September 23, 2009

The Okrug Governor’s press-service informs:

Today in the Okrug center Governor of Ugra Alexander Filipenko had a meeting with Frode Mauring, UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative. 

Mr. Mauring visited Khanty-Mansiysk to learn about the region, to establish cooperation with constituent entities of the Russian Federation for the preparation of the national report about human development.

Traditionally the head of the region told about Ugra, about cooperation with international organizations in the sphere of environment preservation, biological resources, Northern indigenous people’s interest protection under the conditions of the North industrial exploration.

Besides, the interlocutors discussed problems, connected with environment and climate change, education and science. “In the region one of the issues of current interest is still environment as economy of Ugra is mainly based on nature resources management. Our key goal is to change Man’s attitude towards nature but not to change nature. In this regard environmental education is important, understanding of importance of careful attitude to environment. It is quite obvious that the wide understanding of this problem will make it possible to solve all the rest issues”, - emphasized Alexander Filipenko.

Frode Mauring made an accent on understanding of the meeting participants on risks which threaten to Arctic regions in case of global climate warming as he said that Northern regions are more sensitive  for climate warming.                

Besides he said about the  reasonable distribution of the region’s revenues, got from  minerals  extraction, and spent for human development. In his opinion Ugra is one of the best Russian regions where such practice is applied. Telling about the preparation of the National report for human development Mr. Mauring emphasized: “In this concept the human development  is not just economy of regions but the environment, level of education, healthcare, sustainable development are taken into account. In the future we expect to cooperate with regional research and scientific institutes, all their proposals will be included into the National report where the information from over 20 constituent entities of the Russian Federation will be represented”.

September 23, 2009

The Okrug Governor’s press-service informs:

The Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug will participate in the contest for the right to host the All-Russia competitions “Leader of the XXI century”.

The federal stage of the contest of youth organizations leaders and directors of children’s and youth’s organizations will be held approximately in November of 2010. The Association of children’s and youth’s organizations is ready to be a federal operator on organizing and holding “Leader of the XXI century” in Khanty-Mansiysk.

On September 14-17, 2009 in Pyt-Yakh it was held the regional stage of the contest. The organizers are Committee for Youth Policy of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug and Association of children’s and youth’s organizations. This event took place in the frames of the Year of the Youth within the 15-th anniversary of the Regional Association of children’s and youth’s organizations.

Participants took part in the route and diagnostic game “Leaders’ marathon”, educational modules of the youth activists’ school “Impulse of Ugra”, in the fair of social projects, briefing “Youth initiatives in the epoch of progressive ideas”, other events.

While summing up the results opinion of the Expert council and results of on-line voting on the youth portal were taken into account.

As a result the jury managed to determine the winner in the nomination “Leader of children’s and youth organizations” – Yulia Tarasova – leader of the young families club “Harmony” from the settlement of Poikovski, Nefetyugsnk District. Besides the expert council founded the extra nomination “For loyalty to traditions” and the winner was Yulia Moiseeva – leader of the school children’s association “Hand of friendship” (Langepas).

September 23, 2009

The Okrug Governor’s press-service informs:

Yesterday in Yekaterinburg Governor of Ugra Alexander Filipenko participated in the meeting of the “Bolshoi Ural” Interregional association Council. While the meeting with the participation of Plenipotentiary representative of the RF President in the Urals Federal District Nikolai Vinnichenko, governors and representatives of the Sverdlovsk, Chelyabinsk, Tyumen, Kurgan Regions, Perm Krai, Udmurtia, Bashkortostan, there was a discussion about the situation in economy, implementation of anti-crisis measures, coordinated actions to overcome negative consequences of the crisis.

In his speech Governor of Ugra emphasized that the financial crisis had made serious corrections into the social and economic development of the region. “But in spite of the reduction of investments by 17 %, revenues reduction by half of the expected scopes, expenses by 40 % this year all preferences were preserved in the Autonomous Okrug and even new ones were introduced as state guarantees, subsidies for production and etc.”

“This year 6 billion rubles were given as state guarantees for loans and about 4 billion of this amount was received. They have been spent to support construction sector and mortgage programs. The financial support of the real sector of economy will amount to over 28 billion rubles”, - emphasized Alexander Filipenko. Based on the official data, the Khanty-Mansiysk Okrug is still one of the most stable and competitive – basic regions of the Russian Federation.

At the same time Governor expressed doubt – why do the statistics bodies include the data of the social and economic development of the Khanty-Mansiysk Okrug into the indicators of the Tyumen Region? In his opinion it is incorrect in term of the constituent entity of the Russian Federation. By the way, so the Tyumen Region uses indicators of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug.

At the Council meeting it was made  a decision about Ugra and Yamal’s  joining the Interregional association “Bolshoi Ural” as equal-in-rights members. Before that both regions had an observer  status.

September 23, 2009

The Okrug Governor’s press-service informs:

Further prospects of the mega-project “Ural Industrial – Ural Polar” were discussed today by Governor of Ugra Alexander Filipenko and Director General of the Corporation Oleg Demchenko.

The head of the Corporation informed Governor about the work done and that the draft agreement with the JSC “Russian railways” was almost ready. The possibility of the railway construction along the eastern slope of the Urals is rather high.

Alexander Filipenko emphasized the importance of the mega-project for economy of Ugra and for the whole industrial Middle and South Ural. The corporation should speed up the practical implementation of the project and for that to activate the work with potential investors – industrial enterprises and relevant partners.

While the meeting it was discussed the necessity of holding in Khanty-Mansiysk the special  meeting , devoted to the mega-project “Ural Industrial – Ural Polar” with the participation of all relevant structures.