Rustam Minnikhanov takes part in joint meeting of the State Council and Commission for Monitoring Targeted Socioeconomic Development Indicators of Russia

On May 4, during his working visit to Moscow, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov took part in a joint meeting of the Russian State Council and the Commission for Monitoring Targeted Socioeconomic Development Indicators of Russia chaired by Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin.

Participants of the meeting – heads of regions, federal ministers, members of the Russian State Duma focused on three main sets of issues: provision of state and municipal services through the network of multifunctional centres, independent evaluation of social sector service quality, and relocating people from dilapidated housing.

Opening the meeting, Putin stressed that over the last years, positive change in motion in the areas of most importance for our people’s life, sectors such as healthcare, education, culture, and housing and utilities has been set.

Head of the state noted the work done by regional heads and their teams: “in regions where the authorities have acted competently and responsibly, concentrating resources and effort on addressing people’s problems, they have achieved significant and visible results despite all the difficulties."

Evaluating the effectiveness of multifunctional centres, Putin said that three thousand multifunctional centres currently operate across the country covering almost the whole range of public services. Last year, the number of visits exceeded 60 million, he added.

“Let me emphasise that while this project is already a success, there should be no place for complacency. It is essential to create conditions enabling people to use multifunctional centres regardless of where they live or have their registered address. This would be an important step towards creating a holistic, integrated framework for providing public and municipal services,” Putin stated.

According to Russian President,  an independent system for evaluating social sector performance as part of the work to implement the May 2012 executive orders is beginning to develop. This system enables people to express their views on service quality,  establishments’ material and equipment base, evaluate employees’ friendliness and lets them see what has been done to take their proposals into account.

“Another item on our agenda is the relocation of people from dilapidated housing.This concerns millions of square metres of housing. We have set the very ambitious goal of providing more comfortable housing to more than 700,000 people by September this year,” Putin said.

He reminded that from January 1, 2014, to September 2017, the goal was to relocate 711,600 people. By April 1, 2017, 520,000 people had been relocated (73 percent).

Putin asked the Russian Government  together with the regions to develop permanent mechanisms for relocating people from dilapidated housing and get these mechanisms into operation starting on January 1, 2019. During the transition period, he proposed that the Housing and Utilities Fund continue work, as it has proven its effectiveness overall.