The Programme on the Creation of Youth Innovation Creativity Centres was highly praised by the RT President Rustam N. Minnikhanov, Director of the Department of Small and Medium Business and Competition of the RF Ministry of Economic Development Natalia Larionova and Executive Director of the Association of Innovative Regions of Russia Ivan Bortnik.
Today Technopark “Idea” as part of the joint board of the RT Ministry of Economy and the RT Ministry of Industry and Trade has demonstrated operation of equipment in the Youth Innovation Creativity Centre (YICC “Idea”).
The Centre is organized in the territory of Technopark in accordance with the Contest of efficient use of open youth innovative prototyping centres network, announced by the RF Ministry of Economic Development in November, 2011.
The Republic of Tatasrtan has become one of the 13 regions of winners. YICCs are also created in Astrakhan, Belgorod, Kaluga, Kemerovo, Kurgan, Penza, Ulyanovsk and Tomsk regions, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk, St. Petersburg and Moscow.
The total number of regional YICCs is over 30, and 9 of which are located in the Republic of Tatarstan.
The YICC “Idea” is fitted with modern universal prototyping equipment that can be used from 10 to 15 persons at one time. Laser gravers, 3D-scanners, milling machines and 3D-printers, allowing to produce prototypes of any complexity and dimension in the shortest possible time, will provide a strong basis for the development and promotion of the youth technical creativity and extension of the children creativity centers network of the new generation.
Russia’s first official opening of the Youth Innovation Creativity Centre (YICC “Idea”) will be held at Technopark “Idea” on February 27.
To the point, the Association of Innovative Regions of Russia (AIRR) headed by Ivan M. Bortnik and Organization of Youth Innovative Russia (YIR) headed by Anna Bukhalo are ideological inspirers of the creation and development of YICC network in Russia. The project development prospects, primarily, the readiness of the Russian youth to breakthrough platforms for their creativity development were defined at a joint meeting held in Innovational production Technopark “Idea” on November 21, 2011. The idea of YICCs creation was also supported by the Government of the Republic of Tatarstan in the person of First Deputy Prime Minister Ravil Muratov.
Source: tpidea.ru, photos of tpidea.ru, prav.tatar.ru
