The Republic of Tatarstan has been given the Gold award in the nomination "The region of the Russian Federation with the most favorable investment climate". The awarding ceremony of World Investment Award "Investment Angel" was held in Moscow on November 30.
In addition, a number of Tatarstan investors was marked. In the nomination “Investor of the Year” LLC «Chelny-Broiler» has got a silver award, in the nomination "Technology Investor of the Year" LLC Ford Sollers got the Bronze award.

In the State Duma of the Russian Federation in the framework of the Investment Board deputies, representatives of federal executive bodies, bankers, managers of industrial enterprises, public institutions, academic economists discussed the legal aspects of industry support. The event was held on 30 November 2015 by the Chairman of the State Duma Sergey Naryshkin.

"The task of the legislators - to provide systematic support to Russian enterprises, to help anyone who is upgrading or introducing new capacity, produces high quality products. Unmotivated restrictions on investment in production should not be. We must improve the quality of national jurisdiction, so that a private businesses have seen their security, reliability and ease of both material and procedural legal norms and, of course, had no doubt in qualifying and justice courts", said Chairman of the State Duma.

According to him, we need additional measures of tax and customs tariff regulation, strengthening the institution of public-private partnership, the scope of consumer cooperatives, improvement of public procurement and purchasing.

Note that Tatarstan pays great attention to these areas.

TIDA Chief Executive Taliya Minullia:

"The parliamentary platform is an important area for discussing ways and forms of investment, the most pressing issues for our investors. Tatarstan uses this tool – there is a close interaction with the State Council and relevant committees. Given the richness of the past year, I know that we will work together with the national parliament on creating and modifying legal acts.

So, after the adoption of the federal law on PPP the republic is preparing to corresponding changes in regional legislation, Tatarstan Investment Development Agency takes an active part in the process. This is very important, because a large-scale project - a high-speed railway Moscow-Kazan goes with an active participation of Tatarstan, it will be implemented as part of the PPP".

Kirill Dmitriev, General Director of Russian Direct Investment Fund, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Investment under the Chairman of the State Duma, said:

"For the development of the industrial sector of Russia it is important to create high-quality infrastructure and to use the considerable potential of companies to improve efficiency. Already today it is possible to ensure the growth of perspective companies in two or three times, that will be an additional stimulus to investment and the introduction of advanced technologies".

According to the Director of department of development of the contract system of the Ministry of Economic Development Maxim Chemerisov, last year the total amount of public procurement amounted to more than 23 bln. rubles. In other words, in the framework of public procurement is redistributed over a quarter of Russia's GDP. In this regard, the representative of the Ministry proposed to consider procurement as a tool for macroeconomic forecasting and increase the investment attractiveness of the domestic economy, and therefore procurement should focus on stimulating demand for domestic products, and the fight against corruption. Speaking about import substitution, Maxim Chemerisov proposed to introduce incentives for the localization of production in Russia, to strengthen cooperation with its partners in the Eurasian Economic Union and speed up the adoption of the bill to restrict the access of foreign goods. The meaning of the project, known as "third wheel" is that if for auction come up two or more applications from domestic suppliers, foreign applications are automatically rejected.

According to the participants of the meeting, formation of the complex state of industrial policy is crucial to promoting economic growth, the implementation of industrial-technical potential, as well as the national security of the Russian Federation. An effective element of this support is intended to be a mechanism of "Investment lift" for medium-sized companies, created on behalf of the President of the Russian Federation.

An effective support tool is intended to be a special investment contract provided by the law on industrial policy.

According to First Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Gleb Nikitin, from the beginning of the law submitted 185 pre-applications for the signing of such contracts. Deputy Minister drew attention of the participants of the meeting to the need to clarify certain provisions of the existing legislation in the field of industrial policy. It should specify the norms of the law on standardization, making appropriate changes to dozens of other laws. In particular, it is a priority of procurement based on state standards. It is also proposed to introduce a special, non-competitive procurement regime for the parties of the investment contract, which would require an adjustment of the competition law. In addition, Mr. Nikitin called for the introduction of tangible tax incentives for "greenfield"s. The appropriate project is being prepared for the second reading.

Presidential Commissioner for Entrepreneurs' Rights Boris Titov called to move from a policy of containment, which, in his estimation, makes almost any production unprofitable in Russia, to the policy of encouraging industrial growth.

President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs Alexander Shokhin, referring the matter to stimulate investment, proposed to think about refinancing bank loans to industrial projects and investment projects of import substitution. At the same time, access to tax benefits should be wide enough, otherwise notable results can not be achieved.

Rector of the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under President Vladimir Mau called for lower interest rates on loans and preservation of tax stability.

As the press service of the State Duma notes, summing up the discussion, Sergey Naryshkin assured that the issue of legislative support for the industry in the foreseeable future will not lose its relevance. Legislative Duma portfolio contains a number of important initiatives that must be taken before the end of the year, and then the work will continue.

 TIDA Press Service

From 2 to 4 March, 2016 in Kazan will be hold "Hands women" International Exhibition-Forum.

Earlier, to the Head of the organizing committee of the event Marat Shakirzyanov  a letter of support from Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Chief Executive Taliya Minullina was sent.

As noted on the site of the forum, the event will be hold with the support of  the Federation Council  of Federal Assembly of Russia and the State Duma of the Russian Federation (Committee is about family`s, women, children`s issues, Committee of business` nationality), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, Ministry of the Russian Federation for Civil Defense, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters, Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Embassy of the Russian Federation in the Kingdom of Belgium, Rossotrudnichestvo, the President of the Republic of Tatarstan, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan, Commissioner for Human Rights in the Republic of Tatarstan, Tatarstan Investment Development Agency and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Tatarstan.

"Hands Women" International Exhibition-Forum is "online" and "offline" project.

The "Hands Women" consists of a flexible, dynamic, large-scale structure, which is designed to solve actual problems and issues of the international community. The "Hands Women" is a unique platform to bring together women of different faiths and political views, where will be discussions related to current topics of today: women in politics, economy, business, culture, art, as a major factor in solving pressing issues of gender equality in each of these areas of the world community. The project was created in order to assist the Russian Federation in the integration of global processes, current trends, resources, investment, and provide the Russian image of Power, integrated into all relevant processes taking into account the specificities and its own interests.

On-line System of the Project is a new media, unified social networking and trading platform. Offline version of the project opens a forum with business program, panel sessions, discussion platforms, round tables, where will be an exhibition of applied art, ethnography, a charity auction of handicrafts, attributes of celebrities, holding charity events, the festival of national cuisine of the peoples of the Russian Federation, concerts of folk dancers and a rock concert of Witchy Kitchen.

Topics presented in the business program has repeatedly raised in the world in significant sites such as the Eurasian Women's Forum, the Assembly of the United Nations, on the meeting of the "Big-20", a discussion and a decision of which is so important in the world.

The organizers have set important task to draw the attention of the authorities and society to the positive role that women play in the implementation of the strategic directions of the development of Russia and the world; they are going to demonstrate the enormous potential possessed by women working in various fields of business, offer their approaches to construction of a new, advanced economy, to the creation of a favorable investment climate, to the creation an atmosphere of creativity and support demanded by the projects’ time, as well as development of an effective solutions to the development of women's entrepreneurship in the current economic and political conditions.

The particular relevance of the Forum-exhibition in connection with the deepening of integration processes within the Eurasian Economic Union, the CIS and SCO, as well as the increasing role of women in both domestic and international issues in Eurasia is emphasized.

Goals:

·         to cooperate  women of all regions of the  Russian Federation, the Commonwealth of Independent States and abroad;

·         to pay attention to products created by woman;

·         to represent new Russian goods on Russian market  of products and services;

·         to discover new faces, names and talents in art, fashion, design;

·         to show a national feature of goods multinational the Russian Federation folks;

·         to discover new promising directions of development Russian society.

Tasks:

·         to hold regional exhibition in regions of  the Russian Federation;

·         to conduct in 9 federal districts of the Russian Federation;

·         to invite the Commonwealth of Independent States, Europe and Asia to participate in the project;

·         to hold final exhibition in Strasburg, France;

·         to introduce regions of Russian Federation on the foreign fair in Strasburg, France;

·         to cover information in federal and region Media;

Result:

·         the project will allow to combine women – producers of products, women leaders, businesswomen and owner`s of businesses;

·         the project will demonstrate multinational richness of goods and services produced by folks of Russia;

·         the project will demonstrate new goods and services for Russian marketand the Commonwealth of Independent States;

·         the project will have positive impact on strengthening of women's movement in Russia, interaction between women of Russia of the CIS countries, Europe and Asia.

Website: http://handswomen.com/

At the V International forum of industrial-park project “InPark-2015”, which took place in Novosibirsk on November 25-26 current year, was presented the investment potential of the investment infrastructure of Tatarstan - Director of Industrial Park "M-7"   Sergey Kosarev took part in the discussion of modern technologies of investment development of Russian regions.

The Government House hosted a meeting of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and Deputy Secretary General of the Association for the development of China's enterprises abroad Ke Zhen Wei. The event was attended by Taliya Minullina, Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Chief Executive, who prepared the visit of the delegation.

The analysis of data for the 3 quarter of the current year generated information about the volume of foreign direct investment (FDI) into the economy of Tatarstan.

 Dmitry Alexeyev, Head of the examination of investment projects department of Tatarstan Investment Development Agency,  has become the winner of the republican contest "Best civil servant of the Republic of Tatarstan". Order № 680 from 11.24.2015 signed Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov.
In accordance with a presidential act Dmitriy Alexeev awarded with the diploma "The best civil servant of the Republic" in the "Cross-sectoral management" nomination.
At the Agency’s meeting the TIDA staff congratulated the Head of the department.
"As the Chief for me  every employee is the best. They just the best at their own sphere and I am glad that the experience and qualifications of Dmitry Alexeyev was evaluated in the prestigious competition. I'm sure he'll get extra motivation, strengthen the believe in his own strength and conquer new heights.
Today, the world's most valuable resource – are people. In the XXI century are successful those countries and regions that invest in education, science, training as a whole. We understand it and do it", said TIDA Chief Executive Taliya Minullina.
In his response, Dmitriy Alexeev thanked TIDA Chief Executive for the trust, the staff - for showing support.
The Republican contest is conducted in accordance with the Regulation "On the Republican contest "Best civil servant of the Republic of Tatarstan", approved by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan from May 16, 2014 № UP-479.
In the first round the contest commission evaluates the contestants on the basis of the documents; evaluates the professional and personal qualities of the participants (individual interviews, testing and use of other forms of competitive tasks). In the second round 36 finalists of the contest prepared contest work on certain topics and defense it. Winner is the participant with the highest score in each category of the competition group.
TIDA Press Service

On November 23 at the House of the Government of Tatarstan was held a meeting of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov with the Chief of Haier in Russia Lyudmila Romanova.

The meeting was attended by Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Chief Executive Taliya Minullina.

They discussed issues of implementation of Haier investment project on the territory of Kama Industrial Park "Master" (KIP "Master") - a plant for the production of refrigeration equipment.

For reference.

HAIER - is Chinese brand, which is among the 100 largest brands in the world according to the World Brand Laboratory. Authoritative Business Week magazine ranked the company 27th on the list of he world’s 50 most innovative companies. This is largely explained by continued investment in the development of new technologies and engineering solutions. The corporation has more than 7,000 patented technology certificates, including 1234 Innovative inventions and intellectual property rights in respect to 589 types of modern software.

Haier Corporation is building a plant for the production of refrigeration equipment in Tatarstan (KIP "Master", Naberezhnye Chelny). The total investment is 50 million dollars, the number of jobs - 500 direct, 1.5 thousand - in the outsourcing production.

TIDA Press Service

REIF Russian Export and Investment Forum, organized by the Council for the development of foreign trade and international economic relations, was held on November 20, in the Analytical Center under the Government of the Russian Federation.

President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov met with the leadership of the company “Saint-Gobain” (France) at the House of the Government of Tatarstan, where TIDA Chief Executive Taliya Minullina participated.