Vladimir Kukharev: BelCCI in the technopark is direct and operational support of the capital’s business

Chairman of the Minsk City Executive Committee Vladimir Kukharev took part in the grand opening of the new office of the Minsk branch of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry on September 10, the correspondent of the Minsk-Novosti agency reports.

The solemn event was also attended by First Deputy Minister of Economy of the Republic of Belarus Ivan Vezhnovets, Head of Administration of the Leninsky District of the capital Roman Melnik, Chairman of the BelCCI Mikhail Myatlikov, Director of the Minsk City Technopark Vladimir Davidovich and General Director of the Minsk Branch of the BelCCI Sergey Nabeshko.

In his welcoming speech, the Chairman of the Minsk City Executive Committee emphasized the high importance of the new consolidated platform for the development of the business environment of the region.

- The opening of a new office in the industrial center of Minsk is of great importance. Minsk City Technopark is the largest conglomeration in the country. It produces demanded products that are exported and provides import substitution. The fact that the Minsk branch of the BelCCI is now in the thick of events will allow us to work closely with business, develop commodity distribution networks and support new production facilities. Any entrepreneur can come here with a problem, and a solution will be found as quickly as possible, Kukharev said.

According to him, today the industrial potential of Minsk is 80 percent working on foreign markets.

We need to work seriously with Africa, the Middle and Far East, wherever there is a demand for our goods. Even in the Russian Federation, during meetings with regional businesses, you notice that many do not know about the capabilities of our MotoVeloVavod and other large brands. We have thousands of companies that produce innovative products. The task of the BelCCI is to help them find markets and actively tell foreign partners about the potential of the capital, the Chairman of the Minsk City Executive Committee emphasized.

V. Kukharev, together with M. Myatlikov and S. Nabeshko, symbolically pressed an interactive button, launched the full-fledged operation of the new platform. The Chairman of the Minsk City Executive Committee wished the entire staff of the Minsk branch of the BelCCI successful and fruitful work.

Acquaintance with the new high-tech space on Partizansky Avenue, 8, continued in the conference room. S. Nabeshko presented in detail to V. Kukharev the key areas of activity of the department. It was noted that today the Minsk branch of the BelCCI is the largest regional chamber in the country. The new site is designed to completely cover the needs of business on the principle of “one window”, offering more than 60 types of services for comprehensive support of exporters.

The range of support includes comprehensive support of foreign economic activity (FEA). The Chamber provides services for finding reliable foreign partners, organizing business missions and national expositions at major international exhibitions. Special attention is paid to legal and information support of foreign trade, including consultations on customs regulation and examination of foreign trade contracts.

Also, specialists carry out commodity examination of the quality, quantity and completeness of goods, carry out certification of products of their own production and the origin of goods. In addition, on the basis of the department, professional translation of contracts and the most complex technical documentation with the possibility of their notarization is provided, as well as specialized business training of foreign economic activity is carried out.

The symbolic conclusion of the presentation was the solemn ceremony of accepting one of the residents of the Minsk City Technopark as a member of the BelCCI.

During the briefing, S. Nabeshko shared with journalists the details of the move.

- For us today was a really significant event. The Minsk branch of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry has been operating since 1970 and has been located in the office on the street. Me. Kolasa. There were literally not enough seats. When they found out that the site of the technopark was turning into a pearl of our industry, they immediately joined the process, made repairs and moved. Here are the leading enterprises of Minsk interested in cooperation. We aim to identify their problems on the external contour, to quickly broadcast to the government and together to find solutions. In addition, new conditions require modern technologies, and a number of solutions have been introduced here to optimize work with customers, said the General Director of the Minsk branch of the BelCCI.

Photo by Denis Kulagi