Tatarstan included in top group of regions having highest investment attractiveness
23 May 2014, Friday
On May 23, at a panel session within the framework of XVIII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum dedicated to initial results of the national rating of the investment climate in Russia's regions, it was reported that Tatarstan was included in the top group of regions having the highest investment attractiveness.
In particular, Tatarstan together with Kaluga region (ranked first), Ulyanovsk region, Krasnoyarsk territory and Kostroma region is among top-ranked regions.
To the point, the rating is designed to evaluate the effectiveness of the efforts made at all levels of government in order to improve the conditions for doing business and features the assessment of business expectations by 54 indicators. The most important of them are the regulatory environment (time period for issuing permissions), infrastructure and resources (quality of roads and land resources) and support for entrepreneurship.
Pilot testing of the rating system was launched across 21 Russian regions. It is expected that all 85 regions will be included in the assessment system, starting from 2015.
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.
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