Ildar Khalikov meets with representatives of Ertico – ITS Europe
26 February 2014, Wednesday
On February 26 at their meeting in Kazan Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov and Director of Ertico – ITS Europe Partnership Services and Communication Department Rasmus Lindholm discussed cooperation in the sphere of traffic safety, immediate response in road accidents, ensuing of safe transportation of vehicles and freight through international transport corridors in Russia and EU countries.
Welcoming Rasmus Lindholm, Ildar Khalikov noted that the company has long dealt with projects on improving road safety in Europe, and this is an urgent issue for many countries.
He reminded as well that two big sports events, summer Universiade 2013 and winter Olympic Games in Sochi, were held in Russia, when traffic safety issues were especially important.
Head of the Ministry of the Interior Artem Khokhorin, Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Information and Communication Roman Shaikhutdinov, Head of State Road Safety Inspectorate Rifkat Minnikhanov took part in the meeting.
Tatarstan President's Press Office, Elena Britvina
On May 26, speaking at a briefing in the Cabinet of Ministers of the republic held in a videoconference mode with participation of all municipal regions of Tatarstan and focused on events scheduled for June 1, International Children’s Day, as well as the implementation of the “Summer in Tatarstan” programme, Deputy Prime Minister of the republic Leyla Fazleeva appealed that parents should closely supervise their children during recreational activities near water in order to prevent accidents.
On 18 May ay the CIPR conference in Nizhniy Nogorod the Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Roman Shaykhutdinov, the Rector of the Innopolis University Aleksandr Gasnikpov and the Vice-rector of the University Yevgeny Bobrov will take part at round tables session of the conference.
Experts will discuss the role of Tatarstan and Innopolis as one of the key technological centers of the country and how regional innovative platforms help to solve tasks of the whole Russian industry. A special emphasis will be placed on the digital transformation of the oil and gas sector and how large clusters and scientific and technological centers are becoming drivers of industry change.
On 16 May, speaking at a meeting in the Government House of the republic held by the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin with participation of the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the Minister of Agriculture and Food of the republic Marat Zyabbarov reported that the sowing of spring crops is in full swing in the republic with 1m 38 thousand hectares or 61 per cent of the planned have been sown.
On May 14, on the sidelines of the XVII International Economic Forum “Russia-the Islamic World: KazanForum”, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin and Head of the Federal Service for Accreditation Dmitry Volvach signed an agreement on interaction and cooperation in the development of the halal industry.