Tatarstan business more often than other entrepreneurs of the country applied for services and support measures for the national project in electronic form

Services and products of the SME.RF Digital Platform used it more than 1.8 million times in the first year of its operation. At the same time, 13 thousand applications for services and support measures on the Platform were received from entrepreneurs of Tatarstan. The Republic has become a leader in the country in accepting and processing applications submitted through a Digital platform.

For the first year of operation of the SME.RF Digital Platform, more than 320 thousand users have registered on it. These are small and medium-sized businesses, self-employed and individuals planning to open their own business. More than 190 thousand are active legal entities and individual entrepreneurs verified through "Public Services", and more than 47 thousand are self–employed. In total, they used the services, products and content of SME.RF over 1.8 million times, of which more than 260 thousand concerned legally significant services: applications for support measures, preferential leasing and credit programs.

"Digital Platform" is one of the federal projects that make up the national project "Small and Medium-sized Entrepreneurship". The purpose of its creation is to provide every entrepreneur in our country with the opportunity to remotely receive the necessary support measures and have access to special services, regardless of location. One of the priority tasks is to make the Digital Platform not only a proactive business assistant, but also the main, effective feedback mechanism for entrepreneurs with the state," said Maxim Reshetnikov, Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation.

During the first year of operation, each user of the Digital Platform used services, as well as various hosted on SME.RF products on average 5.6 times.

"The launch of the Digital Platform was preceded by a large stage of work, during which we, together with entrepreneurs, identified priority services for digitalization. Among the most popular services are "Regional support measures". For its integration into SME.RF, we had to link the Digital Platform with more than 30 regional information systems to support entrepreneurs. Personal accounts have been created for the rest of the subjects of the Russian Federation. Through them, employees of government authorities and support infrastructure place their measures on a Digital platform, accept and process applications from entrepreneurs," said Alexander Isaevich, CEO of SME Corporation.

Today at the SME.RF presents over 300 digitized products and services from the regions, for which more than 20 thousand online applications from businesses were received during the year. Currently, work to simplify the procedure for obtaining support in the regions through a Digital platform is underway. The first five standards for the provision of the most massive measures have already been approved, they include uniform conditions, deadlines and sets of documents for all subjects of the Russian Federation. In 2023, the number of such standards should increase to 20.

The service "Production cooperation and sales", which unites domestic and foreign suppliers and customers, is also in demand among businesses. During the year, more than 2.5 thousand companies received support in the organization of product sales. Among them is the Leninogorsk Mechanical Plant, which responded to the request of the Minsk Tractor Plant. The result of the joint work with the SME Corporation was the signing of an agreement for the supply of locking rings. A trial batch of products has already been manufactured and is currently being tested.

An entrepreneur from the Krasnodar Territory Evgenia Kosova after registering for an SME.RF has signed a supply agreement with the Metro retail network, and has also started the implementation of the Farmer's Island project in its region.

At the end of 2022 for SME.RF has a service for checking counterparties. It was used by over 15 thousand entrepreneurs. Launched in December, the Digital Entrepreneur Profile further expands the capabilities of small and medium-sized businesses, simplifying both access to services and procedures for obtaining support and services. It was formed by about 3.5 thousand companies.

Let us recall that the digital platform for small and medium-sized businesses was developed by the SME Corporation together with the Ministry of Economic Development. Services and facilities have become available to users on SME.RF in February 2022. The creation and development of the platform is provided for by the national project "Small and medium-sized entrepreneurship and support for entrepreneurial initiative", the implementation of which is supervised by First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov.

SME Corporation is an institute for the development of small and medium-sized businesses. It provides guarantees and sureties for business lending, provides access to the purchases of the largest customers and helps to get on the shelves of retailers. The Corporation is also a federal institute for innovative development, provides support to high-tech innovative SMEs. The SME Corporation also provides financial support through SME Banks crowd investing platforms, conducts training in entrepreneurial competencies and implements business acceleration programs. It finances companies at the stage of growth and development through MIR Management Company.