OPORA RUSSIA

OPORA RUSSIAALL-RUSSIAN NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION

OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESS

WHAT IS SME IN RUSSIA?*

Number

of employees

* Criteria are set by the Federal law related to small and medium-sized business development

Turnover

Individual entrepreneur - up to 5 employees

Micro – up to 15 employees

Small – up to 100 employees

Medium – up to 250 employees

Micro – no more than 60 mil. rubles (~ 2 mil.$)

Small – no more than 400 mil. rubles (~ 13,3 mil.$)

Medium – no more than 1 billion rubles (~ 33,3 mil.$)

STRUCTURE OF SMALL ENTREPRENEURSHIP*

Wholesale

and retail trade

40,9%

Construction

12,1%

Manufacturing

activities

10,5%

Transport and

communication

5,9%

Scientific research

and development

0,8% Public health

and social services

1,5%

Other 28,4%*The data does not include the information about individual entrepreneurs

DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN A MARKET ECONOMY

Number of medium enterprises - 18 thou.

Number of employees in SME – 17 million people

21 % contribution of SME in GDP

22,5 % of working-age population is employed in SME

THE LATEST DYNAMICS OF SMALL ENTREPRENEURSHIP’s DEVELOPMENT IN RUSSIA

Small and micro enterprises (at the end of year), thou.

Individual entrepreneurs, thou.

Total, thou.

Nowadays in Russia:

OUR TARGET

Employment rate in SME Contribution of SME to GDP

The SME development law was established (January 1st, 2008).

All federal executive bodies were obliged to found consultative agencies for small and medium business (RF Presidential Decree No.797 of May 15, 2008).

The Governmental Commission on Small and Medium-Sized Businesswas launched (2008).

TRENDS OF SME DEVELOPMENT IN RUSSIA

FEDERAL PROGRAM OF SME SUPPORT

Funding dynamics according to Federal Program of SME Support

OPORA SMEThe All-Russian Association of

Employers «Union of SME Employers’ Organizations»

(established in December 2009)

OPORANon-Profit Partnership

“All Russian Union of Business Associations”

(established in September 2001)

OPORA RUSSIAAll-Russian

Non-Governmental Organization of Small and Medium-Sized Business

(established in September 2002)

Entrepreneurial sectoral associations 81 regional 42 regionaland unions (125) divisions associations

OPORA RUSSIA GROUP

About 370 000 entrepreneursApprox. 5 million jobs

NON-PROFIT PARTNERSHIP “ALL RUSSIAN UNION OF BUSINESSASSOCIATIONS “OPORА”

OPORA cooperates with different industries, accumulating positions of entreprneurial sectoral associations and unions.

OPORA is comprised of 125 entrepreneurial associations nowadays.

Protection of OPORA SME members’ rights and

interests.

Negotiation with the Government and trade unions

concerning labor and economic relations .

OPORA SME is comprised of 42 regional

associations nowadays.

ALL-RUSSIAN ASSOCIATION OF EMPLOYERS «UNION OF SME EMPLOYERS’ ORGANIZATIONS» (OPORA SME)

MAIN ACTIVITIES OF OPORA RUSSIA

Consultations with governmental agencies,expertise of draft laws

Regional development

Analytical research

Protection of SME rights

International activity

Government of the RF

COOPERATION AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL

State Duma

Council on Competitiveness and EntrepreneurshipGovernmental commissions: on Small and Medium-Sized Business on Administrative Reform on Transport and Communications on High Technologies and Innovations

Expert Boards under CommitteesCouncil on SME Development under the Chairman of the State Duma

PresidentialAdministration

Supreme Commercial Court

Right of presence at the Meetings of the Presidium

Prosecutor General's Office

Research Advisory Council

Council of the Federation

Council on SME Development under the Chairman of the Council of the FederationExpert Boards under Committees

Political parties

Consultations with the leadingpolitical parties of the RF

OPORA RUSSIA has its departments in 81 regions of

the country including 251 local departments

REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Regions where OPORA RUSSIA has its departments

«SME development in the regions of the RF «Index of OPORA» (2008)

«SMEs in industrial and technological development» (2008)

Regular monitoring of SME situation in the global financial crisis (2009 - 2010)

«Competing for the future today: the innovative policy of new generation for Russia» (2010)

ANALYTICAL RESEARCH OF OPORA RUSSIA

More than 5 500 respondents from 40 Russian regions.

An objective estimation of SME conditions,entrepreneurial climate and factors in the regions.

The results of the analytical research are posted on the Federal portal of SME.

«SME DEVELOPMENT IN THE REGIONS OF THE RF «INDEX OF OPORA»

PROTECTION OF SME RIGHTS The Bureau of Protection of SME rights operates under OPORA RUSSIA

20 regional offices of the Bureau in the entities of the RF.

Over 7 500 application forms from the regional entrepreneurs for the last 7 years.

Over 3 500 application forms to the governmental authorities, 25 % of which - to the Prosecutor General’s Office

OPORA RUSSIA IN LEGISLATIVE PROCESS

President of the Russian Federation

Consideration of law in the Federation Council

recommitment of law

approval of lawrejecting of law

Debates in the State Duma (1 – 3)

Working on draft law

Legislative initiative

GOVERNMENTAL COMMISSION ON SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESS

The Commission coordinates the activity of agencies of executive power and cooperation with representatives of the business community in drafting proposals linked with the implementation of the state policy in the sphere of promoting SME.

Igor ShuvalovFirst Deputy Prime Minister,Chairman of the Commission

Elvira NabiullinaMinister for Economic Development,Deputy Chairman of the Commission

Sergey BorisovPresident of OPORA RUSSIA,Deputy Chairman of the Commission

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INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITY OF OPORA RUSSIA

Our partners:

UNICE

OECD

BUSINSSEUROPE

OSEC (Switzerland)

FFE (Finland)

CGPME (France)

Russian-German Chamber of Foreign Trade

SARIO (Slovakia)

ASECAM (Spain)

US-RUSSIA CENTERfor entrepreneurship (USA)

CONFAPI (Italy)

CECC (China)

FICCI (India)

SBF (Singapore)

KFSB (Korea)

FSB (Great Britain)

NFIB (USA)

The representatives provides the following services:

Information

Consulting

Business partner search

INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES OF OPORA RUSSIA

INTERNATIONAL SCOPES

OF OPORA RUSSIA

International forums

Joint projects

Business meetings

SMEinternationalization

English version of OPORA’s portal

“Missions for technologies”

INTERNATIONALIZATION OF SME

Foreign partnerSME

Exports

Imports

Foreign direct investment

International subcontracting

International technical cooperation

LINK BETWEEN INTERNATIONALIZATION AND INNOVATION

Introduce product/service and process innovations

Enter

Mobilize

OFTEN

LOCAL/FOREIGN MARKETS

HOME/FOREIGN INVESTMENTS

RARELY

LOCAL MARKETS

HOME INVESTMENTS

SMEInnovation +

internationalizationInnovation

Other activity

OPORA-CREDIT www.opora-credit.ru

OPORA-DRUZHBA www.opora-

druzhba.ru

OPORA GIE

IACE SME-OPORA

IAADE SME-OPORA

OPORA IT

SPECIAL PROJECTS OF OPORA RUSSIA

Media-holding company OPORA-CREDIT consists of media-portal www.opora-credit.ru , magazine

“All about finances for small business” and subdivision responsible for the organization of regional conferences

“All about finances for small business”.

615 131 visitors of the site

10 000 copies of the magazine

about 500 participants in each regional conference

Goal: to form a favorable migration environment in the country to provide SME with the required labor resources

Analyzing of international experience.

All-Russia network of the centers of assistance and labor exchange.

International network of information centers.

Extensive support of foreign employees and entrepreneurs in Russia.

GUILD OF INNOVATIVE ENTREPRENEURS “OPORA GIE”

Attraction and selection of innovative projects

Consultative support of the projects

Project’s system of mentoring

Intellectual property management system

Preparing of proposals for innovative policy development

Making and boosting the demand fromlarge business

Preparing of proposals for SME development

Training and education of innovative managers

Presidential Commission on Modernisation

and Technological Development

of Russian Economy

Innovativecentre

in Skolkovo

OPORAGIE

To facilitate the access for SME to the construction and design

market in terms of self-regulation were created:

INTERREGIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR CONSTRUCTION ENTERPRISES OF SME – OPORA.NON-PROFIT PARTNERSHIP.

INTERREGIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN ENTERPRISES OF SME – OPORA.NON-PROFIT PARTNERSHIP.

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