ACCESS GRANTED: PARTICIPATION BY SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESSES IN PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES OF INFRASTRUCTURE MONOPOLIES AND STATE-OWNED COMPANIES
Ensuring stable demand for the products and services of small- and medium-sized businesses is one of the key drivers for the Russian economy. The government has recently adopted a wide range of documents and measures that aim to facilitate access for small- and medium-sized businesses to government procurements. Starting in July 2015, it will become mandatory for state-owned companies to allocate quotas on orders for the goods and services of small- and medium-sized businesses. According to the business community and also according to the results of on-the-ground spot checks carried out by the Leaders Club, one of the success factors is the establishment of a single electronic trading platform. How should it function? How should the interests of all parties – both government customers and small- and medium-sized businesses – be respected? What barriers in general prevent small- and medium-sized businesses from getting wider access to orders by state-owned companies?
Moderator:
Tatiana Naumova ,
Anchor, Russia 24 TV Channel
Panellists
Artem Avetisyan ,
Director of the New Business Department, Agency of Strategic Initiatives; Chairman of the Non-Governmental Organization Leaders Club
Nikolay Andreev ,
Adviser to the Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board, Sberbank; General Director, Sberbank-Ast
Andrei Belousov ,
Aide to the President of the Russian Federation
Alexander Braverman ,
Member of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Management Board, SME Corporation
Evgeny Elin ,
Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation
Anatoly Meshcheryakov ,
State Secretary, Vice-President, Russian Railways
Egor Prokhorov ,
Deputy General Director for Finance, Russian Grids
Aleksandr Sokolov ,
Director of the Department of Competition Policy, State Company ”Russian Roads”
Sergey Fakhretdinov ,
Chairman of the Board of Directors, RUSCOMPOZIT
Front row participants
Nikita Belykh ,
Governor of the Kirov Region
Elena Dybova ,
Vice President, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation
Yury Zafesov ,
Director of Procurement Department, JSC “Rosseti”
Andrey Nikitin ,
Acting Governor of Novgorod Region
Oleg Fomichev ,
State Secretary, Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation
Andrey Yakovlev ,
General Director, NT-Systems