WAIPA Annual Report 2011

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WAIPA Report of Activities 2011-2012

KAZAN Invest 2012: FDI & WAIPA, Tatarstan, Russia March 1 st , 2012 On March 1st, 2012, in Kazan, Tatarstan, TIDA (the Tatarstan Investment Development Agency) hosted a seminar meant as introduction of WAIPA to government officials in other regions – within the Russian Federation – charged with the task of promoting inward FDI in several regions of the Russian Federation. The TIDA CEO, Lynar Yakupov, and WAIPA Executive Director, Carlos Bronzatto, jointly spoke about the progress made by TIDA in attracting FDI to Tatarstan, specifically, as well as about Russia’s competitive advantages, market size, economic fundamentals and others. The sort of actions needed to assist Russia in its need to diversify away from oil – which still accounted for 41% of FDI in Russia in 2011 – was another topic discussed. WAIPA carried out a workshop on the basics of Investment Promotion to government officials coming from many other Russian regions, including Moscow, Oblast, Perm, Kaluga and the neighbouring Dagestan. This was the first training initiative of this kind promoted by WAIPA, with a focus on Russian regions. FDI & WAIPA, Tatarstan, Russia, March 1, 2012 WAIPA Report of Activities 2011-2012 39

KAZAN Invest 2012: FDI & <strong>WAIPA</strong>,<br />

Tatarstan, Russia<br />

March 1 st , 2012<br />

On March 1st, 2012, in Kazan,<br />

Tatarstan, TIDA (the Tatarstan<br />

Investment Development Agency)<br />

hosted a seminar meant as<br />

introduction of <strong>WAIPA</strong> to government<br />

officials in other regions – within the<br />

Russian Federation – charged with<br />

the task of promoting inward FDI<br />

in several regions of the Russian<br />

Federation. The TIDA CEO, Lynar<br />

Yakupov, and <strong>WAIPA</strong> Executive<br />

Director, Carlos Bronzatto, jointly<br />

spoke about the progress made by<br />

TIDA in attracting FDI to Tatarstan,<br />

specifically, as well as about Russia’s<br />

competitive advantages, market size,<br />

economic fundamentals and others.<br />

The sort of actions needed to assist<br />

Russia in its need to diversify away<br />

from oil – which still accounted for<br />

41% of FDI in Russia in <strong>2011</strong> – was<br />

another topic discussed.<br />

<strong>WAIPA</strong> carried out a workshop on<br />

the basics of Investment Promotion<br />

to government officials coming from<br />

many other Russian regions, including<br />

Moscow, Oblast, Perm, Kaluga and<br />

the neighbouring Dagestan. This was<br />

the first training initiative of this kind<br />

promoted by <strong>WAIPA</strong>, with a focus on<br />

Russian regions.<br />

FDI & <strong>WAIPA</strong>,<br />

Tatarstan, Russia,<br />

March 1, 2012<br />

<strong>WAIPA</strong> <strong>Report</strong> of Activities <strong>2011</strong>-2012<br />

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