14, Izmaylovsky Prospect, St.Petersburg 198005, Russia phone: +7 812-325 8351, 251 7677, fax: 112 6607 e-mail: [email protected] Saint-Petersburg.

14, Izmaylovsky Prospect, St.Petersburg 198005, Russiaphone: +7 812-325 8351, 251 7677, fax: 112 6607

e-mail: [email protected] http://www.fbd.spb.ru

Saint-Petersburg Saint-Petersburg Foundation for SME Foundation for SME

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Saint-Petersburg Saint-Petersburg Foundation for SME Foundation for SME

DevelopmentDevelopment

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11%

15%

74%

St.Petersburg

Moscow

Russia

9397

57000

88000

118500129300

1992 1994 1996 1998 1999

124000

337000

587500660200

773200

1992 1994 1996 1998 1999

SMEs NumberSMEs Number

SMEs EmployeesSMEs Employees

SMEs NumberSMEs Number

SMEs in St.Petersburg

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23,8

20,4

5,9

St.Petersburg

Moscow

Russia

Number of SMEs per 1000 inhabitants

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Information& Computing

0,40%

Communication0,30%

Health, sport & social services

2,50%

Housing and everyday services

1,60%

Finance, insurance0,70%

Industry17,38%

Educaton0,50%

General commercial services2,80%

Culture & art1,10%Science

2,90%Others4,30%

Transport3,00%

Construction15,58%

Trade & catering46,95%

SMEs in St. Petersburg by number of employees

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0,0% 5,0% 10,0% 15,0% 20,0% 25,0% 30,0% 35,0% 40,0% 45,0%

Legislative base

Clients and market search

Initial financing

Credit facilities

Premises

Registration, licence

Production process

Hiring skilled personnel

Getting equipment

Export procedures

Management

Getting raw materials and accessories

Import procedures

Ranking of problems by their importance according to entrepreneur’s opinion

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What Is the Foundation for SME Development?

It is a not-for-profit, non-governmental business support organisation, established in 1995 with the assistance from the EU Tacis Program and the Government of St.Petersburg

We provide consultancy, training and informational services to assist development of competitive small and medium-sized enterprises in St. Petersburg

The Foundation also contributes to the development of partnership links between St. Petersburg SMEs and business community world-wide

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Our Founders

ICSER “Leontief Centre”,

Youth Labour Exchange,

Federal Information

Analytical Centre

(Moscow),

Russian Small Business

Support Agency (Moscow)

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Our services

Consultancy Training Information support Partner search

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Consultancy

Business-planning and evaluation Financial management and analysis Evaluation of market opportunities

and development of market studies Development of marketing and

promotional strategies Human Resources Management Assistance in Import-Export activities Assistance in establishing Joint Ventures Production planning and control

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Training services by client target groups

Training for start-ups Training package for successful, growing

companies Training package for the personnel of the training and

consultancy institutions

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BUSINESS

PLAN

ASSESSMENT

BY

COMMITTEE

BOARD

BUSINESS

PLAN

ASSESSMENT

BY

COMMITTEE

BOARD

CONTRACT SIGNING

CONTRACT SIGNING

FUNDS DISBURSEMENT

FUNDS DISBURSEMENT

BUSINESS PLAN

ELABORATION

BUSINESS PLAN

ELABORATION

MONITORING &

CONSULTING

MONITORING &

CONSULTING

ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHMENT

ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHMENT

PRIMARY SCREENING

PRIMARY SCREENING

PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING

PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING

BUSINESS TRAINING

BUSINESS TRAINING

UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE

UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE

BUSINESS CONSULTANCY

BUSINESS CONSULTANCY

UNEMPLOYEDSTART-UPS

IN BUSINESS

St. Petersburg Committee for Employment Programme

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St. Petersburg Committee for Employment Programme

Over 900 unemployed trained Over 600 new business started in 1995-2000 Over 2.000 new jobs created

UNEMPLOYEDSTART-UPS

IN BUSINESS

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Partner search & strategic alliances

St. Petersburg business promotion seminars Market research Identification of potential partners Checking reliability of a partner Trade mediation and exchange

of trade delegations Follow-up consultancy Assistance in the development of investment

mechanisms

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Our Major Clients & Partners

Tacis

Know-How Fund

USAID

EBRD

TRANSFORM

SENTER

DATI

FINNVERA

Ministry for Antimonopoly Policy Administration of St.Petersburg Government of Leningrad Oblast Federal State Department for

Employment in St.Petersburg St.Petersburg Association of

Industrial Enterprises Number of leading Russian

companies

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Our Home Pagehttp://www.fbd.spb.ru

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BRE

EURADA

Euro-Info Centers

Europartenariat

We don’t know everything. But we know the right people who know.

Interprise

Eurolink

Business Communications CentresRussian

regional agenciesSIORA-net

Eurasian Network

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Foundation’s Sales by clients target groups (1998)

15%

35%

16%

34% International private

International institutional

Domestic private

Domestic institutional

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Products

Clients

Informationsupport

Consultancy Training Partnersearch

Internationalinstitutional

Internationalprivate

Domesticinstitutional

Domesticprivate

Foundation’s clients/products portfolio

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We believe We believe we will co-operate!we will co-operate!