Center of Advanced Economic Research Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan

1. Center of Advanced Economic ResearchAcademy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan The leader in the field of private-state consulting in the Russian Federation.

2. Contents Company Introduction Company activities Key personnel Company core values Research projects and directions International/ interregional cooperation Contact information

3. Company LocationKazan (Russia) Kazan

4. Kazan is officially announced as a 3d capital of Russia

5. Company Introduction Company Introduction Center of Advanced Economic Research in the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan was founded in 2004 in compliance with the decree of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan for the purpose of conducting fundamental and applied researches in the social and economic spheres, and providing recommendations and developing long-term forecasts for the state administration bodies. Now it is one of the leading research centers in the field ofprivate-state consulting in the Russian Federation. Company Logo

6. Fundamental and applied researches in the social and economic spheres Economic projects and expertise Strategies and social and economic programs development Business-planning ACTIVITIES Marketing and sociological research Company activities Consulting Educational Center Providing recommendations and developing long-term forecasts for the state administration bodies.

7. Key personnel Number of employee: 33 workers Marat Safiullin Director Doctor of Economics, Professor Aleksey Fazliev Deputy Director Lenar Safiullin Chief of the Economic Department Doctor of Economics, Professor Irina Morenko Chief of the Sociological/Marketing research department Ph.D., Assistant professor

8. Personnel We highly value our qualified personnel Ph.D. researches Company Logo

9. Center’s Graduate Schoolin figures Founded in 2005 Majors: Economics, Sociology, Demography Number of graduate students – 39. Research advisors:19 people -10 Doctor of Sciences, professors - 9 Ph .D researches Defended: - 1 Doctor dissertation thesis; - 11 Ph.D. thesis Graduate students are involved in different steps of the projects

10. Our core values Our core values Quality Excellence Innovation

11. Company Introduction Growth rate of the projects completed by the Center from 2005-2009 (%) 4,9 4,03 2009 to 2005 3,5 2008 to 2005 2,12 2007 to 2005 2006 to 2005

12. Center’s main research projects Core research projects • Development methodology of the evaluation of the Republic of Tatarstan economy; • Development methodology of the evaluation of the state organizations activities’ effectiveness; • Development methodology of the economic effectiveness of the projects realization; • Development methodology of the public opinion evaluation about the social and economic reforms in the Republic of Tatarstan; • Development methodology of the evaluation of the state administration bodies activities’ effectiveness ; • Development methodology of the territorial economic systems’ strategic management; • Development methodology of the development model of the Republic of Tatarstan; • Development methodology of the federal, republican and regional programs of economic and social development agreement; • Development methodology of the social and economic sphere’s forecasts development; • Development of the of the scenarios and forecasts of social and economic sphere of the Republic of Tatarstan development.

13. Programs of the social and economic development • Strategy of the social and economic development of the city NaberezhnyeChelny till 2015 • Strategy of the social and economic developments of the Nizhnekamsk municipal area till 2012 • Strategy of the social and economic developments of the Zelenodolsk municipal area till 2020 • Strategy of the social and economic developments of Aznakaevsky area till 2025. • Program of development and placing of the productive forces of the Republic Tatarstan till 2030 • Program of development of tourism industry in the Republic Tatarstan for the period of 2008-2010 • Standards development of the state services for the Ministry of transport and road economy of the Republic Tatarstan • Research of the investment potential analysis of a city of Kazan • Complex program of demographic development of the Republic • Tatarstan till 2030 • Strategy of scientific and innovative activity of the Republic • Tatarstan for 2007-2025 Company Logo

14. Consulting • Introduction of the international accounting standards (“PricewarehouseCoopers”) in the Republic of Tatarstan and the city of Kazan; • Development of the power-engineering cluster in the Republic of Tatarstan; • Performing business plan for the for «Kazan fair» development for 2009-2010; • Development of the «Financial and economic planning on 2009-2018» for the Wood plan of the Republic Tatarstan till 2018.

15. Marketing and sociological research • Sociological research on the general public satisfaction of the main components of the quality of life and the performed social and economic reforms (2005-2010); • Sociological research on the corruption issues and behavior practices (2005-2010); • Sociological and marketing research «Tourism industry of the Republic of Tatarstan in the opinion of tourism product's consumers, representatives of the tourism industry, gambling business, PR and marketing industry of the republic»; • Marketing research on the consumers’ attitudes and behavior practices on the real estate market of the Ulianovsk region • Sociological survey of the entrepreneurship climate in the Republic of Tatarstan; • Public opinion assessment on the socio-economic condition of the Republic of Tatarstan and their level of satisfaction about the quality of service in the social field of the republic; • Marketing research of the real estate industry of the Republic of Tatarstan: supply and demand assessment.

16. Environmental projects • Development methodological recommendations for the effective placement of the household waste ranges in Republic of Tatarstan; • Development economical and ecological proposal for the effective placement of waste recycling complexes in the Republic of Tatarstan; • Performing calculations for the definition of quotas from reduction of emissions of greenhouses gases in the Republic of Tatarstan; • Impact assessment of the motor transport on the quality of environment of the city of Kazan under the project of the development of activities on decrease of emissions of polluting substances in air from the motor transport; •  Development scientific product «Transformation to an electronic format of the geological reports stored on paper carriers in the Fund of the geological information of the Ministry of ecology and natural resources of the Republic of Tatarstan»; • Development scientific product «Archiving primary blast-hole geological and geophysical information in the Republic of Tatarstan»; • Development scientific product «Review of innovations and nanotechnologies in the field of geoecology. Company Logo

17. Target group: Director of the small and middle scale enterprises of the Republic of Tatarstan Target group: Deputy Director on the social and economic issues of the municipal bodies of the Republic of Tatarstan Target group: Director of the industrial enterprises of the Republic of Tatarstan «Innovative management» (2 groups of students) «Strategic programming» (3 groups of students) «Effective management» (4 groups of students) Educational Center Founded in 2008 9 educational modules have been completed with a total number of 132 students Text in here

18. List of selected projects completed in 2009 • General public satisfaction of the main components of the quality of life and the performed social and economic reforms; • Monitoring on the corruption issues and behavior practices; • Conceptualization on the basis of public opinion of capacity and the middle class structure in the Republic of Tatarstan; • Development of the methodology of the an index of business and economic activity of the region calculation; • Audit of the competitiveness of the Penza region; • Development of the municipal target program «Electronic Saransk» for the 2009-2010; • Scientific and technical substantiation of the designing the automated system of the account of payment of journey in the city of Saransk Company Logo

19. List of selected projects completed in 2008 • Developing methodology of building integrated interindustry balance in the Republic of Tatarstan • Studying the opportunities of efficient use of resources and import substitution in the regional production. • Research of the levels of concentration and specialization in main branches of the Republic of Tatarstan. • Economic and theoretical sound aspects of efficiency's estimation of industrial cooperation • Sociological research of higher education system in terms of availability, quality and formation principles. • Sociological research of condition and prospects of development of public health services in the Republic of Tatarstan. • Sociological survey «Social processes in the cultural sphere » • Building transport infrastructure for the clusters' development • Sociological research «Economic damage to society from drugs usage» Company Logo

20. List of selected projects completed in 2007 • Competitiveness evaluation of republican economy by branches; • Evaluation of the activities’ efficiency of territorial divisions of federal state bodies; • Analyzing public opinion of the citizens of the republic on the problems of social and economic development; • Program of development and placing of productive forces of Republic Tatarstan till 2030; • Program of tourism industry development in Republic of Tatarstan for the period of 2008-2010; • Sociological and marketing research of internal and entrance tourism in Republic Tatarstan; • Analyzing social practices in culture sphere

21. List of selected projects completed in 2006 • Studying problems and expectations on the youth policy; • Conducting research of the IT- market in the Republic of Tatarstan aiming at building a business plan of creating technological Centre of IT operations of built-in systems at the science park "IDEA". • Conducting research on the analysis of investment potential of a city of Kazan • Developing a plan of supplying by human resources the future technological Centre of IT operations of built-in systems at the science park "IDEA". • Joint project with Foreign Investment Advisory Service (World bank group) "Municipal map of the Republic of Tatarstan" • Sociological research of corruption in the sector of higher education and in the regulation of entrepreneur activities

22. List of selected projects completed in 2005 • Evaluation of activities’ efficiency of the public bodies in the social and economic spheres • Citizens of Kazan about Kazan: opinions and evaluations • Strategy of social and economic development of Aznakaevsky area till 2025 • Evaluation of the investments’ efficiency in the nature protection activities of the southeast of Republic of Tatarstan on the basis of oil and gas extraction enterprises • The republican target program of development of road and transport complex of the Republic of Tatarstan for 2006-2010 and intermediate term prospect till 2020 • Development of the a complex of is standard-legal documents for maintenance of realization of positions of the Housing code of the Russian Federation  

23. International cooperation Personnel The World Bank Group - Joint innovative projects; - Joint project on the business environment improvement for the investments attraction and entrepreneur activities in the Republic of Tatarstan. • PricewaterhouseCoopers • Introduction international standards of financial audit in • the Republic of Tatarstan Islamic Development Bank Organizing workshops and trainings on the Islamic financing and banking Company Logo

24. Interregional cooperation in the field of joint innovative projects Personnel BaumanInnovation The Institute of Economy of the Russian Academy of Sciences Center of Strategic Development Council on studying the productive forces of the Ministry of economic development and trade of the Russian Federation and the Russian Academy of Sciences Company Logo

25. Contact information Contact information Contact person: PolinaErmolaeva Research Assistant 23-1 Ostrovskogo St., Kazan 420111, Republic of Tatarstan, RUSSIA Tel.: +7 (843)2920010 Fax.: +7 (843) 2920109 www.cpei.tatar.ru E-mail: Polina.Ermolaeva@tatar.ru

26. Hope for the mutually beneficial cooperation! Thank You !