The IV stage of the contest “Innovation test site “Tatarstan is the territory of the future” 2013 will be held in Tatarstan
17 October 2013, Thursday
The IV stage of the II Republican contest of youth innovation projects “Innovation test site “Tatarstan is the territory of the future” 2013 has been launched in Tatarstan. It was organized by the Federal State Budgetary Educational Establishment of Higher Professional Education “Kazan National Research Technological University” and Technopolis “Khimgrad”. The contest is aimed at providing young talented people with possibilities to start real research work right at school and elaborate their own project.
The contest is held in five stages with the assistance of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Republic of Tatarstan, the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Tatarstan, and the Ministry of Youth Affairs, Sports and Tourism of the Republic of Tatarstan.
At the IV stage participants will take part in team work with experts, coachers in the format of Business day, and Case-study. 120 pupils from 37 teams, 7 cities and 10 districts of the Republic will participate in it. Winners of the contest will be determined in the framework of three categories: “Best innovation project”; “Best innovation idea”; “Best innovation solution”.
The V final stage and the Closing ceremony of the contest are planned for this December.
As part of the new national project "Environmental well-being" Tatarstan has planned the implementation of 8 environmental initiatives with total funding of 3 billion rubles. The main part of the funds will be used for work on the federal project "Water of Russia", Minister of Ecology Azat Ziganshin said at a briefing in the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Tatarstan.
Today, Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan Azat Ziganshin spoke at a briefing in the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Tatarstan. The event was dedicated to the start of the sanitary and ecological two-month period and environmental work plans for 2026 within the framework of the national project "Environmental well-being".
Today, at the weekly staff meeting with the heads of structural and territorial divisions, the Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, Azat Ziganshin, presented badges and official identification cards to the staff of the department.