TOMSK, 10 Oct –
RIA Tomsk. Vice Prime Minister of the Russian Federation
Maxim Akimov agreed to head the working group of the INO Tomsk project instead
of the predecessor Arkady Dvorkovich, the head of the region Sergey Zhvachkin
reported on Wednesday at the meeting devoted to the strategy of development for
the Tomsk region.
Earlier federal mass media
reported that the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Arkady
Dvorkovich left the post of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation
in March 2018. After departure from the job he was elected the cochairman of
Skolkovo Foundation. The former Deputy Chief of the Russian Government Staff
Maxim Akimov took his place.
"(The Working group
"INO Tomsk") was headed by the Deputy Prime Minister Arkady
Dvorkovich, and Maxim Akimov will head it now, he already agreed. The group of
the INO Tomsk project will also have an updated structure", – Zhvachkin
told, having specified that the new structure of the working group is approved
at the level of the Government of the Russian Federation so far.
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In addition, the governor of
the Tomsk region reported that the new working group will have to correct
"road map" of the INO Tomsk project, to include the new areas of
work, for example, on digitalization of the large companies.
"We will range them (projects
on digitalization): there are those which can be realized in 5-10 years, and
there are also necessary, breakthrough – (for example) the "digital
hospital" project. If to work well, then it will have result for all
Russia in one or two years. However, all this should be "packed", –
Zhvachkin noted.
Also during the meeting, the
governor declared reset of the Strategy of development for the Tomsk region.
"We will pay more attention to people with new skills of work in science
and economy. For us it is a rate for a long-term outlook", – he
emphasized.
Earlier it was reported that
the Government of the Russian Federation approved the concept of creation of
"The center of education, research and development" ("INO Tomsk
2020") in the Tomsk region in 2011. In August 2016 the prime minister of
the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev approved changes in "road map"
of "INO of Tomsk": in particular, participation of the universities,
scientific organizations and companies of the region in realization of the
National technological initiative was expanded.