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 1 April Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin and Russian Minister of Healthcare Mikhail Murashko introduced Ayrat Farrakhov, who was appointed the Acting Rector of Kazan State Medical University (KSMU) to its staff.
In his speech Mikhail Murashko emphasized that today KSMU is rightfully considered one of the most respected in the country and said:”Ayrat (Zakievich) has been officially appointed the Acting Rector and I am sure that under his leadership the University will maintain the positions it has achieved and, of course, will continue its development.”
On 31 March in the Government House of the republic Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Leyla Fazleeva hold a meeting of the Commission on the Russian language under the Rais of Tatarstan, which considered key issues of supporting and developing Russian language, including new educational initiatives and discussed programmes of popularization of Russian literature and activities to preserve the language heritage.
On 28 March, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with participation of the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Azat Ziganshin informed that the regional central cleaning up action will be held in the republic on 25 April and clarified that the location of the national cleanup day will be announced later as the site will be chosen taking into account the opinions of Tatarstan residents.
On 28 March, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with participation of the regional and the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Deputy Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector Damir Shaydullin informed about statistics on the collection of utility bills payments from the population and data on the payment discipline of enterprises and organizations of the republic.