Igor Shuvalov answers questions of students – participants of international educational forum “Summer campus of the Presidential Academy”
25 July 2014, Friday
On July 25, First Deputy Chairman of Russian Government Igor Shuvalov, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, rector of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration Vladimir Mau, and participants of the international educational forum “Summer campus of the Presidential Academy” discussed problems of modern education, development of Russian economy, and ways of economic crisis recovery.
To the point, the meeting of best students from 21 Russian regions, half of which represent the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration and its branches, is being held at ski sports complex “Kazan”. By and large, 250 people including 30 foreign students arrived in Kazan.
It is the third summer campus of the Presidential Academy and Igor Shuvalov noted that Tatarstan may become a traditional place for holding this international educational forum.
Rustam Minnikhanov said that when the Innopolis innovative satellite town is established, holding of winter campus of the Presidential Academy will be possible.
“Innopolis is a town of the future, with new IT university and best people working here. Summer campus and work with young people is a good opportunity to attract them here. We hope that the tradition to hold events of the Presidential Academy will be continued,” Rustam Minnikhanov said.
Vladimir Mau thanked Tatarstan President for the opportunity to hold events in Kazan.
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.