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On July 23 was held a meeting of the Public Council under Tatarstan Investment Development Agency, which discussed the Action Plan to implement the Strategy of socio-economic development of the Republic of Tatarstan up to 2030.
On June 17, 2015 the Acting President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov signed the Law of the Republic of Tatarstan №40-ZRT "On approval of the Strategy of socio-economic development of the Republic of Tatarstan up to 2030". For the practical implementation of the Strategy 2030 the Action Plan is provided. "The Republic is investment attractive in the world. The financial system is highly effective", - so formulated one of the strategic objectives.
At the last meeting, the members of the Public Council discussed issues such as the creation of an investment guide (passport) of the municipalities of the Republic of Tatarstan, the implementation of measures to identify and fill investment niches of TR, monitoring of the world and regional practice of formation of favorable investment climate, implementation of measures for the best practices in the Republic of Tatarstan, the development of technopark structures, the creation of regional special economic zones, the formation, maintenance and updating of a united investment portal of the Republic of Tatarstan and several other planned activities.
TIDA Chief Executive Taliya Minullina, in particular, said: "With regard to the implementation of measures to identify and fill the investment niches, in this case it is also necessary to generate projects that will be of interest to potential investor on the basis of 10 innovation clusters, united in a single project "Tatarstan technology initiative".
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The main strategic objective of the Strategy is defined as Tatarstan 2030 - the global competitive and sustainable region, the driver of "Volga-Kama" growth pole. Tatarstan – is a leader in the quality of the interconnected development of the human capital, institutions, infrastructure, economy and external integration (axial Eurasian region of Russia) and the interior space; a region with a faster pace of development, high inclusion in the international division of labor.
TIDA Press Service
From 28 to 30 July Kazan will host the exhibition "Export goods (investments) of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China".
On the territory of the pavilion №1 of the exhibition center "Kazan Fair" will be presented more than 50 large companies that operate in areas such as agriculture, textiles, tourism and recreation.
Today the preparation for the exhibition was discussed in Tatarstan Investment Development Agency with the participation of Deputy Head of the Department of Commerce of the Government of Xinjiang Nitszyat Ya Sang, representatives of the Ministry of Economy of Tatarstan and the Chamber of Commerce of the Republic of Tatarstan.
As Tatarstan Investment Development Agency (TIDA) Chief Executive Taliya Minullina notes, active work with the business community of China and other Asian countries is carried out in accordance with the request of the President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov. The need to intensify cooperation in this area Tatarstan President emphasized on Agency’s Board on February 3, 2015.
The representatives of business circles of Xinjiang visited Tatarstan in 2015 repeatedly; these visits were also prepared by TIDA. So, in June the delegation headed by Head of the Department of Commerce of Xinjiang Guangtao Xia, arrived in Tatarstan to discuss various possibilities to implement the concept of economic zone "Silk Road", as well as research of republic’s market. On June 17 distinguished guests were met in the House of Government by Acting President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov.
A July innovation in the field of investment was the introduction of regulatory of rating activity in Russia.
Federal Law of the Russian Federation from July 13, 2015 N 222-FZ "On the activities of credit rating agencies in the Russian Federation, on the amendment of article 76 [1] of the Federal Law "On the Central Bank of the Russian Federation (Bank of Russia)" and Repeal of Certain Provisions of Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation" defines the basic concepts of rating activities and the conditions for its implementation in Russia, the procedure of agencies’ accreditation.
The Russian Federation is the most investment attractive country of BRICS and represents the most lucrative market for investors in 2015 among the states of this international association. This was reported in the Bloomberg research article, which is published on the company’s website.
As noted in the article, after the December "muss" (reduction of the oil prices, the ruble, and then raising the key rate of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation), the situation has changed significantly, the Russian economy has stabilized.
Tatarstan Investment Development Agency presented on the internet and in social networks.
At the beginning of this year was created a page of Tatarstan Investment Development Agency on Facebook:
In the forum “Tatarstan - support for business” held in Innopolis, Acting President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov made a number of program initiatives.
Commenting on the victory of Tatarstan in the national ranking of investment climate in the regions of the Russian Federation, Rustam Minnikhanov noted: "Tatarstan – is one of the most successful regions in the country. But we are far from perfect. We have lots and lots of work ... The main thing for us – is to hear that you are concerned about and what to do".
On July 14 in Innopolis was signed an agreement on cooperation in the field of Islamic finance. Document was signed by the Acting President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and Chairman of the Board of Sberbank German Gref. The agreement provides for cooperation between the parties on the study and formation of proposals for the development of Islamic finance in the region.
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the federal law "On public-private partnership, municipal-private partnership in the Russian Federation and the Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation". Law №224 from 13 July 2015 will enter into force on 1 January 2016 (except for certain provisions). Federal law on PPP adopted in Russia for the first time, before that were only regional laws, which were often just for a framework.
On July 13, in Moscow, Interim President of the Republic of Tatarstan took part in a rehearsal of the presentation of the bid of Kazan for hosting WorldSkills championship in 2019.
It should be reminded that in January 2015, Russia submitted its preliminary bid to the WorldSkills International Secretariat with the intention to participate in the bid campaign for the right to host the world championship of professional skills WorldSkills Competition 2019 in Kazan.
The Board of Directors of the WorldSkills International allowed the Russian Federation to submit its bid to the WSI General Assembly in August 2015.
Thanks to the project "High-speed highway Moscow-Kazan" will be created over 80 thousand new jobs. This was announced during the discussion on the expert panel dedicated to HSH, which took place on July 9 in the international industrial exhibition "Innoprom-2015" in Yekaterinburg.
"During the construction of HSH will be created 80 thousand jobs, 45 thousand of which in related industries. At the stage of operation will remain 30 thousand jobs, 15 thousand of which in related industries", -noted the Deputy Minister of Transport of Russia Alexey Tsydenov (quoted by the news agency "Interfax").
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