Head of collaboration between business and science at George Mason University (Virginia, USA) Keith Segerson met with representatives of Tatarstan Investment Development Agency. At the meeting he said that his working visit to Russia is planned to last for two weeks.
At a meeting with TIDA First Deputy Chief Executive Robert Galiullin, TIDA Head of examination of investment projects department Guzel Mullayarova, TIDA Head of support and monitoring of investment projects department Arthur Nigmatulin and TIDA Head of investment promotion Wyatt Ford Keith Segerson was accompanied by his assistant Svetlana Filatro and Director of the Department to attract investment in Chamber of Commerce of the Republic of Tatarstan Ramil Ablaev.
On the eve in Tatarstan Investment Development Agency was a meeting concerning the project of «ALL IMPEX GmbH» company.
The meeting was attended by TIDA First Deputy Chief Executive Robert Galiullin, TIDA Head of support and monitoring of investment projects department Arthur Nigmatulin, CEO «ALL IMPEX GmbH» Wolfgang Dyurfeld, representatives of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan and Tatarstan Ministry of Industry and Trade.
A trip to the territory of Kazan Smart City was a continuation of a meeting with Tatarstan Investment Development Agency and Tatarstan Development Corporation.
In Tatarstan Investment Development Agency International Enterprise Singapore delegation headed by Deputy CEO Chua Taik Him met with TIDA First Deputy Chief Executive Robert Galiullin, TIDA Head of support and monitoring of investment projects department Arthur Nigmatulin and TIDA Head of investment promotion Wyatt Ford.
Discussing the prospects for cooperation with Tatarstan and investment opportunities in the region Chua Taik Him noted that during his visit to the republic the company would like to find new areas of cooperation.
At the 21st International universal exhibition "Bishkek 2013", which took place on October 23-27, JSC "Tatarstan Export Corporation" represented "Kama" Trading house.
The exhibition in the capital of Kyrgyzstan consist from a range of engineering products, household appliances, furniture and interior design, telecommunications, information technology, light industry, food, energy and consumer goods.
On the stand of "Kama" Trading house held intensive negotiations with the Kyrgyzstan businessman.
For three days, representatives of ministries and agencies of the Chechen Republic will be acquainted with the Tatarstan’s experience in the field of inter-regional cooperation.
On the eve to the capital of Tatarstan came the delegation of Chechen Republic consisting from the heads of the Ministry of Economic, Trade and Regional Development and the Ministry of Transport and Communications, specialists in these ministries and relevant departments. The delegation is headed by Deputy Prime Minister of Chechnya Hassan Khakimov.
Today, in the Tatarstan Investment Development Agency was a meeting of Deputy Prime Minister of Chechnya Hassan Khakimov, Minister of Economic, Regional Development and Trade Muslim Khuchiyev, Director of Investment and cluster policy Magomed Hussein Mustafin and TIDA First Deputy Chief Executive Robert Galiullin. The meeting was also attended by TIDA Head of the public-private partnership department Sergey Golovin, TIDA Head of support and monitoring of investment projects department Arthur Nigmatulin and Tatarstan Development Corporation CEO Bulat Gayanov.
Turkish company «Bor-tek» CEO told about cooperation with Tatarstan on the blog of online magazine "Delovoy kvartal".
Writing under the headline "In emerging markets it is important to share" was published today. Orhan Ihsanoglu wrote that "the international community has some fears about doing business in Russia."
About Russia Orhan Ihsanoglu speaks that “it is currently a country of great interest for “Bor-tek” company. "When we came into Russia, we paid attention to the Republic of Tatarstan, met with the Tatarstan Export Corporation, \discussed and coordinated our expectations and began working together, - says in his notes Orhan Ihsanoglu. - Our partner shared with us the financial risks, business risks, just as they provided information from their information banks. Together with them, we met with the local authorities, identified the needs of the region and potential investors - all this really have helped us. "
Today with representatives of the Republic of Tatarstan held a meeting under the supervision of Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Chief Executive Linar Yakupov.
The meeting was attended by representatives of the Tatarstan Ministries, Tatarstan Development Corporation and the Tatarstan Export Corporation.
Today Tatarstan has 21 offices in the Russian Federation and abroad, including Kazakhstan, Turkey, France, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and other countries.
Opening the meeting, Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Chief Executive Linar Yakupov underscored TIDA’s activities.
During the meeting was noted that "according to the Program of socio- economic development of the Republic of Tatarstan for 2011-2015, the volume of foreign direct investment per capita is expected to grow to $ 1,500 by the end of 2015 (in 2012 the figure was 151 U.S. dollars)". To achieve this goal, noted TIDA Chief Executive, is necessary, in particular, to strengthen the work with the representatives.
Appointment of the Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Tatarstan in the Russian Federation for the post of Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan agreed on the eve in the Tatarstan State Council.
The proposal for the appointment of Ravil Ahmetshin as Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan was unanimously supported.
Plenipotentiary Representative Office in Moscow and Tatarstan Investment Development Agency actively engaged in attracting investors to the territory of the republic. In particular, on June 27 of this year, was opened a series of TIDA’s investment seminars on priority development issues. The first seminar represented branch of engineering and automotive components.
In Tatarstan Investment Development Agency held a second meeting on foreign direct investments in the Republic of Tatarstan, which was attended by representatives of ministries and departments, the municipalities of the Republic of Tatarstan, as well as representatives of the "SEZ Alabuga" and "special economic zone "Innopolis".
The meeting discussed a number of proposals relating to the investment of Republic’s niches to attract potential investors.
"Today, one of the most important objectives is to increase the volume of foreign direct investment, - said Linar Yakupov. - According to the program of socio-economic development of the Republic of Tatarstan for 2011-2015, adopted by the State Council of Tatarstan in March 31, 2011, the amount of FDI per capita is expected to grow to $ 1,500 by the end of 2015".
Today, Tatarstan Investment Development Agency representatives met with a delegation from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), headed by the President of the bank Suma Chakrabarti.
The meeting was attended by the TIDA First Deputy Chief Executive Robert Galiullin, Tatarstan Development Corporation CEO Bulat Gayanov, Managing Director of EBRD in Russia Natalia Khanzhenkova, Head of the EBRD on the PFD Catherine Solovova and others.
As part of the visit to the Republic of Tatarstan, the EBRD delegation has already visited Naberezhnye Chelny, production plants of "KAMAZ" special economic zone "Alabuga" and met with Prime Minister of the Republic Ildar Halikov. The meeting was held this morning in the House of Government of the Republic of Tatarstan.