Results of first stage of research under the project “Development strategy of the Republic of Tatarstan till 2030” presented to Rustam Minnikhanov

Specialists of the International Centre for Social and Economic Research “Leontief centre” (St.Petersburg) presented brief report “Development strategy of the Republic of Tatarstan till 2030” to President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov.

Director General of ZAO “International Centre for Social and Economic Research “Leontief centre” Irina Karelina said that their work in republic was a challenge for specialists since it is a highly developed region and best practices of foreign countries are intensively studied and used here.

The following reports were made during the presentation: “Global competitiveness of the Republic of Tatarstan”, “Man. Society. State”, “Rural areas”, “Transport and communication environment”, “The management system of Tatarstan’s future”, plan and schedules of further work under the project.
Experts of “Leontief centre” told about global trends such as globalization, active migration of population, leading positions of countries of the Asia-Pacific Region, global growth of the middle class, increase in demand for food, water and energy.

To the point, it was firstly announced about the project “Development strategy of the Republic of Tatarstan till 2030” in July 2012 at a session of Tatarstan State Council Committee for economy, investments and entrepreneurship. In general, the project is to be implemented in three stages (research stage, organisation and analytical stage, development and public discussion).

President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov positively estimated work of experts under the project. He said that the project “Development strategy of the Republic of Tatarstan till 2030” is very important as it determines priority areas for Tatarstan’s further development.

Rustam Minnikhanov thanked experts and noted that Tatarstan specialists would continue studying best practices of social and economic development of certain countries, in particular, Malaysia and Singapore.