Programme for heads of Tatarstan municipalities started near Kazan
23 October 2013, Wednesday
On October 23 Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov delivered a lecture “Competitiveness of the territory: the role of leader” for heads of regional administrations within the framework of a training programme "Development of management competence and professional skills of heads of Tatarstan municipal regions" that started at Kazan ski sports complex.
The training is organized by Tatarstan President’s Office, and Higher School of public and municipal administration (Kazan Federal University).
Welcoming participants of the programme, Ildar Khalikov wished them to spend the next four days efficiently. He noted that the programme aims to solve problems revealed during the recently conducted assessment of work efficiency.
Ildar Khalikov noted that Tatarstan leadership is trying to create transparent and clear tools to assess work efficiency of regional heads.
Ildar Khalikov told about approaches of Tatarstan Government to distribution of funds within regional programmes.
During the discussion heads of municipalities asked different questions and made suggestions on improving objectivity of rating criteria.
On 9 May Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin took part in a ceremony of laying flowers to the monument “The victorious soldier” dedicated to the celebrations of the Day of Victory in the Great Patriotic War (WW II) 1941-1945 and held at Arsk cemetery in Kazan.
On 8 May, speaking at a meeting held by the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov in the Government House of the republic with participation of the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, the Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector of the republic Marat Ayzatullin reported that capital overhaul of social facilities is in full swing in the republic with 170 educational facilities having been included into regional and federal programmes.
On 4 May at a briefing held in the Tatarstan Government House it was told that currently there are 92 combat veterans, the last witnesses of the Great Patriotic War (WW II) of 1941-1945, living in the republic. The briefing also informed about veterans’ support measures and how the republic is planning to celebrate the Victory Day on 9 May.
The Deputy Prime Minister of the republic Leyla Fazleeva told that names of 353 Heroes of the Soviet Union from Tatarstan “ are immortalized in street names, on memorials, in monuments and squares and, of course, in our memory”. “The Victory Day is the day of memory, mourning and joy. It is the event which today should be clearly understandable to all young people and younger generation of Tatarstan,” she said.
On 24 April, upon his arrival to the Kazan International Airport, the Defense Minister of China Dong Jun was welcomed by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, representatives of the General Consulate of China in Kazan and other officials