A guide for the innovative entrepreneur was created in Vitebsk
A guide for innovative entrepreneurs has been developed in Vitebsk, Leonid Shur, Director of ODO "Vitebsk Business Center", told a BELTA correspondent.
The reference and analytical guide includes basic concepts of entrepreneurship and innovation, a list of business and innovation infrastructure entities, useful information and recommendations. It is available online. Its creators promise to regularly supplement and update the information in connection with changes in legislation and factual circumstances, as well as to release a printed version.
The guide is the result of the project "Development of an innovative development strategy for small and medium-sized businesses in Vitebsk", which ODO "Vitebsk Business Center" implemented with the support of the Kuniavsky Business Union of Entrepreneurs and Employers in 2012, the Vitebsk City Executive Committee and the Public Association "Association of Employers and Entrepreneurs". The strategy of accumulation is proposed as the main strategy for the innovative development of entrepreneurship in Vitebsk. It is based on the use of the region's own scientific and business potential, focusing on predominantly external demand: the export of innovative products manufactured based on scientific developments.
According to Leonid Shur, it is time to introduce the word "enterpreneurovator" into the economic dictionary. "An enterpreneurovator is an entrepreneur and an innovator in one person. An entrepreneur can become an innovator. An innovator can become an entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs and innovators can cooperate. Such transformations increase business sustainability and contribute to the economic growth of the region," the interlocutor is convinced.
The State Program for Innovative Development of Belarus for 2011-2015 includes seven projects for Vitebsk aimed at establishing enterprises and key production facilities, new production lines at existing enterprises, and modernizing production through the implementation of new and high technologies. These include the construction of biogas-powered energy plants, the organization of production of hydraulic lifts made of high-strength steel, the production of an automated multifunctional fluorescent analyzer for biological cells and tissues with high resolution, and the establishment of a modern enterprise for the disposal and processing of solid municipal waste.