All-Russia seminar of customs information and technical services is held in Kazan
10 September 2013, Tuesday
On September 10 Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov, Chief of Head IT Department of Federal Customs Service Aleksei Shashayev, Head of Volga region Customs Department Sergei Rybkin, and Head of Tatarstan Customs Albert Mavlikov took part in opening of All-Russia seminar of information and technical services of regional customs departments subordinate to Federal Customs Service in Kazan.
Head of Tatarstan Government welcomed participants of the seminar on behalf of Tatarstan President and thanked for holding the event in Kazan. He also thanked employees of Tatarstan Customs for their work during summer Universiade 2013.
Speaking about the topic of the seminar Ildar Khalikov said that information technologies have always been one of priority ones for Tatarstan. He informed that all government and municipal employees work in a single information system, and 2 mln electronic state services are rendered monthly.
Sergei Rybkin thanked Tatarstan leadership for an opportunity to hold the seminar in Kazan.
To the point, the seminar will be held till September 13. Participants of the event will visit High Technology Park “IT park”, and discuss a wide range of issues connected with development of modern customs technologies.
Using such technologies as online declaring, preliminary informing, remote release of goods and vehicles, the human factor will be minimal. The technologies will help to reduce bureaucratic delays and corruption, and make customs service more flexible and efficient.
One of innovations to be introduced in Volga region is the automated system for abnormal situation management.
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