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The ceremony was attended by President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, Vice Prime Minister – Minister of Industry and Trade of the Republic of Tatarstan Ravil Zaripov, Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Chief Executive Linar Yakupov, Head of Elabuzhsky region Gennadiy Emelyanov, Mayor of Naberezhnye Chelny Vasil Shaikhraziev.

At «Coskunoz Alabuga» will produce large and medium-metal body parts for the nearby «Ford Sollers» factory. Agreement on the start of the project was signed in October 2012 in Turkey's Bursa. The amount of investment in the creation of the company is about 70 million dollars, the plant will annually process 40,000 tons of steel.

The event with the participation of representatives of well-known Indian companies operating in the chemical and petrochemical industries, energy, agribusiness, infrastructure, oil and gas, dairy products, information technology, pharmaceuticals, renewable energy, textiles, education, nano- and biotechnology, defense, exhibitions will be held on September 1 in Moscow.

The business delegation of Gujarat (India) within his working visit to the Russian Federation is headed by the Deputy Minister of Girish State Chandra Moorman. The purpose of the trip is to study the mutual business and trade opportunities between Russia and the Gujarat, as well as discussing the possibility of participation of Russian companies in the VI Summit of Vibrant Gujarat 2015, scheduled from 11 to 13 January 2015.

The parties agreed on long-term and mutually beneficial cooperation in the IT-sphere at the Kazan Smart City and the republic as a whole.

Protocol of intent was signed during the meeting of Korea Association of Smart Home - KASH) Vice chairman Lee Choong Ho and LG CNS (part of KASH) Marketing director Kim Dae Young with the leadership of Tatarstan Investment Development Agency and Tatarstan Development Corporation.

September 12 in the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan in the «Kazan Fair» exhibition center will open international specialized exhibition «Real Estate. Investment opportunities. Franchising», one of the organizers of which is the Russian Franchise Association.

At the exhibition, which runs until 14 September, will be organized exposition off companies-franchisors and will be held seminars for aspiring entrepreneurs on the selection and acquisition of franchises of successful companies, seminars for experienced and successful entrepreneurs on business development with the franchise system.

Practical aspects of the PPP projects implementation discussed with the heads of the Investment Development Agencies and Development Corporations of the Russian Federation’s regions.

Final, the third day of the «Public Private Partnership» training was designated as the «practical environment» where topics for discussion were concrete projects in the field of public-private partnership, implemented or planned for implementation in the Russian regions.

During the working visit to the leadership of «Ma Tian Lun» Xinjiang investment Management Company, «Kun Yuan Sheng Ho» Xinjiang International Trade Company and Urumqi Li Chang Heng Yuan Network Science and Technology Co., Ltd presented investment opportunities of the region and organized visits to a number of republican industrial sites.

Investment potential of the region and, in particular, the project of Kazan Smart City was presented during the meeting in Tatarstan Investment Development Agency with the First deputy Chief Executive Robert Galiullin.

Executive Director of the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) takes part in the discussions of the second working day of «Public-private partnership» Training.

Carlos Bronzatto arrived in Kazan the night before and today joined the WAIPA seminar, where is presented the international best practice in the field of public-private partnership (PPP), and discusses issues in PPPs and investment with Russia's regions.

For the first time in Russia in several regions of the country will start a series of business conferences for owners and managers of shopping malls, hypermarkets and supermarkets, brokers and media representatives.

From September to November 2014 conferences on «Mall of the Future» will be held in Kazan, Yekaterinburg, Rostov-on-Don, Chelyabinsk, Perm and Ufa. Organizer of a series of business activities is the «Ekbpromo» Consulting Group with the support of the Knight Frank international consulting company.

The main objective of the «Business-Success» National business award is the search for the best projects in several categories, as well as the best practices of the business environment at regional and local levels in order to replicate them in a systematic manner.

In the competition, which is held by the All-Russian public organization «OPORA ROSII» and NGO «Agency for Strategic Initiatives to promote new projects» with the support of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation may participate municipalities, non-profit and commercial organizations, individual entrepreneurs registered and has activities on the territory of the Russian Federation.

Among the participants – representatives of the Ministry of Regional Development of the Russian Federation, the Russian Investment Agency «Invest in Russia», the Investment Development Agencies and Development Corporations of 14 regions of Russia, as well as ministries, agencies and organizations of the Republic of Tatarstan.