« BUSINESS INNOVATION CENTRE» Гомельская область

• Number of able-bodied population is 900 thousand person in the area .

• In the sphere of small business the tenth part of able-bodied population of area is borrowed.

• In territory of the area are more than 320 large and average industrial enterprises which share about 17 % in volume of industrial production of republic Gomel Region

• The leading branches of industry : fuel, chemical and petrochemical, ferrous metallurgy, machine-building and metal- processing, food industry, forestry, wood- processing and cellulose-paper

• In the region is concentrated all republican volume of an oil recovery, manufacture of hire of ferrous metals, phosphatic fertilizers, combines, the polished glass, linoleum, is issued more than 85 % from the general manufacture in republic of steel. Gomel

• Gomel- is an administrative center of Gomel region. • Gomel – is the second-largest city on the south of republic, the political center of inter-regional communications of , , , with the developed industry, a science and culture. The population for January, 1st, 2007 has made according to 491,9 thousand person.

• In Gomel 20 scientific research institutes, project institutes and their branches, including branch of the Academy of sciences of Belarus. Republic of Belarus

Number of small enterprises in Republic of Belarus .

40000 32824 33094 34417 35000 28310 30000

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0 2000 2004 2005 2006 Republic of Belarus

Number of subject of small enterprises in Gomel Region

28772 28314 28324 30000

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10000 3141 3380 3693 5000

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Индивидуальные предприниматели Юридические лица Republic of Belarus

The dynamics of subject Infrastructures of support of business in the republic

60 50 50 38 40

30

20 10 10 7

0 2002 2007

ЦПП ИМП Republic of Belarus

Distribution pattern ISB on areas of Republic; % Брестская область; 1; 10% г. Минск; 2; 20% Витебская область; 1; 10%

Могилевская область; 1; 10% Гродненская область; 2; 20% Минская область; 1; 10%

Гомельская область; 2; 20% Республика Беларусь

Distribution pattern CSE on areas of Republic; % Брестская область; 5; 13% г. Минск; 11; 29% Витебская область; 4; 11%

Гродненская область; 3; 8%

Могилевская облатсь; 7; Гомельская 18% Минская область; 5; область; 3; 8% 13% GOMEL BUSINESS INNOVATION CENTRE

• INCUBATOR OF SMALL BUSINESS

• INNOVATION CENTRE

• CENTER OF SUPPORT ENTERPRISES IN GOMEL REGION GOMEL BUSINESS INNOVATION CENTRE

BUSINESS-CENTER MISSION:

• Assistance to creation of the favorable environment for effective development of innovative business in the Gomel area. GOMEL BUSINESS INNOVATION CENTRE

BUSINESS-CENTER PORPOSES:

• Counteraction "brain drain" by means of perfection of the economic mechanisms of regulation of innovative activity in Belarus GOMEL BUSINESS INNOVATION CENTRE

BUSINESS-CENTER PORPOSES:

• Assistance commercial activities of scientific and technical development of institutes and other educational and scientific institutions; GOMEL BUSINESS INNOVATION CENTRE

AS AN INCUBATOR OF SMALL BUSINESS CARRIES OUT: • Demising of office locations with allocation of legal address; • Secretarial activity and allocation of a complete set of services connected with usage of office engineering; • The help in choice of the organizational forms of the firm and preparation of the constituent documents. GOMEL BUSINESS INNOVATION CENTRE

AS A BUSINESS - INNOVATION CENTRE IT OFFERS: • Development of the innovation projects and assistance in search of new technologies; • Organization interaction among partners in the area of production and advancement innovation productions; • Holding of innovation seminars, training and consultation on innovation enterprises. GOMEL BUSINESS INNOVATION CENTRE

AS A CENTER OF SUPPORT ENTERPRISES REALIZES: • Development of the innovation projects and compilation business – plans • The help in getting financing • Consultation on conduct of enterprises activities • Marketing research • Infotainment • Seminar-training • staff recruitment GOMEL BUSINESS INNOVATION CENTRE

THE STRUCTURE OF PROVIDING SERVICE: 24,4%

3,0%

72,6%

Innovation activities (НИОКР) Service to firms-tenantry Service to outside clients GOMEL BUSINESS INNOVATION CENTRE

KINDS OF CLIENT’S ACTIVITIES, WHO REDUCED TO CENTER:

don’t related to enterprises 8,1% 23,8% trade 40,5% building wholesale trade transport 7,8% 2,1% 8,3% 9,4% service manufacture GOMEL BUSINESS INNOVATION CENTRE

THE STRUCTURE OF PROVIDED CONSULTING AND INFORMATIONAL SERVICE: 1,0% 12,0% 5,0%

18,0% 60,0% 4,0% Holding seminars Informational facilities

Use office equipment Conduct of proceeding

Business-plan Other service GOMEL BUSINESS INNOVATION CENTRE

SHOWING EFFICIENCY OF ACTIVITY:

• Graduated from ISB 10 successfully working firms. • Created 87 new labor-post. • 1n 2006 have been serviced 405 clients.

Information: square of ISB consist of 600 м2 GOMEL BUSINESS INNOVATION CENTRE

Efficiency of the state support (tax feedback ISB on 1 USD state investments):

5 4 3 USD 2 1 0 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

In 2006 the state support was not realized For the period of existence average tax feedback is equal 3,59 USD on 1 USD state investments GOMEL BUSINESS INNOVATION CENTRE

AWARDS GBIC:

• In 2001-2006 The winner of regional competition "The best businessman in Gomel region" in sphere the best subject of an infrastructure of support of business

•In 2002 The winner of republican competition " The best businessman in the Republic of Belarus" in sphere the best businessman-subject of an infrastructure of support of business 2002;

The prize-winner of republican competition " The best businessman in the Republic of Belarus“ in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 in sphere the best subject of support of enterprise activity GOMEL BUSINESS INNOVATION CENTRE

The winner of republican competition " The best businessman in the Republic of Belarus 2002" GOMEL BUSINESS INNOVATION CENTRE

Collective of GOMEL BUSINESS INNOVATION CENTRE

Careful selection of the staff is one of factor of successful work of Gomel Business Innovation Center.

Now 11 person work in GBIC. All experts have higher economic and technical education, 6 experts have experience of practical work on a speciality over 10 years.

Staff GBIC have 5 patents, 24 applications for the invention. GOMEL BUSINESS INNOVATION CENTRE

Round table concerning development of innovations

Minsk «BelAgro 2006». Presentation of an innovative product. GOMEL BUSINESS INNOVATION CENTRE

5 years Gomel Business Innovation Center.

The Ukrainian conference business- incubators and innovative centers « New information technologies » GOMEL BUSINESS INNOVATION CENTRE

Meeting CCI in south Sweden

Seminar for businessmen GOMEL BUSINESS INNOVATION CENTRE

Carrying out of the information day for businessmen

Round table with executive Authority. Discussion of the bill GOMEL BUSINESS INNOVATION CENTRE se ll increa r we sha Togethe ccess! Your su 269, Barykina Str. Office 302, Gomel, Belarus, ZIP Code 246020 tel./fax: +375 232 460931 460932 460934 e-mail: [email protected] www.gbic.by