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An educational seminar for representatives of socially oriented non-commercial organizations was held at the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan with regard to participation in the contest to receive grants from the republican budget in 2015. Principal Counselor of the Division for Interaction with Civil Society Institutes under the Department of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan for Internal Policy Matters, Aygul Khakimullin participated in the event. The issues regarding the procedure for filing of applications for the contest to receive grants, defining of the project relevance, as well as its legal, economic and organizational substantiation were discussed in the course of the seminar.

TheMinistryofEcologyandNaturalResourcesoftheRepublicofTatarstancarriesoutzonalmeetingsoninspectionof readiness for a two-month sanitary and ecological campaign with participation of representatives of municipalities. Today, DeputyMinister – ChiefStateInspectoroftheRepublicofTatarstaninthefieldofEnvironmentProtection, RamilNizamov, held meetings in Laishevo municipal formation, in Pestretsy, where representatives ofRybnaya Sloboda, Tyulyachi, and Saby districts also took part, as well as in Zelenodolsk.

The following matters were discussed in the framework of the event:

-       approval of a plan on sanitary cleaning of subordinate territories;

-       creationofoperation headquarters for coordination of work on holding of a two-month campaign;

Adistrictcontestofyoung researchers of the environment was held at a boarding vocational school for talented children of Buinsk of the Republic of Tatarstan. The event was organized by experts of the Trans-Kama Territorial Department under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan together with fellow workersof the Municipal Budgetary Establishment for Children’s Education “Buinsk Center for out-of-school activities”. The contest was aimed at attraction of pupils to research activities directed at studying of nature objects and practical activity related to their preservation and promotion of ecological education.

Pupils of Bik-Uteevskaya secondary school, Kambrodskaya school, vocational school No. 2, boarding vocational school for talented children, secondary school named after Academician R.Z. Sagdeeva, Runginskaya secondary school and Protopopovskaya school of Buinsk participated in the event.

TheMinistryofEcologyandNaturalResourcesoftheRepublicofTatarstancarryoutzonalmeetingsoninspectionof readiness for a two-month sanitary and ecological campaign with participation of representatives of municipalities. Today, DeputyMinister – ChiefStateInspectoroftheRepublicofTatarstaninthefieldofEnvironmentProtection, RamilNizamov, held meetings in Arsk, where representatives ofAtnya, Baltasi and Kukmordistricts of the Republic were also present; in Vysokaya Gora, Verkhny Uslon districts and inBuinsk with participation of representatives ofDrozzhanoe, Apastovo, Kaybitsy, Kamskoe Ustye, and Tetyushi districts of the Republic of Tatarstan.

The following matters were discussed in the framework of the event:

-       approval of a plan on sanitary cleaning of subordinate territories;

-       creationofoperation headquarters for coordination of work on holding of a two-month campaign;

An ordinary meeting of the Anti-Corruption Commission under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan was held at theMinistry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan.

The following issues were discussed during the meeting:

1. “On spending of funds allocated from the federal and republican budgets to nature protectionactivity in 2014”;

2. Review of“Opinion following the results of analysis and systematization of violations and drawbacks revealed by State financial bodies in 2014”;

Dear Specialists ofHydrometeorological Services!

Iwouldliketoextendsincereandcordialcongratulationson the occasion of your professional holiday!

      Withgoodreason, thehighestdemandsaresettoquality and efficacy of workof experts of hydrometeorological services. Hundredsofthousandsofdailyforecastsareonyouraccount, andhealthandwell-beingofmillionpeopledependsonaccuracyandoperational efficiency of such forecasts. You play one of the key roles in assurance of safety of the population and control of the ecological situation in the Republic.

A zonalseminarwasheldintheframeworkoftheWorldDayofWaterResourcesatschoolNo. 18 ofAlmetyevsk. TeachersofbiologyandecologyofAlmetyevskschools, representativesoftheBoardofEducationofAlmetyevskMunicipalDistrictandspecialists of the South-Eastern Territorial Department under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan were present at the event.

Teachersheldopenlessonsforpupilsofprimaryschool, and shared their experience with teachers of other schools in the field of holding of eco-oriented lessons.

Intheframeworkofpreparationforatwo-monthsanitaryandecologicalcampaignforcleaningofterritoriesoftheRepublicofTatarstanorganizedbytheMinistryofEcologyandNaturalResourcesoftheRepublicofTatarstanstartingApril 1st, zonalmeetingsareheld with participation of municipalities regardinginspection of readiness for the campaign. DeputyMinister – Chief State Inspector of the Republic of Tatarstan in the field of nature protection, Ramil Nizamov, held meetings today in Alekseevsk Municipal District and Chistopol, and representativesof Aksubaevo, Alkeevsky, Spassk andNovosheshminsk districts of the Republic also participated in the event.The following issues were discussed in the framework of the event:

The International Day of Forests or the World Forest Protection Day is celebrated today. By the decision of the UN General Assembly, as of 2013 this holiday is officially celebrated on March 21st.