Ilsur Metshin: “Digitalization is the way to efficiency, transparency and open dialogue with residents”

Ilsur Metshin: “Digitalization is the way to efficiency, transparency and open dialogue with residents”

<p> The digital transformation of urban management was discussed today at the round table of mayors at the 2022 Kazan Digital Week International Forum. At the Kazan Expo center, speakers from six countries discussed the implementation of digital technologies in staff management, financial work and anti-corruption activities. The meeting was held by Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of Kazan, President of the UN Advisory Committee of Local Authorities.<br> </p> <p> “It is very important for us that the Kazan Digital Week Forum has become a unifying platform for managers and experts from different parts of the world. Digitalization is being actively implemented in various areas of our life, including municipal administration,”- Ilsur Metshin said, opening the meeting. </p> <p> The Mayor of Kazan reminded that this year in Tatarstan has been declared the Year of Digitalization, but work on the internal and external transformation of the city began in 2010. The first IT park in Russia was opened in the capital of Tatarstan, the Open Kazan system was launched in 2011, which allowed to accept and monitor the execution of applications in housing and utility services online. </p> <p> “Kazan was among the first cities in the country to introduce a systemic transfer of the municipal services into electronic mode. 80% of requests are served online. Every year, more than 150 thousand people apply for municipal services, so we save the time of residents and employees, save paper, making these processes transparent, efficient, convenient and fast,”- the Mayor of the capital of the republic of Tatarstan noted. </p> <p> Over the past two years, one of the most interesting digital projects implemented in Kazan was a comprehensive municipal geoinformation system, thanks to which all relevant information about the territory, facilities, urban planning standards and restrictions, as well as the applicability of regulatory documents are collected on the city map. More than 800 people use this data every day. </p> <p> Kazan will soon host the Games of Future. “For us, digitalization is the way to efficiency, transparency, and an open dialogue with residents. This is the way to tomorrow,”- I. Metshin stressed. </p> <p> Irina Bochkova, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Executive Committee of the city, also spoke at the round table. Irek Mukhametshin, chief of the Financial Department of the Executive Committee, reported about the digital accounting project. Since the implementation of the project in 2020, 544 educational and cultural institutions have joined it. Advisor to the Mayor of Kazan on anti-corruption issues Kiyam Belyaev spoke about digital mechanisms aimed at reducing corruption. </p> <p> Mayor of Bodrum Ahmet Aras, Mayor of Khabarovsk Sergey Kravchuk, Head of the Belgorod Administration Anton Ivanov also spoke at the round table, Vice Mayor of Qiqihar Sun Heng, Mayor of Naypyidaw (Myanmar) Tin Oo Lwin and others joined the event online. They shared their experience of implementing digital technologies in their cities. </p> <p> For reference, the Kazan Digital Week Forum is being held for the third time. This year, about 13 thousand people from 32 countries participate in it. The forum program includes 120 events dedicated to smart transport systems, digital industry, cybersecurity, digital technologies in medicine, education, culture, agriculture and other areas. </p>

2022-09-21T17:43:54+0300