1. Russian SME Resource Centre
The Russian SME Resource Centre (RCSME), a non-commercial foundation initially established under the Tacis program, performs research in SME development, provides policy advisory services and information support to the small and medium business community.
The mission of the Russian SME Resource Centre since 1997 has been to provide assistance to private entrepreneurship development in the Russian Federation.
2002

2. The key objectives of the Russian SME Resource Centre are:
To provide available information and resource materials on small business development through its Web-site (
To promote and strengthen cooperation in small business development with interested Russian, international and foreign partners
To provide information support and policy advisory services to business support institutions and entrepreneurs
To conduct research and disseminate results in publications on SME issues

3. Russian SME Observatory Report - 2001
The Russian SME Observatory Report is the first counterpart to the European Observatory for SMEs

4. Russian SME Observatory Report - 2001
“The Russian SME Observatory Report -2001” contains lots of new information on Russia’s SMEs, including data from Goskomstat, Tax Ministry , OECD and World Bank data, and results of special surveys.
“The Russian Observatory” provides data on:
small and medium businesses, legal entities
individual entrepreneurs
farm enterprises
The Small and medium business sector has been shown for the first time as a growing sector of Russia’s economy, which makes up not less than 90% of all enterprises.

5. Russian SME Observatory Report - 2001
Small entrepreneurship entities in Russia comprise:
Small businesses, legal entities (up to 100 employees): 15%
Individual entrepreneurs (PBOUL): 80%
Farm enterprises: 5%
Federal Law № 88-FZ of 14 June1995. «On governmental support of small entrepreneurship in the Russian Federation»

6. Russian SME Observatory Report - 2001
The data of the Russian Observatory Report 2001 brings more convincing evidence that the Russia of today has become a market economy . Yet the efficiency of this young small entrepreneurship in Russia and its contribution to the country’s economy are still insufficient.

7. The SME Resource Centre provides the following information on SMEs in Russia through its Web-site at
contact information, functions and information resources of business support organizations across Russia (Directory of Russia’s regional SME information resources, available on the RCSME Web-site)
SME statistics for all the regions.
Legislation for SMEs
available information on SMEs (regional databases, Web-resources, publications, results of surveys)

8. Announcement!!!
NEW
Tacis project SMERUS9803 jointly with the Resource Centre will be producing a CD-ROM with the main products developed under the project

9. Electronic Library on Small Entrepreneurship in Russia
NEW
The Resource Centre is developing a new service for small businesses and BSOs
This will provide access to the largest collection of analytical and practical materials on small business in Russia.

10. The Russian SME Observatory Report is based on the following sources of information:
I. Statistics from state organizations and institutions
1. Goskomstat data, including data from the recent SME census.
2. Statistics from Tatarstan statistical Agency.
3 Official statistical information from the Ministry RF of Taxes and Levy.
4. Official statistical information from the RF Ministry of Finance.
6. The European Observatory for SMEs – 1st, 6th Reports.
II. Data from special surveys.
1. Surveys performed by RCSME under Tacis project SMERUS 9803
2. Data from surveys performed by NGOs

11. Structure of Economic Entities in EU
All economic entities
SMEs
Large enterprises
Micro-enterprises
Small enterprises
Medium enterprises

12. Structure of Economic Entities in Russia
All economic entities
Small entrepreneurship entities
Medium and large enterprises
Other economic entities
Small enterprises, legal entities
Farm enterprises
Individual entrepreneurs

13. Comparison of the structure of economic entities in EU and Russia (Russia is represented by a typical region, 2000; EU, 1998), % of all economic entities

14. Structure of Employment by Size of Enterprises in EU and Russia, % of all employment

15. Contribution of enterprises with up to 250 employees in the total number of enterprises, total employment and market share (Russia vs.EU)

16. Number of small entrepreneurship entities per 1000 of population in Russia.6 25 27 29
В целом 33
В целом 34
В целом 37
1998
1999
2000
Число крестьянских хозяйств на 1000 жителей
Число МП на 1000 жителей
Число ПБЮЛ на 1000 жителей

17. Number of small entrepreneurship entities per 1000 of population, by Federal Districts

18. Growth of small entrepreneurship entities, thousand

19. Comparison of individual entrepreneurs and small businesses, legal entities, by sector, %

20. Comparative dynamics of “births” of individual entrepreneurs and small businesses, as legal entities (per 1000 economic entities)

21. Comparative dynamics of “deaths” of individual entrepreneurs and small businesses, as legal entities (per 1000 economic entities)

22. Comparative dynamics of growth rates of individual entrepreneurs and small enterprises, per 1000 economic entities

23. Comparative dynamics of “turbulence” rates of individual entrepreneurs and small enterprises, per 1000 economic entities