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Today at 10.00 a.m., the KSK KFU UNICS will host a meeting of the Joint Final Collegium of the Tatarstan Ministry of Economy and the Tatarstan Ministry of Industry and Trade on the topic “Innovative Development of Enterprises as a Basis for Improving the Competitiveness of the Tatarstan’s Economy” with participation of Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov.

The Delegation of the Republic of Tatarstan headed by its President Rustam Minnikhanov paid an official visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Meetings were held with country’s leaders, in particular, with the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, His Majesty King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Deputy Crown Prince, His Royal Highness Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud. Besides, the development of trade and economic relations was discussed with the Minister of Commerce and Investment of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Dr. Majed Bin Abdullah Al Kassabi, and the Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council, Mr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani. In the city of Jeddah, meetings were held with the business community of Saudi Arabia, the Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Dr. Yousef bin Ahmad Al-Othaimeen, and the President of the Islamic Development Bank, Dr. Bandar M. H. Hajjar.

The working visit by Tatarstan President to Saudi Arabia was ended with a Tatarstan-Saudi Arabia business forum. The event was held at the Permanent Representative Office of the Russian Federation to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Jeddah.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Republic of Tatarstan informs of the postponement of the Joint Final Collegium of the Tatarstan Ministry of Economy and the Tatarstan Ministry of Industry and Trade on the topic “Innovative Development of Enterprises as a Basis for Improving the Competitiveness of the Tatarstan’s Economy” with participation of Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov from 8 to 9 February at 10.00 a.m. (KSK KFU UNICS at 2, Professor Nuzhin St., Kazan). 

On 6 February 2017, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov held a meeting of the working group for implementing joint projects between QIWI Group and the Republic of Tatarstan. The meeting was also attended by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Information and Communications of Tatarstan Roman Shaikhutdinov, top executives of other ministries, agencies, and enterprises of the republic.

The working group discussed the course of preparing the application by QIWI Group for obtaining the SEZ Innopolis resident status, cooperation within the framework of the ongoing educational programmes for training IT professionals and upgrading skills of SME representatives in the Republic of Tatarstan. In addition, representatives of the QIWI Group group presented their project, a credit card called Sovest with an opportunity of interest-free use of loans. The participants to the meeting discussed practicable methods of launching this project in the most efficient way.

On February 3 this year, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Republic of Tatarstan held a Polymer Day. It was devoted to the problems of import substitution of polymer products in the cable industry. This event was attended by representatives of more than 40 major manufacturers of polymers, compounds and their customers, cable enterprises in Russia. By tradition, the Polymer Day was passed in the communication platform format involving presentations, discussions, and open dialogue. Participants noted that the share of localisation in the cable industry remains high, and has good expansion prospects for import substitution: the Russian cable industry consumes annually about 260,000 tonnes of polymers and compounds, including 45,500 tonnes of imported polymers.

Problematic issues are the shortage of basic polymers, the reduction of export duties for raw materials, which are further used by processors for the production of import-substituting products, and the lack of up-to-date equipment of Russian origin required by polymer processors.

Today, the concert hall of the Volga Region State Academy of Physical Culture, Sports, and Tourism hosted a large-scale closing ceremony of the Tatarstan WorldSkills Competition, which took place on the republic’s grounds on February 1-3. The ceremony was attended by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov.

The stage of the hall saw over a thousand finalists: veterinarians and young EMERCOM experts, medics, bakers and designers, all those who is now raising the prestige of skilled trades with their work: all in all, 75 competencies of the basic competition and 25 ones of the children's competition.

Summarising the events, Minister of Education and Science of Tatarstan Engel Fattakhov noted the huge contribution of the republic's leadership to the support of the WorldSkills movement, such as the allocation of resources, creation of a training base. All the major employers in the republic joined the Competition: Tatneft, Nizhnekamskneftekhim, as well as machine-building enterprises, farmers, and builders. For them, the Competition became a platform for preparing the much-wanted personnel.

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The Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade approved a Plan for the elaboration and updating of the industries’ development strategies for 2017-2018.

In the first quarter of 2017, the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade plans to prepare the development strategies for transport engineering, metallurgy, rehabilitation-oriented industrial products. In the second quarter, the corresponding programme documents will be prepared for the development of agricultural machinery, children's goods industry, handling, recycling, and disposal of industrial and consumption waste.

In June this year, the development strategy of the machine tool industry for the period up to 2030 will be submitted for the government approval. Implementation of this strategy is intended for lessening the critical dependence of the domestic machine tool industry from imported components. Before the end of the year, the development strategies should be further elaborated for the aviation industry, food machinery, folk arts, and crafts.

In 2018, the updated strategic planning documents will appear for heavy and power engineering, light industry, shipbuilding, electronics, medical, pharmaceutical, and other industries.

On February 3, Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Albert Karimov held this year's first meeting of the Organising Committee of the Best Goods and Services of Tatarstan contest.

The Organising Committee took a decision to hold the fourteenth contest of the Best Goods and Services of Tatarstan. Its winners will be nominated for the federal stage of the 100 Best Goods of Russia Programme. The winners and 1st degree diploma recipients are granted the right to use the contest logo to label their products.

The Best Products and Services of Tatarstan contest has been being held since 2003, during which time it has become a reliable aide in the promotion of various high quality products and services of Tatarstan manufacturers, from dairy produce to helicopters, from communication and sanatorium services to innovative educational and medical services, to the republic’s, national and international markets.

On 2 February 2017, the ministries of industry and trade of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tatarstan held the first workshop on the topic “System of Manpower Education and Training Based on Project Approaches” at the Kazan National Research Technological University.

Questions were raised on the targeted personnel training for the chemical industry. The issue of the lack of chemical technologists and designers sparked a heated discussion. Very active debates were also held in regards to the need for organising targeted educational, scientific and innovative business projects and programmes, special events (such as the academic competitions, etc.). The participants visited the laboratories and examined the infrastructure of the Institute.

Following the results of the working meeting, the ceremonial signing of the Strategic Partnership Agreement took place between the Kazan National Research Technological University and the State Research Institute of Organic Chemistry and Technology. The main objective of the agreement between the parties is the cooperation in the field of educational, research, and social activities. This is a pilot project; it is planned to extend it further to the enterprises in the Republic of Tatarstan and the Russian Federation.

According to the rating of the Russia Today Media Group, PAO KAMAZ (part of the Rostec Corporation) has entered the 2016 list of the most expensive Russia’s public companies.

In the top 100 companies by market capitalisation, KAMAZ ranked 82th. Moreover, the company held the lead among the automotive manufacturers listed in the rating,

In general, the list of the hundred largest public companies in Russia is not much changed this year from the last, noted the authors of the rating. It saw only seven new companies. The list of top ten companies is mainly comprised of mineral and financial companies. The capitalisation of these companies increased within the year by 55% on an average. Capitalisation of KAMAZ grew by 68.5% in 2016.