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 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.
On 9 May Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin took part in a ceremony of laying flowers to the monument “The victorious soldier” dedicated to the celebrations of the Day of Victory in the Great Patriotic War (WW II) 1941-1945 and held at Arsk cemetery in Kazan.