OREANDA-NEWS. On 10 August 2009 was announced, that session of the Coordination Council under the Head of the Republic of Karelia on implementation of priority national projects and population policy in territory of the Republic of Karelia was held on August 6, and chaired by the Prime Minister of the Government of Karelia Pavel Chernov.

Coordination Council is a body operating on a permanent basis which gathers for analysis, discussion and control of the course of implementation of national projects. This work has been in progress for four years.

As Pavel Chernov has noted opening the session, introduced by president Vladimir Putin priority national projects became an appreciable incentive to many positive changes in the republic. The Prime Minister has especially pointed out achievements in raising of living standards in the public sector, medicine (appreciable decrease in children's death rate, construction and advanced equipment of some diagnostic and treatment centers), 10-15% of annual growth of housing construction, construction and commissioning of some hi-tech objects in agriculture.

On the four priority national projects there spoke:

– E.Hidishyan – First Deputy Minister of Health and Social Development of the Republic of Karelia, deputy working group director on providing of implementation of priority national project Health in territory of the Republic of Karelia;

– A.Efimov – Deputy Minister of Construction of the Republic of Karelia, deputy working group director on providing of implementation of priority national project Affordable and Comfortable Housing to the Russia's Citizens in territory of the Republic of Karelia;

– G.Manuilov – Minister of Agriculture, Fish Industry and Ecology of the Republic of Karelia, working group director on providing of implementation of priority national project Agroindustrial Complex Development in territory of the Republic of Karelia;

– A.Karmazin, acting Minister of Education of the Republic of Karelia, deputy working group director on providing of implementation of priority national project Education in territory of the Republic of Karelia.

Members of the Coordination Council have heard and discussed the information on every national project. Information was taken into consideration. At the same time, in the final report of its session Coordination Council has stated a number of recommendations to the Government of Karelia and responsible ministries. In particular, in 2009 the Government was recommended to provide financing in full (co-financing) of expenditures on implementation of actions of priority national projects and state programs in the field of education, health, housing construction and agriculture and Initiatives of the Head of the Republic of Karelia within the scope of assignments stipulated by the Law On the Budget of the Republic of Karelia for 2009 from the budget of the Republic of Karelia.

Besides, over and above the plan of the session Pavel Chernov has raised the quetion not related directly to national projects, though rather important – on provision of housing for all veterans of the Great Patriotic War without exception according to the requirement of president Dmitry Medvedev.

In Karelia today there live 380 war veterans, 160 of them live in Petrozavodsk. There remain only eight months to perform requirement of the President to provide housing for all veterans. This issue is cordinated by the Ministry of Health and Social Development and the Ministry of Construction of Karelia. Together with the Council of Veterans these days they inspect housing conditions of every veteran. At the same time, it is noted, that there is neither time, nor sufficient funds to build new homes for every veteran in need of rehousing. The problem will be solved due to purchasing of homes in the secondary market.