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Issues of improving the production process in Russia, developing the supply chain and increasing the productivity in the Republic of Tatarstan were discussed today at the Kaizen workshop held in the Special economic zone "Alabuga" as part of the "Cross year of Russia and Japan". The issues of increasing the enterprise productivity and enhancing the corporate activity were reviewed at the workshop. Bulat Khaziakhmetov, Deputy Minister of Economy of the Republic of Tatarstan, took part in the event and made a report on the main ways of supporting business in the Republic of Tatarstan.
The respective amendments made into the Federal Law "On the Procedure for departure from the Russian Federation and entry into the Russian Federation" came into force today. The time period for issuing a passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation certifying his personality outside the Russian Federation with an electronic secure storage device has been reduced from four to three months. The amendments concern also those who apply for an international Russian passport at the place of residence. It will increase the convenience and accessibility of the service and reduce the time spent.
The text of the Federal Law No. 28-FZ of February 19, 2018, on Amendments to Article No. 10 of the Federal Law "On the Procedure for departure from the Russian Federation and entry into the Russian Federation" is available on the official Internet portal of legal information at the following address.
Farid Abdulganiev, Minister of Economy of the Republic of Tatarstan, presented the socio-economic development of Tatarstan to the delegation of Uzbekistan Gulomzhon Ibragimov, Hokim of Tashkent Region, was especially interested in measures of state support for small and medium-sized businesses in the Republic of Tatarstan.
Promising areas of cooperation between Tatarstan and Uzbekistan for further cooperation were discussed at the meeting.
The Government of the Russian Federation approved the list of state services provided by federal executive bodies and non-budget funds basing on a comprehensive request upon a single application of the applicant (decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 260-p dated February 19, 2018). The document is aimed at implementing one of the basic principles of "one window", according to which a citizen can receive several services by contacting the multipurpose center with a single comprehensive application.
The text of the decree is available at the official web-site of the government: http://government.ru/docs/31436/.
Experience of implementing kaizen, the philosophy of continuous improvement of processes in manufacturing, will be presented in the special economic zone "Alabuga" during two kaizen seminars organized by the Japan Association for Trade with Russia and the Newly Independent States (ROTOBO) on March 2nd and 5th in the special economic zone.
Japanese experts (representatives of "Toyota Engineering" and other companies), that carried out diagnostics of Russian enterprises in 2017 and collected experience in understanding the main issues and goals of Russian manufacturing companies, will act as speakers at the kaizen seminars.
It was said by Behnam Gurbanzada, Counsellor to the Deputy Chairman of the Board at Sberbank.
The bank is planning to test Islamic banking in Tatarstan, Chechnya and Bashkortostan.
Behnam Gurbanzada mentioned that a plastic card is expected to be issued.
"We can start piloting retail deposits, and using these deposits we will issue plastics cards to help customers to finance their consumer needs", quoted him TASS.
A press conference on the results of implementation of the state program "Development of the natural gas fuel market in the Republic of Tatarstan" in 2017 and plans for 2018 was held today at 02.00 PM.
The event was attended by Rustem Sibgatullin, First Deputy Minister of Economy of the Republic of Tatarstan and Director of the Department of Development of Entrepreneurship and Competition.
1641 vehicles were transferred to compressed natural gas (methane) in 2017, including 1187 were transferred by legal entities.
The Training center for entrepreneurs opened in Kazan on February 27, 2018. The Training center is located in the House of the Entrepreneur, a new platform for rendering specialized services for small and medium-sized businesses of the republic.
The Training center is aimed at becoming a platform for educational activities by the leading business specialists in the most popular fields, professional retraining programs; helping entrepreneurs to find answers to questions about possible ways of improving business, ask questions about available forms of state support to small and medium-sized businesses.
The Training center is located at: Kazan, Peterburjskaya Str., 28, House of the Entrepreneur, 3rd floor.
19th International Exhibition "Construction - WorldBuild Tashkent 2018" is held from February 28 to March 2 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
WorldBuild Tashkent is the main construction exhibition in Uzbekistan.
The exhibition features 10 thematic sections.
Center for support of export of the Republic of Tatarstan of the Foundation for Support of Entrepreneurship of the Republic of Tatarstan non-profit organization arranged participation in the exhibition for export oriented small and medium size businesses from the Republic of Tatarstan.
For more detailed information on services of the Center For Support of Export of the Republic of Tatarstan, please see http://export-rt.ru.
On February 27, at the Korston Entertainment Complex in Kazan, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Prime Minister of the republic Aleksey Pesoshin, Deputy Prime Minister of the republic – Minister of Information and Communications Roman Shaikhutdinov took part in the fifth International Research and Practice Conference ITS Forum – Kazan “Modern Problems of Life Safety: Intelligent Transport Systems and Situational Centers”.
Before the plenary session, Minnikhanov and other officials got acquainted with the exhibits of the specialized exhibition of the ITS Forum-Kazan conference. All companies are developers and producers of programmes and services of road safety.
The organizers of the conference were the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Tatarstan, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic, Tatarstan Academy of Sciences, Rostec Corporation, National Telematic Systems, RT-INVEST, Road Traffic Safety State budgetary institution.
The Forum brought together leading Russian and foreign experts, scientists, engineers and experts in the development of situational centers and transport systems.
The moderator of the plenary session was Tatarstan Prime Minister.
Welcoming the participants of the conference, Tatarstan President noted that one of the modern trends is the development and implementation of “smart” vehicles which are able to assess the situation and make decisions, use of new environmental engine types and establishment of the infrastructure for them.
“Efficiency of economic development depends also on the road infrastructure - cargo delivery speed and safety of passengers. Tatarstan stands at the crossroads of major transport lines. We understand the importance of developing and implementing modern technologies - automatic traffic control, automatic transport scales, environmental monitoring, development of mobile applications and many other projects,” Minnikhanov emphasized.
First Deputy Head of the General Administration for Traffic Safety of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia Vladimir Shvetsov read welcoming address to the Conference on behalf of Chief of the General Administration for Traffic Safety of Russia Mikhail Chernikov.
During the report “The Republic of Tatarstan – role and place in the economic life of Russia”, Pesoshin reminded the participants of the conference of the special geographical position of Tatarstan and its key role in the transport link between the eastern and European parts of Russia.
During the conference (held on February 27-28, 2018), the guests of the republic will visit practical venues at which promising and already implemented projects will be presented.