Heads of the Ministry of economic development and business support of the Kirov region, representatives of the Kirov regional Fund for support of small and medium-sized businesses, representatives of the Fund for assistance to innovations in the Kirov region and the Komi Republic, the public representative of the Agency for strategic initiatives in the Kirov region spoke at the event “Opportunities for interaction between small and medium-sized businesses and regional infrastructure for support and development in biotechnology”.

The discussion was moderated by Sergey Tolstobrov, Head of the Department for the Development of Economic Territories at NANOLEK, representative of the Fund for Assistance to the Development of Small Enterprises in Science and Technology (Fund for Assistance to Innovations) in the Kirov region.

The participants of the round table talked about the government and regional support provided for companies and organizations engaged in biotechnology, the experience gathered by neighbouring regions, and best practices of cooperation.

Sergey Tolstobrov: “Such events are important and necessary for all parties involved since we have the opportunity to discuss the issues of real support, review the positive and negative experience in obtaining government support by sitting at the same table. Today, we and the participants of the round table have agreed that the clusters will submit their proposals in order to improve the procedures and areas of support.”