First vice-premier of Tatarstan Boris Pavlov: «Holding International forum on development of innovative space of the CIS will strengthen authority of Tatarstan»

February 16, 2009, First Deputy Prime Minister of RT Boris Pavlov held a meeting regarding organization and holding an International forum «Development of innovative space of the CIS. Role and place of commercial and industrial chambers of the countries of Commonwealth» which is to take place in Kazan from April 16 to April 17 2009.

Heads and experts of the ministries, departments, enterprises and organizations of the Republic Tatarstan took part in the meeting.

Boris Pavlov noted that the initiative of Commercial and industrial chamber of the Russian Federation in organization and holding such an International forum in Kazan was caused by the fact that Tatarstan is one of the most active regions where a working innovative infrastructure has been created. Presence of leading scientific and educational centers of Tatarstan, a system of effective state and legislative support of innovative economy, presence of financial institutions of development of the republican level, a network of the created technoparks allowed to create industrial application of nanno-technologies at the Tatarstan enterprises.