Tatarstan President takes part in opening of the programme “Go ahead, Tatarstan!”

On October 3 Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Minister of Information and Communications Roman Shaikhutdinov took part in solemn opening of the programme “Go ahead, Tatarstan!”, a series of seminars and lectures from Google experts for teachers, businessmen, government employees, elderly Internet users, children, master classes for developers, and contests for young people.

Welcoming participants of the event, Rustam Minnikhanov informed that Google launches a unique educational programme in Kazan. He thanked the company for choosing Tatarstan as a pilot region to implement this programme. Rustam Minnikhanov wished participants of the seminars to get much useful information.

Director General of Google Russia Julia Solovieva said that Tatarstan is one of the most technologically developed regions in Russia, and hoped that implementation of this programme will contribute to further cooperation between Google and Tatarstan.

Roman Shaikhutdinov thanked Google for initiatives realized in Tatarstan.

The project should start long-term training programmes in the sphere of digital technologies for children and elderly people and holding regular youth competitions.