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10
December 2013
Tuesday
On 9 to 10 December 2013, Krasnoyarsk delegation headed by Krasnoyarsk Deputy Minister of Investment and Innovation Peter Chizhikov has a working visit to Tatarstan. The delegation is composed of Krasnoyarsk Administration representatives, top executives of OOO Leasing Company Delta, OAO Krasnoyarsk Heating Plant, OAO PA Electrochemical Plant affiliated with State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM, ZAO Krasniy Yar AO, and OOO FanNano. Krasnoyarsk delegation was welcomed by Tatarstan Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Rashat Fattakhov.
Within the framework of the programme, the delegation will visit Technopolis Himgrad, IT Park and will explore Tatarstan experience in industrial site operation and innovation development.

9
December 2013
Monday
On 8 December 2013, Tatarstan Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Gulnara Akhmadeyeva briefed Timur Bikmurzin, the author and the newscaster of the “Business in Tatarstan” news programme, about the Republic’s TV Working Youth Creativity Festival, the results of its third regional stage held in Zelenodolsk, and the forthcoming Gala Concert of the Festival’s prize winners.
Gulnara Akhmadeyeva pointed out that the “Republic’s TV Working Youth Creativity Festival is established with the support of the Tatarstan President on an initiative of the Tatarstan Ministry of Industry and Trade. The mission of the festival is to create conditions for the proper self-actualisation of the working youth’s professional potential in order to attract young workers to plants and factories and to enhance their commitment to their professions. The festival is aimed to develop the creativity of the young professionals at plants, factories, and organisations of Tatarstan, to popularise blue-collar and engineer jobs”.
The final stage of the festival will take place on 10 December to 13 December in Kazan. The Gala Concert of its prize winners will be staged on 14 December in the Pyramid Cultural and Entertainment Complex and will be broadcasted by TNV and TNV-Planet channels.

7
December 2013
Saturday
On 6 December 2013, Kazan Power Engineering University hosted the meeting of the Coordinating Committee of Science and Education Cluster in Power Industry under the chairmanship of Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Ravil Zaripov. The meeting was attended by Tatarstan Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Khamza Bagmanov, KPEU executives, top executives of large energy companies and vocational colleges of the republic, and heads of structural subdivisions of the Tatarstan Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Tatarstan Ministry of Education and Science.
The meeting saw the discussion of the results of the Cluster’s activities in 2013 and outlook for 2014, consideration of the issues of interaction between power industry enterprises and organisations and vocational colleges, admission of applicants in 2014 and the plan of Coordinating Committee meetings into next year.
It should be noted that the Agreement for Targeted Training of Employees in Power Industry was signed between Tatarstan Ministry of Industry and Trade and KPEU in the course of the meeting of Coordinating Committee of Science and Education Cluster in Power Industry held on 30 July 2013.

6
December 2013
Friday

On 6 December 2013, Kazan Power Engineering University will have a meeting of Coordinating Committee of Science and Education Cluster in Power Industry under the chairmanship of Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Ravil Zaripov. The meeting will be attended by Tatarstan Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Khamza Bagmanov, KPEU executives, top executives of large energy companies and vocational colleges of the republic, and heads of structural subdivisions of the Tatarstan Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Tatarstan Ministry of Education and Science.

The meeting will see the discussion of the results of the Cluster’s activities in 2013 and outlook for 2014, consideration of the issues of interaction between power industry enterprises and organisations and vocational colleges, admission of applicants in 2014 and the plan of Coordinating Committee meetings into next year.

The Agreement for Targeted Training of Employees in Power Industry was signed between Tatarstan Ministry of Industry and Trade and KPEU in the course of the meeting of Coordinating Committee of Science and Education Cluster in Power Industry held on 30 July 2013.

On 3 to 4 December 2013, Tatarstan delegation headed by Tatarstan Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Ravil Zaripov had a working visit to Azerbaijan.
Tatarstan delegation was composed of top executives of Tatarstan leading organisations such as ZAO FTC KAMAZ, OAO Kazan Helicopters, OAO PO Plant named after Sergo, OAO Tatneftekhiminvest-holding, OAO Zelenodolsk Plant named after Gorky and representatives of Tatarstan Ministry of Industry and Trade.
Within the framework of the visit, a business forum was organised with the participation of representatives from Tatarstan and Azerbaijan organisations, in the course of which a presentation of Tatarstan industrial potential was held. A number of B2B meetings were held with representatives of Azerbaijan companies such as PO Azerkimya, Azerbaijan Airlines AZAL, Water Economy of Azerbaijan Azersu, Global Energy Azerbaijan, Bahar Energy Operating Company and others.

5
December 2013
Thursday

On 4 December 2013, Tatarstan Ministry of Industry and Trade congratulated the executives and staff of the Tatarstan Centre for Social and Economic Research under the Cabinet of Ministers of Tatarstan with its twentieth anniversary. Tatarstan Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Gulnara Akhmadeyeva delivered Head of the Centre Alevtina Kudryavtseva the Letter of Gratitude from Ravil Zaripov, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade, to the staff of the Centre for Social and Economic Research for its conscientious and fruitful labour for the benefit of Tatarstan.

Gulnara Akhmadeyeva expressed her acknowledgement and thanks to Alevtina Kudryavtseva, the irreplaceable Head of the Centre, and wished prosperity and successful completion of all plans for the benefit of Tatarstan and Russia to the executives and staff of the Centre.

On 4 December 2013, Tatarstan Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Gulnara Akhmadeyeva participated in the prize winners’ award ceremony named “Kazan National Research Technological University Outstanding Student of the Year 2013”.
When addressed to the prize winners, Gulnara Akhmadeyeva pointed out that “participants and awardees of the “KNRTU Outstanding Student of the Year 2013” competition are decent successors to the country’s scientists, researchers and public figures. With your achievements in educational, scientific, and public activities, you prove the fact that our youth has significant intellectual and social potential”.

4
December 2013
Wednesday
On 4 December 2013, within the framework of his visit to Tatarstan, Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board and Chief in OAO Sberbank of Russia Herman Gref visited Naberezhnye Chelny. He was accompanied by Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Naberezhnye Chelny Mayor Vasil Shaikhraziev, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Rashat Fattakhov, and other officials.
Within his tour of the OAO KAMAZ automotive plant, Herman Gref and Director General of OAO KAMAZ Sergey Kogogin signed the Agreement on Strategic Cooperation between OAO KAMAZ and Sberbank of Russia. Also signed in the presence of Rustam Minnikhanov and Herman Gref were the agreements between Sberbank of Russia and Naberezhnye Chelny Executive Committee, between OAO KAMAZ and OAO Sberbank Leasing.

On 4 December 2013, Ford Sollers organized the conference with participation of the leading Russian and international suppliers of automotive components in Tatarstan in order to discuss issues of localization in Russia. The event, that took place in the conference hall of the Ford Sollers plant, was attended by more than sixty representatives of current and potential suppliers of the company.

The main issues of the conference were the current situation in the Russian automotive market in the field of auto components manufacture, presence of worldwide suppliers in Russia and their opportunities, investment appeal of Tatarstan, attraction and selection of component manufacturers for regional production of Ford vehicles.


3
December 2013
Tuesday
On 3 to 4 December 2013, Tatarstan delegation headed by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Ravil Zaripov will have a working trip to Azerbaijan.
Within the framework of the programme, the delegation will have a meeting with Azerbaijan First Deputy Prime Minister Yagub Eyubov, Minister of Economic Affairs and Industry Shakhin Mustafayev, Minister of Energy Natig Aliyev, Minister of Emergency Situations Kyamaleddin Geydarov, Deputy Minister of Transport Musa Panakhov and President of The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Rovnag Abdullayev. In the course of the meetings, presentations of Tatarstan petrochemical and machine-building complexes will be held and issues of bilateral cooperation will be discussed.
Within the framework of the business forum, the Baku Business Centre will host B2B meetings of Tatarstan and Azerbaijan business communities.

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