Rustam Minnikhanov: Public councils of agencies and municipalities reveal the potential as important civil society institutes

On September 17, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov took part in a session of the Coordination council of pubic councils at regional ministries and agencies of the Public Chamber of the Republic of Tatarstan.

Speaking at the session, Minnikhanov said that public councils of agencies and municipalities reveal the potential as important civil society institutes. He noted that it is important to bring the regional law about the Public Chamber into compliance with new federal law.

Minnikhanov also supported the idea of the Chairman of the Public Chamber Anatoly Fomin about creation of the portal of non-profit organizations, and resource centers in Kazan, Naberezhnye Chelny, and Almetyevsk.

“We will support these infrastructure projects under the developed sub-programme “Support of socially oriented non-profit organizations in the Republic of Tatarstan for years 2017-2020”,” he stated.

The ceremony of awarding the laureates of the Tatarstan Presidential Award for the contribution to the development of civil society institutes in the republic was held later on the same day.