Ildar Khalikov: Strategic planning is important today

On October 28, at a plenary session “Plans and reality: opportunities and restrictions of the new system of strategic planning in conditions of developing political and economic situation” within the framework of XIII All-Russian forum “Strategic Planning in the Regions and Cities of Russia” in St. Petersburg, Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov said that strategic planning is important today.

The moderator of the session, which was organized as an open discussion of leading Russian experts, was the dean of the Department of liberal arts and sciences of St. Petersburg State University, Chairman of the Committee of civiс initiatives Aleksey Kudrin.

Speaking at the session, Ildar Khalikov said that Tatarstan delegation came to the forum because strategic planning is of high priority in the republic. He noted that Tatarstan is developing the Strategy of its economic development (Strategy-2030) in cooperation with Leontief centre.

Khalikov continued that strategic planning is becoming more important as a tool of long-term development considering current challenging economic situation, and such factors as human capital, spatial and economic development need to be taken into consideration.

Answering the questions, Ildar Khalikov said that today Tatarstan competes with other regions and countries in terms of certain economic indicators, and the priority task is to improve citizens’ quality of life.