Every second graduate of the Omsk School of Social Entrepreneurship successfully runs his own business and opens new business lines.
The School of Social Entrepreneurship of the Omsk Center for Social Innovation (CISS) invites new students almost monthly. This year, it is planned to organize 8 sets and train at least 80 people by the end of the year, including field sessions in rural areas. The new enrollment, the 40th in a row since the School was founded in 2011, will take place on August 24-25, and the next one is scheduled for September 21-22.
Anyone who wants to complete the training can register at the CISS address: Chapaeva 111, office 106, and ask questions by phone.: +7(3812) 90-46-16, +7-965-870-03-11, and also get information on the website www.cissinfo.ru .
The School's students include small and medium–sized businesses and simply active, caring people who are ready to introduce new services, share their skills and abilities with others, and take part in solving social problems. The educational program includes not only training, but also the development of business plans, individual project support, consultations and internships for aspiring entrepreneurs. With the help of professional trainers and experts, newcomers' ideas are transformed into concrete actions. Last year, it was planned to train 70 people, but 117 people completed the CISS School, 75 small businesses were created by them, every second presented successful start-ups, and the training efficiency was 62%.
Private kindergartens and nurseries are being established in the Omsk region, programs for the development of tourism, culture and sports are being formed, additional education and social services are being provided, and employment issues for pensioners and the disabled are being addressed. Today, there are more than 2.5 thousand social and entrepreneurial projects in the region.
In July 2019, the State Duma adopted the law on social entrepreneurship, which defines and provides for measures to support this type of activity. If small and medium-sized businesses provide employment for socially vulnerable categories of citizens, produce goods and services for them, and solve socially significant problems, the state may provide such enterprises with gratuitous subsidies and the right to participate in tenders for government orders.
In the Omsk region, which became one of the initiators of the development of the law on social entrepreneurship, partnerships have developed between government authorities, socially oriented businesses and non-profit organizations. Line ministries and departments provide subsidies and grants for the implementation of projects. The Omsk Center for Social Innovation operates with the support of the regional Government, which provides consulting and educational assistance to social entrepreneurs. According to the Russian Ministry of Economic Development, the Omsk Region is one of the leading regions in terms of the effectiveness of social entrepreneurship support mechanisms and ensuring access of non-governmental suppliers to the provision of social services.