The event on business cooperation of various scales was held in the Entrepreneur's House within the framework of the national project "Small and Medium-sized Entrepreneurship". The organizers were the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Tatarstan, JSC "SME Corporation" and ANO "CCR "INNOKAM".
The First Deputy Minister of Economy - Director of the Department of Entrepreneurship Development Natalia Kondratova made a welcoming speech.
She noted that in the current economic situation, the cooperation of small and large businesses is a tool for mutually beneficial cooperation and development. The Deputy Minister said that the days of the supplier in the Republic of Tatarstan are held by the Ministry of Economy on an ongoing basis.
"For small businesses, this is an opportunity to increase demand for products, to find new markets. For large enterprises - simplification of business processes, import substitution and development of new partner chains," Natalia Kondratova noted.
The event was attended by representatives of the largest retail chains of building materials of the Republic of Tatarstan - LLC "AGAVA" (MEGASTROY network), LLC "All Tools.ru", LLC "MAXIDOM".
In addition, Elena Kozyreva, Deputy Head of the Directorate for the Development of Cooperative Chains of SMEs of JSC "SME Corporation", addressed the participants. She held a presentation of the platform "Production Cooperation and sales" and spoke about existing measures to support SMEs.
Within the framework of the event, B2B meetings were held to expand the markets for the products of small and medium-sized manufacturing businesses, at which representatives of retail chains voiced requirements for their suppliers and answered the questions of SMEs.