Rustam Minnikhanov meets official delegate of Turkey at WorldSkills International
29 April 2015, Wednesday
On April 29, during his working trip to Ankara, Acting Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov met official delegate of Turkey at WorldSkills International Savas Erishen. They discussed development of WorldSkills movement.
Rustam Minnikhanov said that development of professional education has a positive impact on competitiveness of Russian specialists, and training of professional personnel should be done in accordance with modern market requirements.
Minnikhanov noted that Russia bid for the right to host WorldSkills International competitions in Kazan in 2019. This event arouses a profound interest of potential employers, he added.
Savas Erishen suggested holding similar competitions among cities of the Turkic world.
However, Rustam Minnikhanov said, it is important to win the right to host WorldSkills International in Kazan first of all.
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.
On May 14, Prime Minister of Tajikistan Kokhir Rasulzoda, who arrived on a working visit in Kazan to take part in the events of the XVII International Economic Forum “Russia-the Islamic World: KazanForum”, was met by Prime Minister of the republic Aleksey Pesoshin and other officials at the Kazan International Airport.