Ilsur Metshin: "There will be no ultra result without setting an ultra task"

(Kazan City KZN.RU, June 27, Kseniya Shvetsova). The first stage of working out the Strategy of socio-economic development of the city until 2030 is finished in Kazan. Its main objectives were to analyze the existing problems, the development of ideas and solutions, which will be included in the text of the main document. In total, more than 2.5 thousand of residents made contribution to the work on the strategy. This was announced today by Deputy Head of the Executive Committee of the City Economic Development Ivan Kuznetsov at the Business Monday.

Recall, Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin called citizens to participate in the development strategy. Today the Mayor pointed out that the future of the city is so openly discussed with all its residents for the first time. "We set ourselves the task – to discuss widely this important document with the population. It is very important that we get feedback from residents. Many of the proposals look fantastic today, and they require a lot of money. But it is important that people have such a flight of thought, because there will be no ultra result without posing of an ultra task. We must be bold to dream, to see the next day of our city", - I. Metshin said.

Key issues and points of growth of the city were discussed at the expert platform, which involved 580 people at debates, 773 Kazan residents took part in the online survey on a portal of the Mayor’s Office of Kazan. Online survey on the website of Kazan Mayor’s Office, in social networks was used in order to bring as much people as possible to the discussion, including young people.

The discussion was attended by representatives of business, science, public organizations, state and municipal agencies, deputies and members of the student community. Since the beginning of the work 54 events were carried out: 39 communications platforms, 5 interviews, 9 methodological seminars and 1 strategic council. "13 experts from leading universities of Kazan - Kazan Federal University, Kazan State Technological University and KNRTU-KGASU were moderators on expert exchanges - I.Kuznetsov said. Thanks to this work over 800 theses on the problems and prospects of development of the city and 200 project ideas there have been made". During expert sites, surveys, questionnaires systemic problems in each area were revealed.

Work on expert exchanges was carried out in three directions: "Human Capital", "Space" and "Economy". As I.Kuznetsov told, as a result of each of them scenarios of urban development were prepared.

Thus, according to the results of the discussions on the site "Space", the developers of the General Plan offered two models of Kazan - "Compact city" and "Expanding city". The first option involves the qualitative development of already developed areas and the emergence of 10 new points of growth in the middle part of the city. The second option involves the expansion of unused space, unoccupied areas on the periphery, I.Kuznetsov reported.

As a result of area "Human capital" a flagship project "Kazan - the capital of culture of innovation", aimed at the transformation in the socio-economic sphere, is offered. "The project envisages the development of public-private partnership arrangements for the qualitative improvement of the educational process. Schools should become the social centers of local importance. To do this access to sports facilities, creative centers of schools will be opened for all residents in a particular district,"- I.Kuznetsov said. In addition, great importance in the proposed project is given to the topic of a healthy way of life of Kazan residents; it is proposed to make the elimination of social fragmentation between persons with disabilities and other citizens, the formation of communities on the organization of mutual aid and social services to the disabled and the elderly.

In turn, experts and moderators of the site "Economy" offer the flagship project "Smart digital economy as an accelerator of business, creative industries and engineering". Under this project the development of IT-sector with the creation of data centers, the development of Islamic banking, support of product "Made in Kazan" and exit at the international level will be the strategic goals for the city's economy through 2030. Support for small and medium businesses will play not the last role.

"We need to build ambitious plans, compare ourselves only with the most powerful and gain experience from the best cities in the world", - I.Kuznetsov said.

Now the second stage of development of the Strategy, which will last until the end of August, started in the capital of Tatarstan. At this stage experts will record the results of the analysis of the collected information and even plan to release an electronic edition "Kazan residents choose the future". Also at this stage the formation of the text of the strategy will begin, which will be based on the collected material and clarifying research. In addition, according to I.Kuznetsov, public events are planned, in which parliamentary hearing or the expert conference a strategic session will be held.

Development of the Strategy should be completed in September this year. The Mayor noted that by this time the citizens should see the results of all the work done. "The work is not finished, receiving of opinions, suggestions, discussions will be continued. It is important to get document that will force us to work in tight schedule till September. If we set the task, for achieving of which participation of the entire population, team of colleagues from the Government under the leadership of President is needed - then we will get results, and it will be a completely different city,"- I. Metshin said.