Penza, 27 March 2014. PenzaNews. Forum on small and medium-sized business development started in the regional library named after M. Lermontov in Penza on Thursday, March 27.

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As a part of the event, there will be held an extended meeting of the council for bsiness at the regional government.

In addition, two workshops are planned, which will be devoted to the role of municipal agencies in the development of entrepreneurship in increasing density of business as well as support mechanisms used in the region.

The first deputy chairman of the government of the Penza region Vladimir Volkov said during the briefing that this forum was organized upon the decision of governor Vasily Bochkarev, who intends to have a conversation with the business and discuss the most pressing issues of entrepreneurship and its support.

“At the moment, in terms of state support we shift towards market-based instruments, including export, when the government uses such channels as representative offices of the region which are successfully running, as well as the development of institutions which are independent of the state budget,” he said.