The Russian Export Center conducted training for 15 regional management teams, which were selected from 45 teams from Russian regions that applied to participate in the educational module.
The agreement on training the Omsk Region management team was signed by Alexander Burkov, Head of the region, and Alicia Nikitina, General Director of the REC Export School. The management team includes heads of line ministries, representatives of the Mayor's Office and the Omsk Entrepreneurship Support Fund. The training at the REC Export School is designed to help regional management teams work on an export strategy. The educational program consists of five modules. The training will last until the end of October this year.
"The development of export potential directly affects the growth of the region's economy. Therefore, the Export Strategy will become one of the components of the Strategy for the socio-economic Development of the Omsk region until 2030, which is being worked on. This will allow the region to receive long–term social and economic effects – an increase in budget revenues, an increase in the number of professional specialists in the field of foreign economic activity and a strengthening of positions in international markets," said Anna Negoduiko, Minister of Economy of the region.
According to Anna Negoduiko, the Omsk region's exports are mainly non-primary in nature. It accounts for about 98%, which is more than $ 740 million. The leading position in regional exports is occupied by enterprises of the petrochemical complex, which produce a wide range of chemical products. The products of the agro–industrial complex are in second place, and machine-building products are in third place.
"The region's enterprises have high industrial potential. The Omsk region has developed a system to support export activities. Regional support measures cover a wide range of areas. These are the organization of business missions and participation of enterprises in international exhibitions, product promotion on marketplaces, as well as consulting assistance at all stages of foreign economic activity," Anna Negoduiko specified.
It should be recalled that the Omsk Region Export Support Center operates in the region on the basis of the My Business center. The Center facilitates the entry of small and medium-sized businesses of the Omsk region into the international markets of goods, services and technologies, as well as provides information, analytical, consulting and organizational support for foreign economic activity. Most of the services are completely free for entrepreneurs, some are provided on a co-financing basis.
The Export Support Center is located at 21/1 Komarova St., Omsk, tel.: +7 (3812)95-77-75, e-mail: export@ved55.ru .