Rustam Minnikhanov gets acquainted with the history and the activity of Taguspark science and technology park in Lisbon

On May 30, during his working visit to Lisbon, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov visited Taguspark, a science and technology park located in the municipality of Oeiras, Greater Lisbon subregion, Portugal.

Taguspark was established in 1992. Financial firms, IT companies, universities, municipality and other organizations are the main shareholders of the company.

The Park covers an area of approximately 150 acres, and accommodates about 130 companies, including research and development labs, innovative startups and business incubators in a range of fields such as information technologies, telecommunications, electronics, materials, metrology, production, energy, environment, technical inspections and consultancy (ISQ), biotechnologies and fine chemistry.

It has also partnership relations with leading university institutions like the Universidade Técnica de Lisboa and its engineering faculty - the Instituto Superior Técnico (IST).

In 2013, a building was erected, which is the new headquarters of the Swiss multinational pharmaceutical company Novartis in Portugal. Almost simultaneously,the Students Residence was built, located next to the IST facilities, allowing students and young researchers from other parts of the country and from abroad to be logded in the Taguspark.

After the park presentation, Minnikhanov said that the experience of Tagushpark is very interesting for Tatarstan, especially with regard to further development of the city of Innopolis. We have laid the foundation of our relationship today, he said.

A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Ministry of Informatization and Communication of the republic and Taguspark during the visit of Tatarstan President to the park.

Minnikhanov invited senior managers of Tagushpark to visit Tatarstan. He said, in particular, that on June 18 Kazan will host the FIFA Confederations Cup match between Portugal and Mexico, and this could be a good reason for coming to Kazan.