The Strategic Initiatives Agency (SAI) has initiated applications to support enterprise development projects. Projects to increase production, stimulate small and medium-sized businesses, create new jobs, expand market markets and implement social business projects are being considered.

“We are looking for projects that can not only change the current economic environment but also create new opportunities for business development
and society at large. Our goal is to support innovation, stimulate entrepreneurship and promote sustainable economic growth.” The Director of the Dennis Smolkov Centre of Excellence stated.

The application is available on the ASI website https://asi.ru/leaders/screening/199875/ until June 14th.

• Projects are adopted in four areas:
  Business access to capital and resources.
  Projects are being adopted to develop the business infrastructure and promote small and medium-sized business investment, the interaction of large companies and SMEs.
• New markets and products.
  In this area, projects to expand markets can be sent through interaction with relayers, labels and other organizations, the introduction of demand forecasting systems, the expansion of transport infrastructure and the development of international transport corridors.
• New forms of entrepreneurship in the Russian economy.
  Leaders may submit projects for developing partnership ecosystems
  digital platforms, including product sharing practices
  and services (contribution of the economy), development of new types of cooperation and cooperation between the State and the private sector of the economy.
• Business culture.
  Projects to develop corporate values, introduce new forms of employment, involve organizations in social projects, engage staff in volunteering, approve professional standards are being adopted.

The projects that have been selected will receive targeted support from ASI. For example, the Agency will help promote solutions in Russian and foreign markets, and find new industrial and sectoral partners. If necessary, contact the authorities, prepare proposals to amend the laws. Project leaders and teams will be able to participate in accommodation programmes, receive information support and participate in
activities of the Agency and partners.

Examples of projects supported.

T2MT platform to seek and attract funding through III

The Russian business support navigator helps to find appropriate financial and non-financial instruments among 400 programmes, as well as the sorsing algorithm, which selects best services for the development of specific businesses and projects, from grants and subsidies to loans, ventures and contractual financing. The platform also has a tool to assess the likelihood of funding based on the current status of the company
and its future prospects.

Ekspa - technology for enterprise information systems

The platform enables technological ERP solutions to digitize enterprises that are easily integrated into existing systems. Through technology, all business processes of the company can be combined into one flexible system and sustained and continuous. Ekspa solutions can be easily scaled up and adapted under a specific customer, and may also be integrated with different systems and used for economic tasks. Ekspa reduces business costs, increases profits and achieves economic growth to 30 to 40 per cent. The solution may replace imported products - Oracle,
IT-Interprise, SAP and Infor.

Routek

The usual solution provides customers with access to a distributed free production network for spare parts, prototypes and original parts. To this end, the platform has a quick and simple service to process the order in the form of digitized parts with a set of technology documents that is being sent
for production. The value of services is calculated on the basis of time
and the loading of equipment, the payment takes place through the " safe transaction " mechanism. The logistic process is also automated, the delivery of the details to the customer is done as quickly as possible.