On June 6, a cooperation agreement was signed between the Kazan Innovative University named after V.G. Timiryasov and the State Budgetary Institution of Friendship of the Peoples of Tatarstan.

Anticipating the signing of the agreement, the rector of KIU, Asiya Vitalievna Timiryasova, emphasized that cooperation with the House of Friendship of the Peoples of Tatarstan at an informal level has been going on for more than a year and announced a new university project dedicated to the history and culture of the peoples of the Volga region.

In response, the director of the House of Friendship of Peoples, Irek Ildusovich Sharipov, noted that the signing of this agreement is aimed at further deepening and expanding the areas of work of the Assembly and the House of Friendship of the Peoples of Tatarstan, combining their own practical experience with the scientific base.

Indeed, the subject of the agreement provides for eight areas of joint activities of students, faculty and representatives of ethno-cultural NGOs that are members of the Assembly of the Peoples of Tatarstan. More specifically, we are talking about creating conditions for the implementation of educational, educational, research and socio-cultural projects aimed at developing among students a culture of sustainable tolerant interethnic relations, competencies of socio-cultural project activities and social partnership practices.