More than 20 agreements are planned to be concluded at the economic forum in Vitebsk

More than 20 agreements between regions, business associations and clusters are planned to be signed at the VI International Economic Forum "Innovations. Investments. Prospects", which will be held in Vitebsk on May 11-12. This was announced by Irina Makarenko, Director of the Vitebsk Regional Marketing Center, at a press conference.

"It is expected that more than 20 agreements will be signed. Among those already confirmed, agreements between districts of the Vitebsk region and regions of Russia prevail. Also, the Vitebsk Regional Marketing Center will sign documents with the All-Russian public organization "Delovaya Rossiya" and the Smolensk Regional Entrepreneurship Support Fund," - noted Irina Makarenko.

The "Vitebsk" FEZ and the Vitebsk Regional Employers' Union also plan to conclude cooperation agreements based on previously established contacts in Russia, Poland, and Latvia. In general, official delegations, representatives of business circles and business associations from 14 countries have been invited to participate in the forum. To date, representatives of the embassies and consulates of Serbia, Latvia, and Vietnam have confirmed their participation. The arrival of the leadership of the National Exporters Association of Poland, the "Lublin Business Club" association, large delegations from the Latgale region, Riebiņski and Krāslava districts of Latvia, Smolensk, Pskov, Kursk regions and other regions of Russia, as well as representatives of Chinese, Czech and Italian businesses are expected. At the invitation of the "Vitebsk" FEZ, the heads of the Finnish-Belarusian Chamber of Commerce, the Jēkabpils City Council, and representatives of the Łódź Regional Development Agency will come to convey the proposals of the Belarusian side to their entrepreneurs. In the future, the forum organizers intend to make greater use of virtual communication and video conferences that would precede the event in Vitebsk.

Thus, the targeted focus of visits by foreign participants and potential partners can be strengthened. "It should be understood that the results of such forums do not appear immediately. Mutual trips and exchange of experience follow the event. But we see the result in the increase

geography of product exports of enterprises. Last year, for example, they expanded supplies to more than 15 countries. That is, they significantly deepened their exploration of new promising markets. Investments also do not come immediately. Each project is developed over years. But today there are already a number of enterprises that after forums have earned in our region. Also, our delegations visited countries of the European Union to study the possibility of participating in grant projects," - noted the Chairman of the Committee of Economy of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, Anzhelika Nikitsina.

Progress is noted in Belarusian-Slovak economic relations. "Today there is already a high degree of readiness for the project of creating a modern meat farm in the Lepel district for the production of marbled beef. The Slovaks also made a decision to invest in the creation of a sheep farm in the Dokshytsy district. Because they were convinced that the conditions here exist," - explained the Deputy Chairman of the Committee of Economy of the Regional Executive Committee, Konstantin Cherny. He also noted the interest of the Chinese in cooperation projects in the Vitebsk region.

Ekaterina Knyazeva - BELTA.