On September 20, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan hosted a meeting on the issues of implementing the priority programme “Improving Labour Productivity and Supporting Employment” in the Republic of Tatarstan.
The event was attended by Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Almaz Khusainov, Assistant to the Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Yulia Urozhayeva, Adviser to the Vnesheconombank Chairman Ksenia Yashina, Director of the Employment Department at the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation Mikhail Kirsanov, as well as representatives of ministries, agencies, and enterprises of the Republic of Tatarstan.
Opening the meeting, Deputy Minister Almaz Khusainov noted that the Republic of Tatarstan was included in the number of 6 pilot regions under the programme. In addition, a regional labour productivity programme has been developed and is being implemented in Tatarstan, training of personnel based on 20 resource centres is under way, technoparks, industrial sites, and innovation centres are being created, and a competence centre is operating.
The meeting also discussed the interaction of enterprises and employment centres, the role and functions of the centres of excellence for improving labour productivity, as well as development institutions in the programme implementation.