Questions of state regulation of innovative activity were discussed in RT government.

Session of RT Cabinet Presidium “Normative and legal aspects of increasing of effectiveness of state innovative activity regulation of economy in Tatarstan was held today in RT government.

RT Prime Minister Rustam Minnikhanov held the session. RT Minister of Economy Marat Safiullin reported about the main areas of improvement of state regulation of innovative activity in Tatarstan. According to his words the project of RT law “about innovative activity” takes the central place in legal-creative initiatives directed at formation of normative and legal base of regional model of state regulation of innovative sphere.

At present moment such laws are adopted in 20 RF subjects. The main idea of regulatory initiative is preference to direct methods of state regulation of innovative activity in comparison with indirect. The necessity to realize this approach is connected with difficult situation in innovative sphere of domestic economics.

Realization of the main idea of the bill will be achieved by means of development and realization of republic target innovative program that will be the main instrument of state influence on innovative processes. Priority innovative projects will get guaranteed budget financing. It’ll favour the decreasing of tension in financing of innovative activity.

Marat Safiullin noted that conceptual bases, principles and directions of republic innovative policy for perspective are laid in RT Innovative memorandum for 2008-2010. This document was developed in accordance with the program of social and economic development of Tatarstan for 2005-2010 and republic program of development of RT innovative activity for 2004-2010.

Marat Safiullin underlined that the Regulation of voluntary accreditation of the subjects of innovative infrastructure takes the central place in the process of achievement of the aims. The Regulation sets demands for business-incubators, business-hotels, technoparks, industrial parks and technology towns.

Moreover, RT Ministry of Economy prepared the state report “About the results of innovative activity in 2007”. Rating of municipal districts of Tatarstan concerning the level of innovative activity is done.