar service in Almetyevsk (Tatarstan). The Mayor of Krasnodar Evgeny Pervyshov participated in the meeting.

The city Mayor told about the strategy development during the plenary session of the XII Interregional forum of the largest companies of the Southern Federal District, which takes place in Krasnodar.

Mobile multimedia exhibition "New trends in power industry and energy efficiency in Germany" opened on September 22 as part of celebration of Krasnodar City Day in Krasnodar Historical and Archaeological Museum of E.D.Felitsyn. The exhibition will acquaint citizens of Krasnodar with the experience of implementing energy-saving technologies in Germany.

Event dedicated to the closing of the Year of Russian-German regional and municipal partnerships was held in Berlin. At the ceremony of summing up the Year the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov and the Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany Heiko Maas handed the Mayor of Krasnodar Evgeny Pervyshov honorary diploma for a significant contribution to the development of regional-municipal cooperation between Russia and Germany.

Cultural event will be held on September 22 at the square in front of the building of Krasnodar Region Legislative Assembly as part of celebrations dedicated to the 225th anniversary of the city foundation. An open-air stage will be organized at the square. Everyone is welcome to see performances of the festival participants.

The facility area is 9 thousand square meters, the volume of total investment in the construction exceeded 440 million rubles. This was reported by son of the company founder, supervisory board chairman Hans Peter Stihl at the opening ceremony, which was attended by Vice-Governor of Kuban Vasily Shvets, Deputy Chairman of Legislative Assembly of Krasnodar Region Sergey Altukhov, Mayor of Krasnodar Evgeny Pervyshov.