OPORA RUSSIA ALL-RUSSIAN NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESS SERGEY R. BORISOV Chairman of the Board of Trustees April 27, 2015
WHAT IS SME IN RUSSIA?* Individual entrepreneur - up to 5 employees Number of employees Micro up to 15 employees Small from 16 to 100 employees Medium from 101 to 250 employees Micro no more than 60 mil. rubles (~ 2 mil.$) Turnover Small no more than 400 mil. rubles (~ 13,3 mil.$) Medium no more than 1 billion rubles (~ 33,3 mil.$) * Criteria are set by the Federal law related to small and medium-sized business development 2
SMALL BUSINESS IN RUSSIA AND ABROAD Russia The number of employed in SMEs 17.8 million people Number of SMEs per 1,000 people (not including individual entrepreneurs 12,5) Share of employed in SMEs 25 % Share in GDP 21 % About 20 million people in the shadow sector EU countries Number of SMEs per 1,000 people 40 Share of employed in SMEs 60-70 % Share in GDP 50-60 % 3
STRUCTURE OF SMALL ENTREPRENEURSHIP* Transport and communication 5,9% Scientific research and development 0,8% Public health and social services 1,5% Construction 12,1% Manufacturing activities 10,5% *The data does not include the information about individual entrepreneurs Wholesale and retail trade 40,9% Other 28,4% 4
THE DYNAMICS OF SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT IN RUSSIA 4500 4000 3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 Количество малых и микропредприятий, тыс. Количество ИП, тыс. 1000 500 0 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 5
THE STRATEGY OF SMALL AND MEDIUM BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BY THE YEAR 2020 Small Business 2012 Strategy (FACT) 2020 Employed - 25 % Employed at least 50 % TASK GDP share 23 % GDP share at least 40 % 6
NEW TRENDS Creating a new state institution for small and medium business development Credit Guarantee Agency Support Program of "SME Bank" SMEs support program of the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia Changing the coordination of SMEs support programs Priorities: Production and innovation 7
THE MOST SERIOUS BARRIERS TO SME DEVELOPMENT Low availability of skilled personnel * 47% High taxes 36% Low availability of financial resources Overal decline in demand in the sector Unfair competition 18% 17% 22% Corruption Undeveloped infrastructure Regulatory requrements Low availability of real estate (commercial premises, offices, warehouses) Organized crime 1% 8% 7% 7% 6% * The sum of responses exceeds 100%: the respondent could choose up to three positions
OPORA RUSSIA GROUP OPORA Non-Profit Partnership All Russian Union of Business Associations (established in September 2001) OPORA RUSSIA All-Russian Non-Governmental Organization of Small and Medium-Sized Business (established in September 2002) OPORA SME The All-Russian Association of Employers «Union of SME Employers Organizations» (established in December 2009) Entrepreneurial sectoral associations 84 regional 44 regional and unions (108) divisions associations More than 400 000 entrepreneurs Approx. 5 million jobs 9
MAIN DIRECTIONS OF OPORA RUSSIA ACTIVITY Consultations with government bodies, expertize of draft laws Regional development Analytical research Protection of SMEs rights International activity
COOPERATION AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL Government of the RF Governmental commissions: on Competition and Small and Medium-Sized Business Development on Administrative Reform on Transport and Communications on Legislation etc. Presidential Administration Prosecutor General's Office Research Advisory Council Council of the Federation Expert Boards under Committees State Duma Expert Boards under Committees Supreme Commercial Court Political parties Consultations with the leading political parties of the RF Right of presence at the Meetings of the Presidium 11
PROTECTION OF SME RIGHTS Under OPORA RUSSIA operates the Bureau of Protection of the rights of SMEs 20 regional offices of the Bureau in subsidiaries of the RF. Over 10 000 applications from the entrepreneurs from different regions of the RF for 7 years. Over 6 000 applications to governmental authorities, 25 % of which - to the Office of the Prosecutor General.
INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITY OF OPORA RUSSIA Our partners: UNECE OECD BUSINSSEUROPE UEAPME OSEC (Switzerland) FFE (Finland) CGPME (France) Russian-German Chamber of Foreign Trade SARIO (Slovakia) Employers of Poland ASECAM (Spain) U.S. Council on Competitiveness CONFAPI (Italy) CONFINDUSTRIA (Italy) CECC (China) FICCI (India) SBF (Singapore) KFSB (Korea) FSB (Great Britain) NFIB (USA) TUSKON and KOSGEB (Turkey) 14
INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES OF OPORA RUSSIA Finland USA Switzerland Austria China Japan Thailand The representatives provide the following services: Information Consulting Business partner search 15
International forums SME internationalization Missions for technologies INTERNATIONAL SCOPES OF OPORA RUSSIA Joint projects International portal (will start up in September, 2010) Business meetings
RUSSIAN-ITALIAN BUSINESS COOPERATION RUSSIAN CLUSTERS INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS Experience
THE MAIN DIRECTIONS OF RUSSIAN-ITALIAN BUSINESS COOPERATION Industrial parks Universities and SMEs Country missions for technologies, forums, conferences Energy efficiency platforms Development of ventures Training programs Development of cluster policy in the framework of modernization
PROSPECTIVE NICHES Metal working & woodworking Mechanical engineering Public health & social services Agriculture and farming Tourism Sphere of manufacture and innovations
CHI BENE INCOMINCIA È A METÀ DELL'OPERA ХОРОШЕЕ НАЧАЛО ПОЛОВИНА ДЕЛА! 20
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