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OPORA RUSSIAALL-RUSSIAN NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION

OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESS

WHAT IS SME IN RUSSIA?*

Numberof 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 – from 16 to 100 employees

Medium – from 101 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

OUR TARGET TO 2020

Employment rate in SME Contribution of SME to GDP

60-70 %> 40 %

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 44 regionaland unions (140) divisions associations

OPORA RUSSIA GROUP

About 400 000 entrepreneursApprox. 5 million jobs

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

«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

«The entrepreneurship climate in Russia «Index of OPORA 2010-2011»

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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 lawapproval of lawrejecting of law

Debates in the State Duma (1 – 3)

Working on draft law

Legislative initiative

COOPERATION BETWEEN

81 Regional departments

Up to 400 thou. entrepreneurs

20 thou. offices 3 thou. offices work with SME

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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)

U.S. Council on Competitiveness

CONFAPI (Italy)

CECC (China)

FICCI (India)

SBF (Singapore)

KFSB (Korea)

FSB (Great Britain)

NFIB (USA)

TUSKON and KOSGEB (Turkey) 12

The representatives provides the following services:

InformationConsultingBusiness partner search

INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES OF OPORA RUSSIA

JapanChina

SwitzerlandAustria

Finland

USA Italy

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INTERNATIONAL SCOPES

OF OPORA RUSSIA

International forums

Joint projects

Business meetings

SMEinternationalization

English version of OPORA’s portal

“Missions for technologies”

OPORA-CREDIT www.opora-credit.ru

OPORA-DRUZHBA www.opora-druzhba.ru

OPORA GIE

IACE SME-OPORA

IAADE SME-OPORA

OPORA IT

OPORA INTERNATIONAL

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.

INNOVATIVE ELEVATOR

Federal Agency For Youth Affairs

Russian Venture Company

Vnesheconombank

MICEX Group

Fund of Cooperation to the Development of

Small-Scale Enterprises in Scientific

and Technical Sphere

OPORA GIE

SKOLKOVO

Russian bank for development

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.

Mission:

Strengthening and development of business cooperation between Russian and foreign companies

MAIN SERVICES:

Business partners search

Juridical, accounting and business consulting services

Commercial activity and managementof company consulting

Organization of conferences, forums, seminars, master-classes, round tables etc.

Organization of trainings, internships etc.

Regional Departments of OPORA RUSSIA

International Representatives of OPORA RUSSIA

Regional Departments of OPORA RUSSIA

Match-making between Russian and foreign companies step by step

Foreign entrepreneurs

Support by OPORA Support by OPORA RUSSIA at all stages of RUSSIA at all stages of

projects realizationprojects realization

Guilds, unions, sectoral associations – members of NP “OPORA”

Financial support Agreement of cooperation

100%Guarantee

of payment

Guarantee commission

%+ margin

Refinancing of loans

Regional partnerbanks

SME

SME

SME

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