Head of project of economic cooperation and integration department of European economic committee of UNO Mr. Hans Jansen visited Technopark "Idea".

April 28, 2009 Mr. Hans Jansen met with deputy minister of industry and trade of Tatarstan. The parties exchanged information, discussed questions of bio-innovative technologies development in the Republic, opportunities of cooperation between UNO European economic committee and enterprises of Tatarstan in the field of innovative technologies development in the Republic including in the sphere of bioenergetics.

General director of Technopark “Idea” Sergey Yushko held a presentation of Technopark activity, told about its infrastructure, anchor residents, activity of Laser centre and centre of LEGO-construction and robotics.

Visit of head of project of economic cooperation and integration department of European economic committee of UNO was finished on the 30^th of April in Ministry of industry and trade of RT where working visit was resumed. Also there were discussed perspective directions of cooperation in the field of biotechnology and bioenergetics development in the Republic of Tatarstan.

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European economic committee of UNO was created in 1947 year by Committee of economic and social issues. It is one of five regional committee of UNO.

Its main goal is favour All-European economic integration. With this purpose European economic committee of UNO joints 56 countries of European Community (EC), countries of East and West Europe, which don’t affiliate in EC, Southeast Europe, CIS and Northern America. All of this countries dialog and cooperation under aegis of European economic committee of UNO on economic and sectoral issues.

European economic committee of UNO gives analysis, guidelines for elaboration of policy and renders assistance for states. The Committee attends to instruction of UNO in the economic sphere, in cooperation with other world participants and main interested parties especially business circles.

In addition European economic committee of UNO sets standards and agreements for assistance international cooperation both within the range of region and beyond the bounds.

Competence of European economic committee of UNO embraces next fields: economic collaboration and integration, energy, environment, housing and land management, population, statistics, timber, trade and transport. European economic committee of UNO includes 56 countries.