Ministry of Finances of the Republic of Tatarstan

Rustam Minnikhanov: We started implementing the programme “Parks and squares” first, but water conservation zones are of great value, too

7 July 2015, Tuesday

On July 7, Interim President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin, heads of other towns of the republic, representatives of legislative and executive authorities, businessmen, leading Russian and international experts in urban planning, economics and sociology the second series of urban conferences "The Cities and Territories Tomorrow: Tools for Positive Change" opened in Kazan (Korston hotel).

The conferences have already been held in Khabarovsk and Samara, and will be held in Novosibirsk and St. Petersburg later on. Moscow international urban forum will summarize the conferences in autumn.

The conference is organized by the Center of urban studies “Skolkovo”, Federal center for project finance under the auspices of Moscow Chamber of Commerce and Industry. OAO “Bank of Moscow” has been the strategic partner of the conference for two years.

A plenary session “Water in a modern city” was held during the conference. Andrei Sharonov, rector of the Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO was the moderator.

Participants of the session discussed rational use of Volga and Kazanka riverfront, creation of a new embankment and development of common standards to improve the embankment areas.

Rustam Minnikhanov noted that water area occupies 8 per cent of the republic’s total territory, and river banks are often used inefficiently.

The following roundtables will be held during the conference: “Public infrastructure: development in conditions of budget deficit”, “Innopolis: First city in the 21st-century Russia”, and the session “Public participation in urban management”.
Tatarstan President's Press Office, Elena Britvina

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