Representative of McKinsey company Andrew Grant delivers lecture on increasing efficiency of work of state authorities
11 March 2015, Wednesday
On March 11, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov met Head of the Experts Department of McKinsey company Andrew Grant in Kazan.
McKinsey&Company is a leading international company providing services in the sphere of management consulting. Since 1993 the company has worked with leaders in the Russian market and provided services to customers from Russia and other countries, including oil, gas, bank, and retail companies.
McKinsey cooperates with Russian state authorities, international financial and cultural organizations.
Minnikhanov and Andrew Grant discussed cooperation in the sphere of consulting and training of government employees.
Later the same day, Andrew Grant delivered a lecture for Tatarstan authorities at the Cabinet of Ministers on the topic of increasing efficiency of work of state authorities. In his lecture he focused on interdepartmental relations, separation of powers of central and branch agencies, and encouragement of state agencies for cooperation through setting common goals.
Tatarstan President's Press Office, Elena Britvina
On 9 June upon his arrival to the Kazan International Airport, the Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov was welcomed by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin.
In Kazan Sergey Lavrov will take part in a meeting of the Council of Ministers for Foreign Affairs of State-Participants of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO).
On 5 May, speaking at a regular meeting held by the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov in the Government House of the republic with participation of the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector of the republic Marat Ayzatullin informed that currently 63 school catering units are under repairs with the amount of work completed reaching 15 per cent.
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.