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On August 22, the Rostov Oblast Governor Vasily Golubev arrived in Tatarstan. His delegation comprises the Minister of Economic Development of the Rostov Oblast, the Acting Head of the Rostov-On-Don Administration, and other officials.

The main purpose of the delegation’s visit was to attend WorldSkills Kazan 2019 events. Yesterday, Governor Golubev took part in the opening ceremony of the 45th WorldSkills Competition.

Today, a rich programme of the delegation began with a meeting with Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov. Tatarstan Minister of Industry and Trade Albert Karimov and Minister of Justice Rustem Zagidullin also attended the event.

The Governor Golubev’s programme continued with a visit to the production sites of Tatarstan. The delegation inspected the investment potential of the SEZ Alabuga, the production facilities of TANECO and I-Plast. An extensive tour took place at Nizhnekamskneftekhim, where guests visited the ethylene plant, benzene extraction unit, butyl rubber plant, and plastics plant.

Within the framework of WorldSkills Kazan 2019, the Rostov delegation took part in the opening of the WorldSkills conference and in the plenary session entitled “A World at Risk: Developing the Skill Sets to Endure, Adapt, and Thrive”.

Photo courtesy of Tatarstan Presidential Press Service and Nizhnekamskneftekhim

Today, Kazan saw the opening ceremony of the 45th WorldSkills Competition. The ceremony was held at the Kazan Arena Stadium. The opening ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, head of the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov, and other officials.

The WorldSkills International Competition will run until August 27. A total of 1,300 young professionals from 63 countries take part in it. Competitions will be held in 56 skills, 63 contestants from 24 Russia’s regions represent the Russian Federation.

During his visit to Kazan, Denis Manturov made a tour of the stands of Rosatom, Samsung Corporation, Kazan Helicopters, Tatneft, and others. He was also presented WorldSkills training grounds.

As part of his visit, a second unit for primary oil refining at TANECO was put into operation via teleconference. The launch ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Head of the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov, and Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov.

Based on information by press services of Tatneft and Russian Federation Ministry of Industry and Trade

On August 22, a delegation headed by Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan Askar Mamin visited TANECO within their working trip to Tatarstan.

During the visit, the guests examined key facilities designed for oil refining and production of popular petroleum products, including Euro-5 gasolines of AI-92, AI-95, AI-95, AI-98 and premium TANECO-100 brands; Euro-5 diesel fuel; jet kerosene of RT, TS-1 and Jet A-1 grades, high-index API Group II and III base oils and lubricants based on them for all areas of manufacturing industry.

Tatneft’s Director General Nail Maganov shared company’s experience in recovering extra-viscous oil; dozens of technologies have been tested by the company, with particular focus on environmental and industrial safety.

The delegation of Kazakhstan studied long-term plans related to the further development of oil refining, the tyre business, as well as the construction of petrochemical facilities for the production of engineering plastics and other petrochemical products not previously manufactured in Russia.

Prime Minister Askar Mamin emphasised that the objectives of the visit to Tatarstan include studying successful industrial projects, as well as expanding cooperation in the oil producing and oil refining industries.

Based on information by Tatneft press service

Today, a delegation from the Embassy of the Republic of Korea arrived in Tatarstan on a two-day visit.

The first item of their programme was a visit to the Tatarstan Investment Development Agency. The delegation was welcomed by Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan German Lerner: “It is very pleasant that our city is becoming a venue for the association of high-ranking delegations within the framework of such major international events as the WorldSkills Competition, and we are glad that you have found an opportunity to take a personal part in the events related to its holding”.

The delegation from the Embassy of the Republic of Korea plans to participate in the official opening ceremony of the WorldSkills Kazan 2019, which will be held today at the Kazan Arena Stadium.

Photo courtesy of TIDA press service

The Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan informs about the launch of the annual all-Russian contest titled “Russian Organisation of High Social Efficiency”.

The main objective of the Contest is to identify organisations that strive for high social efficiency in tackling social problems, study and disseminate their experience, and develop forms of social partnership in organisations.

Participation in the regional and federal stages of the Contest is free of charge.

Contest participants may be Russian legal entities, regardless of their legal form, form of ownership, and type of economic activity, as well as their branches if agreed with the legal entities that created them.

Applications for participation in the Contest are accepted by the Ministry of Labour, Employment, and Social Protection of Tatarstan until September 10, 2019.

More details about the conditions for participation and the Contest procedures can be found at the website of the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Protection of Tatarstan.

Based on information by Tatarstan Ministry of Labour, Employment, and Social Protection

Today, a plenary session was held at the IT Park within the framework of the 2nd Forum of Students Living outside Tatarstan.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov delivered a welcoming speech at the Forum. The Forum’s events were also attended by Minister of Youth Affairs Damir Fattakhov and an honorary member of the Russian Academy of Arts, industrial designer Vladimir Pirozhkov.

The 2nd Forum of Students Living outside Tatarstan opened on August 18 at the Innopolis University. Deputy Minister Almaz Khusainov took part in the opening ceremony. The Forum’s participants are over 150 talented and promising students who have passed the selection. The selection criteria were geographical background in Tatarstan (a student was born and lived in the republic), personal motivation and availability of innovative ideas or projects which young compatriots are ready to offer to Tatarstan.

In addition to the plenary session, many business and entertainment events are expected for the forum participants. These are trainings and master classes on topics such as oratory, time management, successful interviewing, increasing one’s effectiveness, and personal motivation. Among the cultural and entertainment events, students are expected to attend the WorldSkills Kazan 2019 opening ceremony, tour the city of Innopolis, and participate in intellectual games.

Today, Deputy Minister Ildar Mingaleyev is on a working visit to the Republic of Belarus. The delegation from Tatarstan comprises representatives of republic’s industrial enterprises, Raritek Holding, and Nizhnekamskneftekhim.

The first item of the programme was a visit to the Ministry of Industry of Belarus, where a meeting was held with First Deputy Minister Gennady Svidersky.

The discussion was also attended by industrial enterprises of Belarus, such as MTZ, UKH-MMZ, MAZ-UKH BELAVTOMAZ and AMKODOR-UKH. The main topic of the meeting was the cooperation development in the field of mechanical engineering, in particular, expanding the use of gas engine technology.

In the afternoon, the delegation from Tatarstan visited Amkodor and the Great Stone China-Belarus Industrial Park.

Amkodor Holding is one of the leading enterprises for the production of special equipment in Belarus and the CIS countries.

The China-Belarus Industrial Park has an area of 112.5 square kilometres and enjoys a special legal treatment to ensure a comfortable business environment.

Tomorrow, Ildar Mingaleyev plans to visit two more industrial enterprises of the Republic of Belarus, MogilevLiftMash and MogilevKhimVolokno.

Today, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan hosted a working meeting with the Mechanical Engineering Cluster of Tatarstan, chaired by Deputy Minister Almaz Khusainov.

Cluster representatives told experts of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan about their projects aimed at expanding the geography of supplies, establishing contacts, and promoting their products.

In particular, the KOM Group from Naberezhnye Chelny presented their project of all-terrain vehicles. These vehicles are made of domestic components and are assembled in Naberezhnye Chelny. The company is interested in promoting products on the European market.

OOO KORA is engaged in the production of articles from composite materials on a robotic complex.

Project Manager of Korib Group Vladislav Svidetelev thanked the officials of the Tatarstan Ministry of Industry and Trade for their assistance in establishing contacts with regional and foreign partners, as well as for the invitation to attend the First Caspian Economic Forum in Turkmenistan.

Projects were also presented by the Engineering Club of the Mechanical Engineering Cluster of Tatarstan and Energoprogress Engineering Centre.

The free hotline of the Proven Business resource, 8 800 222-37-22, advises on audit issues for self-employed persons.

In July, the Federal Tax Service of Russia informed the territorial tax authorities on the need to suspend the control measures for the self-employed in terms of their compliance with the conditions for applying professional income tax. Exemption from audits is one of the incentives for self-employed citizens to come out of the shadows.

In case regulatory authorities have come to you with an audit, please inform about this fact by calling the Proven Business information resource hotline at 8 800 222-37-22.

The new tax regime began to operate in Tatarstan in January 2019. Tatarstan, along with Moscow city, Moscow and Kaluga regions, was selected as one of the four pilot regions for testing professional income tax.

Currently, more than 22,000 self-employed persons are registered in Tatarstan.

Based on information by Tatarstan Ministry of Economy

Today, Minister Karimov held a working meeting with representatives of Longlat, an IT company.

Longlat is a new company that offers complete solutions for the digitalisation of production processes. Noting the relevance of these developments, the minister said: “Our task is to track such digitalisation proposals arising in the domestic market. And it is equally important for us to study the joint experience of your company and those enterprises that already work with you.”

The main company’s product is the LPanel integrated electronic system.

LPanel was designed to manage all production activities through a single programme. Owing to the product, the manager has the ability to control and analyse the ongoing work processes in real time.

The system helps to increase productivity of employees by 20%-40% and to reduce the time to complete tasks at least 2 times. The product focuses not only on the managerial aspects of production, but also on the psychological side of the work.

LPanel generates a summary report on all company’s activities, predicts production costs, and recommends payment levels for employees based on their work.

Much attention is also paid to company’s security by creating a video analytics system.