14, Izmaylovsky Prospect, St.Petersburg , Russia phone: , , fax: Saint-Petersburg Foundation for SME Development Company profile

2 SMEs Number SMEs Employees SMEs Number SMEs in St.Petersburg

3 Company profile Number of SMEs per 1000 inhabitants

4 Company profile SMEs in St. Petersburg by number of employees

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

6 Company profile 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

7 Company profile Our Founders n ICSER “Leontief Centre”, n Youth Labour Exchange, n Federal Information Analytical Centre (Moscow), n Russian Small Business Support Agency (Moscow)

8 Company profile Our services n Consultancy n Training n Information support n Partner search

9 Company profile Consultancy n Business-planning and evaluation n Financial management and analysis n Evaluation of market opportunities and development of market studies n Development of marketing and promotional strategies n Human Resources Management n Assistance in Import-Export activities n Assistance in establishing Joint Ventures n Production planning and control

10 Company profile Training services by client target groups n Training for start-ups n Training package for successful, growing companies n Training package for the personnel of the training and consultancy institutions

11 Company profile BUSINESS PLAN ASSESSMENT BY COMMITTEE BOARD CONTRACT SIGNING FUNDS DISBURSEMENT BUSINESS PLAN ELABORATION BUSINESS PLAN ELABORATION MONITORING & CONSULTING MONITORING & CONSULTING ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHMENT PRIMARY SCREENING PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING BUSINESS TRAINING UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE BUSINESS CONSULTANCY UNEMPLOYED START-UPS IN BUSINESS St. Petersburg Committee for Employment Programme

12 Company profile St. Petersburg Committee for Employment Programme n Over 900 unemployed trained n Over 600 new business started in n Over new jobs created UNEMPLOYED START-UPS IN BUSINESS

13 Company profile Partner search & strategic alliances n St. Petersburg business promotion seminars n Market research n Identification of potential partners n Checking reliability of a partner n Trade mediation and exchange of trade delegations n Follow-up consultancy n Assistance in the development of investment mechanisms

14 Company profile Our Major Clients & Partners n Tacis n Know-How Fund n USAID n EBRD n TRANSFORM n SENTER n DATI n FINNVERA n Ministry for Antimonopoly Policy n Administration of St.Petersburg n Government of Leningrad Oblast n Federal State Department for Employment in St.Petersburg n St.Petersburg Association of Industrial Enterprises n Number of leading Russian companies

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16 Company profile BRE EURADA Euro-Info Centers Europartenariat We don’t know everything. But we know the right people who know. Interprise Eurolink Business Communications Centres Russian regional agencies SIORA-net Eurasian Network

17 Company profile Foundation’s Sales by clients target groups (1998)

18 Company profile Foundation’s clients/products portfolio

19 Company profile We believe we will co-operate!