The measures to support small and medium-sized businesses were discussed at a session of the Council on the development of entrepreneurship in Krasnodar Region, which was held by Governor of Kuban Veniamin Kondratiev. The Mayor of Krasnodar Evgeny Pervyshov participated in the session.

In Krasnodar City Hall there was a meeting dedicated to the construction of the second small-scale wholesale centre METRO in Krasnodar.

During today’s plenary session held within the framework of small and medium-sized businesses forum in Exhibition and Congress Center “Expograd Yug” Head of the capital of Kuban spoke on “Small and medium-sized businesses (SMB) development strategy: what depends on a region?”

There was a plenary meeting on “The capacity of import submission and government support: business view” held in the course of the seventh Forum of small and medium-sized businesses “Krasnodar is a business-friendly city”. The meeting was participated by the city Head Vladimir Evlanov.

Vladimir Evlanov and Elena Balashova constituent entities projects manager of Sberbank discussed prospects for participation of Sberbank in realization of investment projects in different spheres of Kuban capital’s activity.

Krasnodar will present 16 projects and 35 investment-attractive territories totaling 89 billion roubles at XIII International Investment Forum in Sochi opened today.

As compared to the previous year tourist forum has grown by its square and number of participant. 148 countries and regions including constituent entities representing more than 1,5 thousand corporate exhibitors presented their tourist possibilities.

Delegation of Krasnodar goes to Moscow where the main tourist events of the year will happen in the middle of March: IX International exhibition “Intourmarket (ITM) – 2014” (15-18 March) and XXI Moscow International exhibition “MITT/Travels and tourism” (19-22 March).

An idea of respectable Russian-European forum carrying out in regional center was suggested today by representatives of the Association of European Businesses (AEB) during the meeting with Krasnodar Head Vladimir Evlanov.

Head of Krasnodar took part in a ceremony dedicated to 20th anniversary of OJSC «Philip Morris Kuban» foundation — affiliated company of world’s No.1 tobacco producer «Philip Morris International».