Valentina Matvienko: “IT-park is the infrastructure which creates the future”

Chairman of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko visited IT-park during her working visit to Kazan. She was accompanied by Chairman of State Council Farid Mukhametshin.

Guests were met by Minister of informatization and communications Roman Shaikhutdinov, who told about establishment of IT-park, training of IT specialists and resident policy. The project of first-time entrepreneurs – the system for registering traffic violations “Avtodoria” was presented in Business incubator.

Roman Shaikhutdinov told about rendering of state services in electronic format. In particular, he informed that coverage of broadband Internet in Tatarstan made 70 per cent. It enables citizens receiving 138 municipal and state services in electronic format via the portal of state services, infomats and mobile application. Roman Shaikhutdinov noted that in 2012 Tatarstaners used electronic services 16 mln times.

The same day Valentina Matvienko met with republican students. Chairman of State Council Farid Mukhametshin, Minister of education and science Engel Fattakhov, and President of student league Timur Suleimanov presented at the meeting.

Today Valentina Matvienko participated in All-Russia research and practice conference “Improvement of legal and institutional anti-corruption framework in subjects of Russian Federation: problems and solutions”, met with President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, State Counselor Mintimer Shaimiev, and deputies of State Council. Moreover, she is going to visit Universiade Village.