Rustam Minnikhanov meets Deputy Director-general of UNESCO on social sciences and humanities Pilar Alvarez-Lazo
22 November 2011, Tuesday
Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov met with Deputy Director-general of UNESCO on social sciences and humanities Pilar Alvarez-Lazo.
The meeting took place in RT Government House with participation of Deputy PM, Chairman of RT Commission on UNESCO affairs Zilya Valeeva, Minister of youth affairs, sport and tourism Rafis Burganov, Aide to RT President on social issues, CEO of the Republican Fund of historical and cultural monuments Tatyana Larionova.
The parties discussed expansion of UNITWIN network (UNESCO department) in Tatarstan Republic. Today international department of UNESCO is functioning at the University of Management “TISBI” in the sphere of training and retraining of specialists in the context of market relations.
Moreover, the opportunity of participation in the program of the “Conference of parties to the anti-doping convention” under the auspices of UNESCO is being considered in Tatarstan. Currently 160 countries are members of the Convention, including Russia which ratified Convention in 2006.
We remind Ms Pilar Alvarez-Lazo is in Kazan within the confines of participation in the international research and practice conference "Gender equality and bioethics".
On 15 December, speaking at a meeting of the competition committee of the regional public competition “The Manager of the Year” about its results in 2025, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin said that the list of 155 participants (nominees), who are heads of enterprises and organizations from various industries and sectors of the economy, for the competition was formed based on recommendations from regional ministries and departments, city and district municipalities, employers' associations and the Federation of Trade Unions of the republic.
On 6 December speaking at a regional meeting held by the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov in the Government House of the republic with all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector Marat Ayzatullin reported about progress in implementation of the of multi-apartment houses capital overhaul programme.
On 5 December, congratulating volunteers with the International Volunteers Day, Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Leyla Fazleeva wrote in her address: “
Your boundless kindness, sincere desire to help others and active civic position deserve special recognition and deep gratitude. There are over 5,000 volunteer associations operating successfully in Tatarstan, with a total membership of over 220,000 caring people of all ages and professions. Every year the contribution of volunteers into public life of the republic becomes more noticeable.
On 4 December Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Shamil Gafarov, who is the Chief of Staff of the Office of the Cabinet of Ministers of the republic, took part in a strategic session on the establishment of an inter-university campus in the republic being held at the Kazan Aircraft University on 4-6 December with participation of more than 100 people and more than 40 experts in politics, economy, science, education and industry from all over Russia.