Rustam Minnikhanov : «Cooperation of Tatarstan with World Bank finds support among people»
16 September 2010, Thursday
Tatarstan continues cooperation with the World Bank in sphere of holding analytical works in different areas. This was stated today by RT President R.N. Minnikhanov during a meeting with vice-president of the World Bank in countries of Europe and Central Asia Philip Le Houerou.
«I hope that every visit by the World Bank delegation would generate new push to our relations, - head of the republic said at the meeting held in RT Cabinet. – We would like to use enormous experience of the World Bank for implementing different projects».
By words of Rustam Minnikahnov, all the projects realized in the republic in cooperation with the World Bank find positive response form the population and federal center.
Head of Tatarstan marked the most successful programs implemented jointly with the World Bank. In particular, this is diagnostic research of higher system of education in Kazan and working of development strategy of higher system education in the republic. Besides, research of level and life quality of Tatarstaners, complex assessment of administrative barriers on the way of entrepreneurship developing in Tatarstan, the project “Municipal business-catrd of Republic of Tatarstan” has been developed and others.
«We go ahead. All projects under way and realized ones are very actual in scales of the country as a whole, - Rustam Minnikhanov mentioned – The great work has been carried out especially in sphere of education. For Russia intellectual level, integration in a world educational system – very important factors».
«Experience of the World Bank will be used in implementing our strategic programs/ middle term and long term projects as well», - Rustam Minnikhanov stressed.
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.