OREANDA-NEWS. On 28 August 2009 was announced, that UTK will support a unique educational project called IT-Planet-2009, acting as general partner for the Olympics in the Southern Federal District for the third year in a row.  Thanks to the comprehensive support provided by UTK, the regional project IT-Planet-2009 has now become a nationwide event.

The purpose of the project is to support active-minded and talented youth is to create opportunities for the realization of creative potential, enhance the quality of education and train specialists in order to carry out the national projects “Education”, “Health Care”, “The Electronic Government”, etc.

The first time UTK acted as the general partner for the project was in 2007, when the IT-Olympics was held in the Krasdnodar region and the Republic of Adygeia, while in 2008 the project covered the entire Southern Federal District, and received all-Russian status this year.

IT-Planet is a unique educational project which is implemented by the Telecommunications Ministry, the Ministry of Sport, Tourism and Youth Policy of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Education and Science, Administrations of the Authorized Representatives of the President of Russia, and also broad support from IT industry enterprises.