Several agreements on entrepreneurship development in Tatarstan signed in technopolis “Himgrad”
12 December 2011, Monday
Signing of agreements on further cooperation between Tatarstan and state corporation “Bank for development and foreign economic activity” (Vnesheconombank) and development of entrepreneurship in Tatarstan took place on the territory of technopolis “Himgrad” (Kazan) on December 12.
The event was held in the context of a meeting themed “General standards of creation and management of industrial parks and formation of special entrepreneurship programs by the State Corporation “Bank for development and foreign economic activity (Vnesheconombank)" and JSC "SME Bank".
Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Deputy chairman of State corporation “Bank for development and foreign economic activity (Vnesheconombank)" Mikhail Kopeikin, Director of Department for small and medium-size entrepreneurship of RF Ministry of economic development Natalia Larionova.
Thus, a Plan of joint measures of Vnesheconombank group and RT Investment development agency on cooperation in the sphere of support of small and medium-size entrepreneurship was signed. Deputy chairman of Vnesheconombank Mikhail Kopeikin and Chief of Investment development agency Linar Yakupov put their signatures on the documents.
Moreover, a Contract on allocation of credit was signed between JSC "SME Bank" and GNO “Investment venture fund”.
Investment agreement between ZAO “Innovative production technopark “Idea”, OOO “Izvarino Farma”, and OOO “Centre of technology transfer” was signed (the project will be realized on the territory of “Himgrad”).
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