December 26, 2006

The Okrug Governor’s press-service informs:

Today in the town of Khanty-Mansiysk it was held the working meeting of the Deputy Director of the Department on the realization of priority national projects at the RF Government Alexander Boris and deputies of the Ugra Government Chair and directors of departments - members of the Interdepartmental working meeting under the implementation of the national projects in the Autonomous Okrug.

Alexander Boris determined the goal of the trip that the workers of the federal department study a real situation in the regions, discover interesting moments for  experience exchange: "It is important to see everything, to learn all the positive and negative moments in the work, which are not noticed behind the figures of the reports".  In Ugra he is interested first of all in the implementation of the of the projects "Health", "Education", "Available and comfortable housing" and development of digital television.

The frank talk took place about problems, connected with accomplishment of technical issues on the federal level. Afterwards Alexander Boris started getting acquainted in detail with the activity of teams, participating in the implementation of priority national projects.

December 26, 2006

The Okrug Governor’s press-service informs:

In the town of Khanty-Mansiysk it was held the seminar devoted to issues of organizing and holding the election of deputies  to the Tyumen Oblast Duma of the fourth convocation on March 11, 2007.  

Chair of the Election Commission of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug-Ugra Vladimir Zmanovski told about the changes in the election legislation and determined the key goals on holding the campaign  in such a constituent entity with a complicated structure as the Tyumen Oblast.

"The area is common by there are three public authorities and they are all equal", - said he. "There are three election commissions but there is no   head one. Neither the Election Code of the Tyumen Oblast nor federal legislation points out to the supreme commission. Our key goal is to provide the participation of  all the electors in the campaign and to hold honest, transparent, democratic elections in complete compliance with the legislation".

According to the mixed and majority system  34 deputies should be elected to the Tyumen Oblast Duma - 17 deputies by the parties’ lists and 17 deputies - by the election districts. Separate political parties have already held meetings and submitted the lists of candidates to the Election Commission of the Autonomous Okrug.

Georgi Gerlovski, Deputy Leader of the Okrug Governor’s Administration, made an accent on two key reasons  in the coming serious work: "We should first of all preserve the political stability among the public authorities of the Okrugs and Oblast, and secondly to provide via representatives of Ugra at the Tyumen Oblast Duma the control over the rational spending funds, allocated from our budget for the implementation of the program "Cooperation", aimed at growing the well-being of people of the whole region".

Much attention was paid by the seminar participants to issues of the mass media activities while the elections. Besides, the key organizational, legal, financial aspects in the forthcoming election campaign were discussed in detail.

December 26, 2006

The Okrug Governor’s press-service informs:

At he press-conference for journalists of federal and local mass media Governor of Ugra Alexander Filipenko in detail told about the implementation of the priority national project "Health" in 2006 and prospects for the future.

Moscow journalists asked the head of the region to share his vision of the role of the unique law "On Life Quality" in this work. "For all these years the investments into Man were key for us to motivate his creative activity, to improve his life and life of his family". - said Governor. "The category "quality of life" includes many definitions and as a result they mean health. It means rendering quality and available medical services for the population in time".

He  said that in 2006  in the Okrug the expenses for financing healthcare grew by twice, the prevention of diseases was actively held, several social facilities were put into operation including centers of rendering high-technological medical services, for example, Center of Diabetes Mellitus Treatment.

"When we say that health is an economic  category we mean that the preventive activities allows us to decrease the number of disable people and the expenses for healthcare by 15 %", - said Alexander Filipenko answering  the question about the financial support in medicine. "I am confident that we shall be able to make healthcare an economic branch  as in Ugra the waiting list  of sick people for medical services is much shorter than over Russia. Having formed for 2-2,5 years the system of high technologies centers, we shall be able to satisfy fully the needs of the Okrug people and to earn rendering services to citizens from neighboring regions. Many of these centers are on the European level. Recently the coronary shunting operation on a heart  has been made, there are high professionals in other spheres. Except the X-ray therapy we can make all kinds of treatment here in the region".

The prospects of the social and economic development of the Autonomous Okrug require growth of labor potential which cannot be provided by  the present level of childbirth rate though one of the highest in the country - the annual natural increase of the population in Ugra is 10 ths. people. Therefore the increased level and quality of life, efficiency of healthcare should be combined with bringing up in people the habit of taking care for their own health: "We should agree that it concerns not a single person but the whole society. The healthy lifestyle should become a norm", - said Alexander Filipenko.