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The International Center for Corporate training, investment and innovation with the assistance of the British consulting company «Savor Group» from October to December 2013 holds international internships, investment symposia and business missions to the Russian delegation.

Internships and business missions will take place in the UK (21-26 October 2013), France (4-9 November 2013), Switzerland (18-23 November 2013), Austria (2-7 December 2013), the U.S. (December 15 -22 (+ till 5 January) 2013).
Representatives of Russian enterprises and executive authorities will have an opportunity to establish direct international business contacts, share best practices, explore global best practices, training, and professional development.

13-14 September in the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan will be held the International Transport and Logistics Forum "The creation and development of an integrated international transport and logistics system: perspectives and realities".
The event is organized by the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Tatarstan. The forum will be attended by representatives of the federal government, the subjects of the Russian Federation and major enterprises of Russia and abroad.

The International Transport and Logistics Forum scheduled the presentation of the pilot project "Construction of Sviyazhsk multimodal logistics center", intended for the processing traffic of existing transport corridors "East - West", "North - South" and the newly created "Europe - Western China".

In Tatarstan Investment Development Agency was a meeting on attracting foreign direct investments in the Republic of Tatarstan. This meeting was attended by representatives of ministries and departments as well as municipalities of the Republic of Tatarstan.

Participants discussed foreign capital participation in investment projects, implemented on the territory of Tatarstan. Welcoming the participants of the meeting, TIDA Chief Executive Linar Yakupov noted, that The Republic of Tatarstan is one of the most attractive regions for foreign investors, and in this case all the ministries and departments as well as municipalities should be more actively involved in the providing information, needed for the implementation of investment projects.

 Now is developing an electronic system of maintenance investment projects in the Republic of Tatarstan. It will allow following the stages of investment projects developing.

Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the United Mexican States in the Russian Federation Ruben Beltran is in a one-day working visit to the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan.
The delegation, led by Ruben Beltran, also included a group of Mexican investors.

Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Chief Executive Linar Yakupov met with Ruben Beltran as part of its working visit to Moscow at the end of July current year. The parties discussed the opportunities of cooperation. One of the topics for discussion was the organization of Mr. Beltran and Mexican companies visit to Kazan.

In the first half of the day, Mr. Beltran met with TIDA Chief Executive First Deputy Robert Galiullin, TIDA Head of investment promotion Wyatt Ford and TIDA Head of support and monitoring of investment projects department Arthur Nigmatulin. During the meeting, to the Ambassador of the United Mexican States in the Russian Federation presented the economic and investment potential of the Republic of Tatarstan and Kazan Smart City project.

During the meeting, which was held in the Government House by President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, the board discussed five new projects of Russian and foreign investors.

To the Supervisory Board, which includes Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Chief Executive Linar Yakupov, were presented current projects of SEZ "Alabuga". In particular, the company "Interskol" and “Alabuga Motors” plan to expand its operations and increase activity in the special economic zone. "Interskol" plans to work in technical activities and declares the establishment of the engineering and testing center "Engineering Center Interskol" branch. It was noted that the project will carry out large-scale development projects and launch mass production of 15 new products per year. The opening of the center is planned in one of the modules of the "Synergy" industrial park.

The "Alabuga-Motors" company organizes production on equipping the basic chassis of "Ford” cars and a number of other brands in the specialized transport, in particular, taxis, ambulances, school buses of different sizes, electric cars and cars with gas engines. The Finnish company "Huhtamaki" announced its intention to build on the SEZ "Alabuga" territory modern plant for the production of disposable tableware and packaging, made of paper and plastic - "Huhtamaki Alabuga". It is expected that the new plant will be a major supplier of disposable cups and lids for the restaurant chain McDonald `s in the Volga region, Western Siberia, Kazakhstan and the Urals.

Marat Sarsenbayev, Director of the Kazakhstan Association of Halal Industry, visited the Tatarstan Investment DevelopmentAgency (TIDA) today, meeting with TIDA Chief Executive, Executive Director of the National Association of Halal Industry Irshat Yunusov, and Chairman of Halal Standards Marat Nizamov.

Employees of theTatarstan Investment Development Agency (TIDA), Tatarstan Development Corporation (TDC), and Tatarstan Export Corporation (TEC) celebrated Eid al-Fitr in the township of Baltasi yesterday.

The festival dedicated to Eit al-Fitr, the end of the holy month of Ramadan, was held for the second time in Baltasi. Festivities included a concert program, games, and celebration of the end of fasting in front of the Baltach Halal Industrial Park. Guestswere treated to hot pancakes, kebabs and tea.

Charity festival, dedicated to Eid al-Fitr, in the Baltasi township held for the second time.Last year thanks to initiative of local entrepreneurs, festive celebration in honor of the holy month of Ramadan, was greatly celebrated. It was decided to make this holiday as an annual celebration and invite guests from all parts of the republic. As the main celebration treat in honor of the end of the holymonth of Ramadan was a pilaf, which was prepared at once in five big caldrons placed in the field.

The Tatarstan Investment Development Agency (TIDA) and First Deputy Chief Executive of Chistopol municipal region Ruslan Husnullin discussed the development of Chistopol Industrial Park today. Themeeting was attended by TIDA Chief Executive Linar Yakupov, TIDA First Deputy Chief Executive Robert Galiullin, TIDA Deputy Chief Executive Insaf Galiev,TIDA Head of Public-Private Partnership Sergey Golovin and Tatarstan Development Corporation (TDC) CEO Bulat Gayanov.

 The meeting comes after a meeting Prime Minister of Tatarstan Ildar Khalikov held in June 2013 at Chistopol Industrial Park. During that meeting, Ildar Khalikov underscored the importance of proceeding more actively with the development of the industrial park.

The Tatarstan Investment Development Agency (TIDA) hosted the Federal Center of Project Financing of the Vnesheconombank today to discuss the creation of interregional agro-service centers.

In June 2013 TIDA and FCPF signed a cooperation agreement, under which FCPF intends to develop and construct agro-service centers in Tatarstan as a public-private partnership.

Such centers would provide farms with special agricultural equipment available for leasing, a logistics center for the temporary storage of agricultural products, and outsourcing services for financial, legal, marketing, and other services. Such infrastructure will contribute to the dynamic development of the agricultural sector of the Republic of Tatarstan, increasing productivity and access to quality finished products.

During today’s meeting, FCPF Head of Expertise and Methodology Alexander Elizarov and FCPF Head of Investment Projects Kyrill Zendrikov presented conceptual approaches to the development such centers. FCPF plans to develop integrated infrastructure, that provides technical and organizational assistance to agricultural producers,processing and implementation of which would be carried out through the republic.

The Chairman of the Chechen Government Investment and Innovation Committee Alikhan Magomadov and Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Chief Executive Linar Yakupov discussed the possibility of exchanging experience in investment promotion at the investment forum Industrial Projects 2013 in Moscow on 25 July.

We discussed using the experience of the Republic of Tatarstan in attracting investment into Chechnya with the head of one of the most successful Russian investment promotion agencies, Linar Yakupov,” Alikhan Magomadov told the news agency Grozny-Inform.