Tatarstan President holds session of committees of Association of Innovative Regions of Russia
28 February 2014, Friday
On February 28 Chairman of the Council of the Association of Innovative Regions of Russia Rustam Minnikhanov held a session of heads of Association committees within the framework of Krasnoyarsk economic forum.
Vide-Premier of Russian Government Arkady Dvorkovich, Russian Deputy Minister of Finance Andrey Ivanov, Governor of Krasnoyarsk region Lev Kuznetsov, Tatarstan Minister of Economy Midkhat Shagiakhmetov, Aide to Tatarstan President Airat Khairulin took part in the session.
Speaking at the event, Arkady Dvorkovich said that success of innovations depend on promotion of best practices.
CEO of the Association of Innovative Regions of Russia Ivan Bortnik told about tasks to be realized by the association, such as promotion of industrial innovative clusters at the federal level.
Heads of committees of Association of Innovative Regions of Russia told about activity and plans of the committees.
Midkhat Shagiakhmetov reported on the system meant for assessing the level of innovative development of Russian regions.
Summing up, Rustam Minnikhanov said that the Association of Innovative Regions of Russia successfully works and achieves certain results.
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.
On May 14, Prime Minister of Tajikistan Kokhir Rasulzoda, who arrived on a working visit in Kazan to take part in the events of the XVII International Economic Forum “Russia-the Islamic World: KazanForum”, was met by Prime Minister of the republic Aleksey Pesoshin and other officials at the Kazan International Airport.