NCE "Atameken" facilitated to attract more than 5.5bn tenge to Astana's business

"To date, we provide widespread support to entrepreneurs of the capital by protecting and representing their interests in state bodies, banks, on foreign markets, as well as by training and consulting free of charge in the Entrepreneurs Service Centers  (ESCs). Over four years, our consultants have provided service support to more than 10,000 entrepreneurs, so they were able to get funding under the "Business Roadmap 2020" program", Director of the Chamber of Entrepreneurs in Astana Gani Tasmaganbetov said.

We note that the service support of entrepreneurs includes the provision of accounting, legal services, as well as services related to the conduct of tax accounting, customs procedures, compilation of statistical reporting. Consultants of ESCs carry out full business support in the second-tier banks, development institutions and state bodies, will help you in the maintenance of information technology. In addition, in Entrepreneurs Service Centers one can get services related to public procurement, purchases of national companies and subsoil users.

"From January to November 2017, more than 5,000 services to 3.8 thousand small and medium-sized businesses were provided by the consultants of ESCs. The most common spheres of activity of capital entrepreneurs are wholesale and retail trade; repair of cars and motorcycles - 29% of those who applied; transactions with real estate - 20%; provision of other types of services - 17%; transport and warehousing - 5%; construction - 4.8%; professional, scientific and technical activities - 4%. The rest is occupied by the manufacturing industry, art, entertainment and recreation, information and communication, agriculture, forestry and fisheries", Gani Tasmaganbetov said.

Talking about the categories of the citizens, then the greatest demand for service support is among people aged 30 to 49 years.

Also in the Chamber of Entrepreneurs in Astana, the basics of entrepreneurship are taught. In total for this year under the project "Business Adviser", designed for beginners by a businessman, 1190 people were trained. A total of 172 people completed the five-day training on the "Business-Growth" project. Project training with the application of principles of mentoring was passed by 200 people. Based on the results of project training, 25 projects have been implemented.

Among the students trained in our business school in 2017, about 150 students opened a new business, and about 250 representatives of the Moscow business expanded the operating segment.