Rustam Minnikhanov visits 22@ innovation district in Barcelona
19 July 2013, Friday
On July 19 Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov visited 22@ innovation district in Barcelona.
The innovation district is situated in formerly industrial area Poblenou in the district of Sant Marti. The 22@ aims to convert Poblenou into the city’s technological and innovation district, as well as to increase leisure and residential spaces. It is still under construction.
Former Barcelona Architect Josep Acebillo made a short presentation of the 22@ project.
4.5 thousand new companies have moved to the innovation district since 2001. Almost half of the companies are new start ups. The rest have moved from other locations of Barcelona. One third of the total number of companies is knowledge-intensive companies.
There are ten University centers in the 22@ district. The estimated number of workers in the district is 90 thousand (excluding freelance workers). At the end, the project will create 4 million square meters of constructed floor space, most part of which will be used for production activities, the rest for housing and services.
The 22@Barcelona model is already being applied in other areas of Barcelona and is a benchmark in urban, economic and social transformation in cities like Rio de Janeiro, Boston, Istanbul and Cape Town.
Later on the same day Rustam Minnikhanov visited Centre Convencions Internacional Barselona – CCIB, Media Center of Barcelona and a number of other objects situated in the 22@ district.
Tatarstan President's Press Office, Elena Britvina
On 11 May, speaking at a meeting in the Government House of the republic held by the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov with all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector of the republic Marat Ayzatullin reported that as of 11 May the housing construction plan has been fulfilled by 60 per cent in the republic with 1m 888thousand square meters of housing already commissioned.
On 9 May Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin accompanied by the Head of his Office Shamil Gafarov paid homage to Soviet soldiers buried at the Arsk cemetery in Kazan and together with war veterans and other participants of the ceremony laid flowers and wreaths to the monument of the Soldier-the Last Man Standing.
On 7 May an official delegation from Tatarstan headed by the regional Deputy Prime Minister Roman Shaykhutdinov came to the UAE to take part in an annual Investments Forum AIM Congress 2024 held in Abu-Dhabi.
The forum brought together leaders and experts of the branch from all over the world and is dedicated to transformational changes happening on the global investments landscape.
On May 6, speaking at a briefing held in the Government House of Tatarstan and dedicated to the issues of holding the sowing campaign in the republic, Deputy Prime Minister of the republic-Tatarstan Minister of Industry and Trade Marat Zyabbarov said that in the current year the sowing area will be 2.7 million hectares, which is at the level of last year, including 1.8 million hectares allocated for spring sowing.