Joint-Stock Company
"Center of Free Business Support" (Minsk region) was founded
in accordance with legislation of the Republic of Belarus " State
Program of Free Business Support in the Republic of Belarus" and of
"Joint- Stock Companies,Companies of Restricted Liability and Companies
of Additional lLability".
On the basis of
decision of Minsk Regional Union, the founders of the center are Minsk
Executive Committee and "National Economics Newspaper".
Unlike many other
existing foundations of this type, the center deals only with the problems
in the sphere of economy which have been accumulated recently in a big
amount. The main task of the center is realization of projects on creation
of new working places through development of small business.demonopolization
of economy, bringing of enough quality goods to the market. The center
also encourages freign investments, stimulates new kinds of production
and learning of new technologies.
The center began
its activity in August 1997. At present it supports small business and
undertakings in the whole Minsk district. The main efforts nowadays are
to organize 23 regional and municipal centers of small business support
and to create their adequate financial base. The work on foundation of
regional and municipal centers will be terminated at the beginning of 1998.
Among the founders of regional centers are the Center of Small Business
Support in Minsk region and , municipal and regional executive committee
as well as various enterprises of the region.
Not long ago the
Center has elaborated the norms and methods of activities for regional
and municipal centers. The Center also works to create software and data
base for corporation computing net for provincial and regional centers.
The corporation
computing net should join al the centers of small business support on the
basis of adequate information of investments, orders for manufacturers,
necessity in spare parts and raw materials, new technologies and resourses,
equipment, relations of partnership, documents of the law. Besides, it
is supposed to work in INTERNET, SPRINT, RELCOM.
At present we interact
with various organizations and centers interested in cooperation, such
as the Center of Marketing Researches of Belorussian State University,
National marketing Center of the Republic of Belarus,
the center of management
of President Administration Afairs.
In accordance with
the existing legislation,,the center can form affiliations, representations
and subsidiaries as well as joint ventures; to be the member of associations
and unions.
Minsk Regional Committee
on private business and has three major tasks:
1. Encauraging of
private business structures producing goods.
2. Creating of new
working places
3. Encourage the
enterprises of different forms of property to expand its capacities.
The tasks above are
fulfilled by Provincial and Regional Centers on the basis of data bank
of corporation computing net with the following services garanteed to be
provided:
- giving
consultations to producers, sellers and buyers in the sphere of technology,
technics, economy, export; marketing research and investigations, elaboration
of marketing programs;
- assistance
in preparing and regisration of documents
- secretarial
assistance ( sending-receiving of fax, e-mail, printing of documents);
- selection
of premises;
- assistance
in elaboration of business- plans for investments projects;
- educational
program on the major principles of marketing and management;
- lawyer's
assistance on various questions relating to business;
- assistance
in selection of activities, providing with the information related to business,
information on the questions of leasing and taxes.
- selection
of partners for the future joint cooperation
- marketing
research and analysis for selling goods and services, selection of buyers.
- audit
- organization
of exibitions
- agreements
for complex information and marketing services for regional enterprises
and organizations.
- promotion
in selling of production, acquiring of equipment, spare parts and raw materials.
- assistance
in modernization and technical reorganizing
- financial
assistance to enterprises and organization
- financial
assistance to enterprises and organizations.
- placing
of orders for regional enterprises received by e-mail (INTERNET,RELCOM);
- encouraging
of investments (including elaboration of business-plans;
- providing
of lawyer's services for organizations and enterprises on the basis of
existing norms and regulations
- ensuring
of all kinds of advertising;
- organization
of presentations and business meetings;
- elaboration
of electronic "business cards" for regions;
- providing
with the information of market investigations, types of production and
costs;
- computer
treatment of economy and statistics information from Executive Committee.
To ensure successful
activity of different organizations and enterprises as well as private
companies, the powerful Information Marketing service is created in the
Center.
It should become major
Informational Service not only for enterprises, organizations and businessmen,
but also for administration bodies of Minsk region.
ALL
PERSON AND ORGANIZATIONS, INTERESTED IN MUTUALLY BENEFITIAL COOPERATION
ARE INVITED!
Telephone for contact: (017) 220-21-18, fax: (017) 223-99-24
