The Export support centre subordinated to the ministry took part in the conference related to the questions of "Foreign Economic Activity as Factor of Effective Development of the Russian Federation members"

The head of the Export support centre subordinated to the Ministry of Economics of the Republic of Tatarstan Vasily Chistyakov took part in the "Foreign Economic Activity as Factor of Effective Development of the Russian Federation members" Conference which was held on December 2nd-3rd , 2013 in Kaluga.

The main objective of the action is to discuss the questions concerned to the competitiveness and activity efficiency upgrading of small and medium business members, which aim to access to the foreign markets and to incorporate to the global supply chains.

There were discussed different opportunities and contemplations of small and medium business and large Russian and international enterprises cooperation. There were also discussed the problems of including the small and medium business to the global value chain, analyzing the existing barriers and development contemplations of foreign economic activity in the conditions of joining of Russia to the WTO.