The directors of seven enterprises were recognized as the best in the Vitebsk region based on the results of work in 2009

January 27, Vitebsk / Sergey Kotovets - BELTA /. Directors of seven enterprises in the region have been recognized as the best managers of the Vitebsk region based on the results of 2009, the regional employers' union council informed a BELTA correspondent. The "Best Manager of the Year of the Vitebsk Region" competition is held by the employers' union for the fourth time and is aimed at stimulating the improvement of business qualifications and professionalism of the director corps. Managers of industrial enterprises, regardless of ownership, are eligible to participate in the competition, and the right to nominate candidates is granted to city and district branches of the employers' union. When summing up the results, 17 indicators of the main economic activities of the enterprise are taken into account. According to the competition regulations, the honorary title can be awarded to three directors in Vitebsk, one each in Orsha, Polotsk, and Novopolotsk, as well as two from rural districts. The best managers of the Vitebsk region in 2009 were Vladimir Ermolik, Director of Vitebsk Oil Extraction Plant OJSC; Andrey Shamshura, General Director of Vitebskiye Kovyry OJSC; Vasily Chichikailo, General Director of Novopolotsk Belspat OJSC; Sergey Kuznetsov, Director of Orsha Nit UP of the Belarusian Society of the Deaf NGO; Sergey Leychenko, Director of Polotsk Bakery Plant, a branch of Vitebskhlebprom RUP; Veremey Gavrilov, Director of Chashnikskoye PMS Unitary Enterprise; and Eduard Tonkonog, Head of Glubokskoye PMK Melivodkhoz UP. The awarding of honorary diplomas and cash prizes in the amount of five base units (currently, one base unit is Br35 thousand) will take place at one of the meetings of the regional employers' council in February. The Vitebsk Regional Employers' Council (VOSN) is the largest non-profit association of employers in the Pridvinye region, with more than 250 enterprises and organizations as its members. The association was established in 1999, and its branches have been created in six districts of the region. To date, the industrial output of VOSN member enterprises accounts for more than 70% of the total production volume of enterprises in the region. -0-