OREANDA-NEWS. March 25, 2013. SME Bank (Vnesheconombank Group) acted as a co-organizer of the final All-Russian Contest for Entrepreneurs “Business-Success 2012”held in Moscow.

One of the major goals of the event was promotion of business activities and   development of horizontal links between municipalities, sharing of experience and communication of best practices.

The interregional forum held within the framework of the contest was attended by Igor Slunyaev, Minister of Regional Development of Russia, Alexander Brechalov, President of OPORA-ROSSII, Natalya Larionova, Director of SME Development Department and Business Competition, RF Ministry of Economic Development, Alexei Komissarov, Director of Science, Industrial Police and Entrepreneurship Department of the City of Moscow and Peter Tarasov, Deputy Chairman of SME Bank. The participants discussed issues of interaction of small business and municipal authorities and development of innovative entrepreneurship in the regions.

At the end of the contest Olesia Teploukhova, Member of the Board - Deputy Chairman of the Board of SME Bank awarded the winner in the nomination “The Best Project, Financed under the SME Support Program” - “RoIL” company (Kolomna, Moscow Region).