Omsk region entered the TOP leaders of the rating of Russian regions for business support in 2020

The region is among the top ten in four areas of support. The rating was prepared by the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia.

Omsk Region is among the top three regions in the field of "The best center for social innovation", and is also among the top ten in the areas of "Maximum coverage", "Best guarantee support" and "Best microfinance support".

"In the areas of business support for the anti-crisis package, the region's results exceeded those of more than 70 Russian regions. By including the Omsk Region among the leaders, the Federation confirmed the effectiveness of the decisions of the head of the region, Alexander Burkov, and the quality of support. The Omsk region has focused on tax preferences and preferential loans in the anti-crisis package of business support measures. There were other measures, but in these two areas the amount of support exceeds one billion rubles, taking into account the shortfall in budget revenues," said the Minister of Economy of the region.Anna Negoduiko.

The rating included My Business centers from 84 regions of Russia, which were divided into three groups according to the level of development of the SME sector in the region. When forming the groups, the following factors were taken into account: the number of businessmen per 1,000 people, employment in the SME sector, including sole proprietors, the percentage of employment in the SME sector, and the population in the region. The Omsk Region has joined the group with a high level of development of small and medium-sized businesses in all four areas. The assessment rating of the effectiveness of the support infrastructure included quantitative and qualitative assessment indicators. In particular, the number of entrepreneurs who received support, the coefficient of uniqueness of the clients of the guaranteeing organization, the level of overdue loans, the maximum interest rate on microloans, the coverage of entities with support measures, financing of support measures, and others.

The rating was based on an assessment of the support provided by the My Business centers. In the region, a single service delivery center for entrepreneurs was established in 2019. It combined support tools for five infrastructure organizations: the entrepreneurship support fund, the export support center, the microfinance fund, the business incubator and the social innovation center. The last one in the rating of the Ministry of Economic Development in the group of regions with a high level of SME development took the third place.

The Omsk Center for Social Innovation is the country's first infrastructure facility to support social businesses and NGOs. It was opened in April 2012. Currently, Omsk CISS conducts educational courses in 23 regions of Russia. In the ten years since the establishment of the School of Social Entrepreneurship, more than 2 thousand people have been trained using the Omsk methodology. 75% of graduates implement their social and socio-entrepreneurial projects in the fields of education, social services, culture, art and sports, healthcare and others.

The Regional Guarantee Organization and the Omsk Microfinance Fund are in 7th place in the federal ranking. Last year, the Omsk Regional Microfinance Fund launched special anti-crisis preferential business lending programs, applied an individual approach to the formation of the payment schedule, and granted deferrals. The minimum interest rate on microloans was 3% per annum. The Fund issued microloans totaling 243.5 million rubles last year. In 2020, the Guarantee Fund relaxed the conditions for bank loan guarantees. Guarantees were provided to small and medium-sized businesses in the amount of 255.7 million rubles to attract credit funds in the amount of 864 million rubles.

This year, the Omsk region has maintained tax support for businesses, implemented preferential microfinance programs, provided guarantees for bank loans, and also provided business assistance within the framework of national projects on small and medium-sized businesses, labor productivity, and international cooperation and exports.

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