Tatarstan IT-projects presented to Moscow journalists
23 February 2011, Wednesday
February,23. Delegation of journalists of federal mass media headed by TV talk-show hostess Tina Kandelaki visited Kazan IT-park. Officials of federal mass media were accompanied by RT President Rustam Minnikhanov. Projects in the sphere of IT-technologies were presented to the guests.
RT Vice-premier – Minister of info and communications Nikolai Nikiforov made the key presentation. He told journalists about the system “E-government”. Tina Kandelaki personally used application for electronic documents circulation on «iPad».
Nikolai Nikiforov told about implementation of IT-technologies in health care system of Nizhnekamsk city and widespread program “Electronic education” that is being realized in Tatarstan.
Vice-premier informed about plans of Tatarstan to create complete set of educational materials by all subjects and classes in electronic format.
In the course of presentation Tina Kandelaki contacted Director General of “Google Russia” Vladimir Dolgov via service “Skype”. Head of Russian office of well-known corporation noted major achievements of Tatarstan in IT-sphere and said “Google” sees many points of contact with republic.
Also the project of “IT-village”, Tatarstan elaborations in the sphere of rendering state services in electronic format were presented to the delegation.
Moscow journalists visited company “Bars group” – one of the leading developers of software for “E-government”, dispatcher centre “GLONASS+112” and other organizations on the territory of technopark.
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.
On 27 March, speaking at a ceremonial event dedicated to celebrations of the Day of Russian National Guard held at the Kazan City Hall with participation of the Chief of the Office of the Staff of the Rais of the republic Asgat Safarov, heads of law-enforcement bodies of the republic and veterans and employees of the territorial Directorate of the National Guard, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin said that the Russian National Guard Directorate for the republic Republic of Tatarstan is traditionally acknowledged as one of the best in the country.