Ilsur Metshin: “TSG are our allies in the dialogue with the people”

(KZN.RU, 15 August). 67 TSG were registered in Kazan today. Territorial public self-governments of Kazan won 42 grants and received more than 17 million rubles for the development of their territories by participating in the competition for the best TSG of Tatarstan, said Lyudmila Andreeva, the secretary of Kazan City Duma, on Business Monday at City Hall today. Territorial public self-governments are a vital link in the dialogue with the population of the city authorities, said Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of Kazan.

Lyudmila Andreeva reminded that federal law entitles citizens to participate in local government through the formation of territorial public self-governments. TSG can be created in an entrance, a building, in a residential complex.

Number of TSG in Kazan increased to 67 thanks to initiative of Rustam Minnikhanov, the President of Tatarstan, in his support for them, including 53 TSGs established in the villages. The subsidy for the salary of the chairmen of TSG was set. Last year, Kazan received more than 25 million rubles for these purposes. In addition, territorial public self-governments of Kazan won 42 grants and received more than 17 million rubles for the development of their territories in the contest for the best TSG of Tatarstan. “20 playgrounds and sports grounds and 9 bunker sites were landscaped, and works on the water supply network were carried out in two residential areas”, said L. Andreeva. She drew attention to the fact that the TSG started to actively involve funds from the public and investors in addition to grants.

Lyudmila Andreeva said that the deputies of the Kazan City Duma assigned to each TSG in order to provide methodological and organizational assistance, and seminar organized for TSG heads. “It is important that not only the Mayor, the head of the Executive Committee, and the heads of regional administrations have seen in TSGs their faithful assistants in the work with the population. Leaders of TSG may be associates and assistants in the work that is carried out in the villages and residential complexes, because there are still a lot of problems related to water, light, gas supply, development of social infrastructure, and roads”, she said.

Lyudmila Andreeva noted that the conditions for TSG are not set everywhere. Often there is no place to conduct the reception of population in TSG. “Sovetskiy, Kirovskiy and Moskivskiy districts allocate space in the administration building, but it is not convenient for the residents to go to”, she added. “It would be well if the place of acceptance was set directly in the village or residential complex”.

Lyudmila Andreeva also encouraged finding a way to teach TSG leaders and provide them with the necessary information, as it is done in Aviastroitelniy, Novo-Savinovskiy and Sovetskiy districts, to involve heads of TSGs to the work planning, the reception-delivery of works and may be to signing acts. “And I would like to appeal to all the services of the Executive Committee areas with a request to be more attentive to the appeals that come to you from TSGs, and not to respond formally, but to attend their territory and possibly help”, she said.

Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of Kazan, is sure that TSG is an important communication link between authorities and public. “They are our allies”, he said. The Mayor instructed the heads of districts to find space for the TSG, which are in need. According to the Mayor, new social institutions or clubs could be used for this purpose, especially in the villages; it is convenient and close to the public. “It is important to conduct explanatory work through TSG: what we do, when certain issues will be resolved. TSG is our allies in bringing this information and receiving answer. This is important work, which is often not visible, but difficult and necessary”, concluded I. Metshin.