NEWS

A solemn opening of Federal training on Olympiad informatics was held at Innopolis University. Different trainings with the participation of leading experts in robotics will be held under the programme of support of talented children and development of Olympiad movement. Best students will represent Russian team at World Robot Olympiad 2015 in Doha, Qatar.

More than 40 talented children from Tatarstan, Bashkortostan and Chelyabinsk schools came to the opening of the summer school of Olympiad informatics at Innopolis University.

A meeting with officials responsible for personnel management at local self-government authorities was held at Kazan Federal University. Head of the Tatarstan Presidential Department for state service and personnel Aleksandr Belov opened the meeting. Functioning of the unified information system “Personnel” was discussed at the meeting.

FINA World Championship that was held on July 24-August 9 in Kazan arouse a big interest among Russian and foreign sports fans. 27, 000 spectators came to see the competitions every day.

Tatarstan Ministry of Information and Communications continues working on connecting managing organizations to the Portal of state and municipal services uslugi.tatarstan.ru. 77 agreements have already been signed.

More than 250 messages have been sent to “Public control” system in the category “Violation of trade regulations”. 96 per cent of messages have been processed. Moderator of the category “Violation of trade regulations” is the Tatarstan Ministry of Information and Communications.

The first round of regional contest “IT-champion 2015” was held on March 15-July 31. 39,304 pupils taught 46,692 citizens of Tatarstan to work on the portal of state services. The second round of the contest will last till November 30.

A meeting on optimization of work of the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Protection and subordinate organizations in the system “Social register of population of the Republic of Tatarstan” and implementation of ICT in social sphere was held yesterday. Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Azat Mubarakshyn and Deputy Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Protection Natalia Butaeva took part in the meeting.

Tatarstan Minister of Information and Communications Roman Shaikhutdinov held an extended session on development of the industry in the first half of 2015. He said that it is developing notwithstanding the current crisis. The gross venue of the industry made 21 bln roubles or 43 % of annual planned in the first six months of 2015.

On September 4, Kazan IT-park and Startup Sauna accelerator (Finland) will hold the international selection of the most prospective startups in Russia. Three projects will be among 15 best startups in Russia, Scandinavia and Eastern Europe. They will take part in 5-week acceleration programme in Helsinki.