Ildar Khalikov meets with President of International Fair Play Committee
31 May 2014, Saturday
On May 31, Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov met with President of International Fair Play Committee Jenő Kamuti at Tatarstan Government House.
International Fair Play Committee is an international non-governmental organization founded by United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization, International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education, and International Sports Press Association, and famous French tennis player Jean Borotra in 1963.
There are 130 member societies and individual members in the Committee. Main activities of the committee are promotion of principles of honesty and nobility in sport and annual presentation of awards.
Welcoming Jenő Kamuti, Ildar Khalikov said that Kazan has been the sports capital of Russia for several years, and Tatarstan football, hockey, and volleyball clubs have become national champions. Ildar Khalikov told about World Summer Universiade, European Championships in Olympic sports held in Kazan.
During the meeting, Jenő Kamuti and Ildar Khalikov discussed holding of new sports international competitions in Tatarstan.
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.