The head of the region talked with members of business associations of the Omsk region in the format of an open dialogue.
Key strategic projects, development programs that the Omsk Region Government plans to implement in the near future, opportunities for cooperation and collaboration between investors and regional small and medium–sized businesses, the procedure for extending preferential tax rates under the simplified taxation system - these and other issues were discussed today in the regional Congress Hall. There, the head of the region met with members of business associations of the Omsk region.
Vitaly Khotsenko noted that more than a third of all employees in the region's economy, almost 300,000 people, work in the small and medium–sized business sector in the Omsk region. Over the past year, this number has increased by 9%.
"By conducting your business in good faith, you are helping to develop the regional economy and help the country's economy. It is important for me that business in the Omsk region continues to work steadily, so that you always have the opportunity to develop your enterprises and implement new business ideas," emphasized Vitaly Khotsenko, noting that the regional government is committed to a constructive dialogue with business and is ready to do everything possible to facilitate the work of this business sector of the economy.
The meeting was moderated by Alexander Deryabin, Chairman of the Omsk Regional branch of OPORA RUSSIA. He noted that the interests of the region's business community are actively represented today by the organization he heads, the Omsk Regional Union of Entrepreneurs, and the Omsk Region Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
One of the first questions raised by the meeting participants was the need to inform them about important strategic projects planned for implementation by the regional Government. Vitaliy Khotsenko noted that the region has good starting conditions for economic growth. The areas where breakthrough results are possible are industry, agriculture and logistics. As an example of agricultural development, the head of the region cited a project to create greenhouses for vegetables with the industry leader, ECO–CULTURE. Investments will amount to over 25 billion rubles, and it is planned to create 1,000 jobs. Also, according to the head of the Omsk region, the geographical location of the region at the intersection of transport corridors and the turn of the country's economy to the east provide good opportunities for the development of the transit potential of the region.
Among the issues also discussed today are support for innovative entrepreneurship, the creation of a regional center for the development of unmanned aircraft systems, and the possibility of including Omsk-made medical devices in the procurement list of the State Defense Order.
Following the meeting, the leadership of the relevant ministries and departments were instructed to take every constructive question and proposal that was made today into consideration, providing representatives of business associations with the green light in solving the identified problems.