(KZN.RU, December 14, Irina Smirnova). Today Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of Kazan is in the Skolkovo Moscow School of Management where a regular meeting of the Commission on the Modernization and Technological Development of the Russian Economy is held within the Russia, Forward! All-Russian Innovation Forum. The meeting is held by Dmitry Medvedev, the Russian President.
One of the key points for today's forum is the signing of a cooperation agreement between Kazan and the non-profit organization called the Fund for the Development of Russia's Center for Elaboration and Commercialization of New Technologies(the Skolkovo Fund). The parties agreed to cooperate in the sphere of innovation development and increasing of energy efficiency of the housing and communal sector and the transport infrastructure of the capital of Tatarstan. The agreement has been signed by Victor Vekselberg the President of the Fund, and Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of Kazan.
Ilsur Metshin thanked the partners and representatives for the Skolkovo Fund for the fact that Kazan has been selected as a platform for projects on implementation of new materials and technologies which will be developed or have already developed within the walls of Skolkovo. “It is honorable and responsible for us; we are intended to work seriously in this direction”, the Mayor of Kazan stressed.
The Agreement provides the organizational, economic and technical cooperation between the parties. The direction of cooperation is an innovative development of housing and utilities sector and transport infrastructure of Kazan. The result of joint work should be improving the services quality provided to consumers as well as reducing energy consumption.
“Housing and communal services and transport are two huge industries that have great importance to the population of any city”, Ilsur Metshin said.
The full repair, the Energy Efficient Quarter program, the optimization of transport scheme put Kazan in the forefront among multi-million cities of the Russian Federation. As Ilsur Metshin assured Kazan can implement on its territory all the innovations that are available in Skolkovo as soon as possible. Skolkovo in its turn will get a platform to implement the advanced developments.
Particularly according to the Mayor of Kazan with the implementation of new technologies the Energy Saving program will get a new spin. "This is yet an untilled field; this is the object of our careful attention, moreover this is a huge reservoir for opportunities not only to reduce energy consumption but also pay for housing and communal services", the Head of the city stressed.
Today is the final day of Russia, Forward! Two-day Innovation Forum. Key projects on upgrading and innovation development of the country are in the focus of participants’ attention.