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News. August 2011

Ryazan Oblast, trainings in small business development and business planning took place under the program “Small Business Development in Local Communities”

Vasily Pakhomov, general director of RG CLUB LLC, conducts training on marketing technologies for heads of raion Small Business Support Centers of Ryazan oblast

at training in the raion capital Sasovo for first-time entrepreneurs

Elena Kashporova, general director of Juraudit Taxes and Dues Consultation Center LLC, provides individual consultations to first-time entrepreneurs after the end of the training (left)

In August 2011, in Ryazan Oblast, trainings in small business development and business planning took place under the program “Small Business Development in Local Communities” funded by the Citi Foundation and administered by the Fund for Sustainable Development. The trainings were organized by the Moscow Association of Entrepreneurs.

A workshop/master class BUSINESS PLANNING AND MARKETING was conducted by the leading expert of the Moscow Association of Entrepreneurs Andrei Ivanov.

Elena Kashporova, certified tax adviser and general director of Juraudit Taxes and Dues Consultation Center LLC, moderated a workshop/master class on the subject “Small Business Tax Risks”.

Vasily Pakhomov, general director of RG CLUB LLC, led a workshop/master class in advertising and public relations.

The training in Sasovsky raion, Ryazan oblast, was intended for first-time entrepreneurs and citizens planning to start a business. Information about the training was announced in the local press and television.

In the city of Ryazan, training was organized with assistance from the Ryazan Oblast Government for the heads of business support centers from 25 municipalities of the region.

The attendees of the training received a manual entitled “A Guide to Small Business. Five Reasons to Start Your Own Business”. The municipal business support centers will use the received materials to conduct trainings on a community level.

FSD partners from Kolomna Computer Center provided distance training in the basics of entrepreneurship for the residents of five raions of Moscow oblast.

Training materials are available at www.compcentr.ru.  In October 2001, an intramural defense of developed business plans will be held.

In Leningradskaya oblast, trainings for first-time entrepreneurs and unemployed citizens are offered by Small Business Support Centers in Luzhsky and Tosninsky raions and in the city of Gatchina.

In accordance with the Program’s work plan, the trainings will be completed by October 2011, after which projects will be selected for funding under the Program on a competitive basis.