Tatarstan delegation tells about Brazilian experience in organization of public transport
24 April 2012, Tuesday
At a briefing at the RT Government House journalists were told about organization of work of public transport in Brazil and what can be useful for Tatarstan.
The briefing was organized in format of video conference with participation of all municipal regions of RT and was available on-line.
To the point, Tatarstan delegation comprised of 10 people led by the Minister of transport and road facilities Lenar Safin was sent to Brazil and Columbia with a working visit (April 9-15) for the purpose of sharing the experience in the sphere of passenger transportations.
According to Vice Minister of transport and road facilities Nkolay Stukalov, issues connected with organization of urban passenger transport and work of automated traffic control system were studied during the working trip.
Attendees of the briefing noted that today Brazil is a world’s leader in organizing traffic system of urban passenger transport.
On 18 May ay the CIPR conference in Nizhniy Nogorod the Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Roman Shaykhutdinov, the Rector of the Innopolis University Aleksandr Gasnikpov and the Vice-rector of the University Yevgeny Bobrov will take part at round tables session of the conference.
Experts will discuss the role of Tatarstan and Innopolis as one of the key technological centers of the country and how regional innovative platforms help to solve tasks of the whole Russian industry. A special emphasis will be placed on the digital transformation of the oil and gas sector and how large clusters and scientific and technological centers are becoming drivers of industry change.
On 16 May, speaking at a meeting in the Government House of the republic held by the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin with participation of the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the Minister of Agriculture and Food of the republic Marat Zyabbarov reported that the sowing of spring crops is in full swing in the republic with 1m 38 thousand hectares or 61 per cent of the planned have been sown.
On May 14, on the sidelines of the XVII International Economic Forum “Russia-the Islamic World: KazanForum”, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin and Head of the Federal Service for Accreditation Dmitry Volvach signed an agreement on interaction and cooperation in the development of the halal industry.
On May 14, Prime Minister of Tajikistan Kokhir Rasulzoda, who arrived on a working visit in Kazan to take part in the events of the XVII International Economic Forum “Russia-the Islamic World: KazanForum”, was met by Prime Minister of the republic Aleksey Pesoshin and other officials at the Kazan International Airport.