First session of Coordination council on industry was held in Kazan on March 15. Acting RF Minister of industry and trade Denis Manturov, President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, regional ministers of industry, chiefs of large industrial enterprises attended the session themed “On developing mechanisms of complex support of high-tech export produce” at the Kazan helicopter plant.

The Coordination council on industry was founded on October 31, 2011 in accordance with the order of RF Ministry of industry and trade. The main activities of the council are complex and systemic development of interregional cooperation in industrial sphere, realization of state modernization policy and innovative development of domestic industry, increase of investment potential of Russian regions. The council now comprises representatives of 12 Russian regions, but soon number of presented subjects is to be expanded.

Opening the session Denis Manturov thanked Tatarstan leadership for high level of organization of the event. He also informed about readiness to expand composition of the event.

Denis Manturov believes that exchange of experience must be implemented on a regular basis. “We have to meet once in 2-3 months and use this venue in order to convey information about state regulation of enterprises, use experience of colleagues, take their suggestions into account for making regulatory structure, and developing potential of industrial enterprises,” Denis Manturov stressed. By his words, next session will be dedicated to quality management and lean production.

Speaking about the current session, Denis Manturov reminded about forthcoming entry of Russia in World trade organization. “We must prepare our industry for conditions opened up while entering this organization, work out measures of state support that will provide competitiveness of our produce,” he said.

Chairman of ZAO “State specialized Russian export-import bank” board Nikolay Gavrilov and Director of JSC “Russian agency for insuring export loans and investments” Pyotr Fradkov made reports about the system of supporting non-resource exporters being created in Russia.

Commenting on their reports Denis Manturov marked that Russian enterprises do not always use available measures of state support. Acting RF Minister of industry and trade urged the regions to take an active part in programs on export state support.

Coordination of industrial development of Russian regions aimed at avoiding unnecessary competition and establishing efficient economic interaction among enterprises from various Russian regions was also discussed at the meeting.

In the interview after the session Denis Manturov and Rustam Minnikhanov highly appreciated the idea of creating Coordination council.