A demo day of the GR-Accelerator program was held on 23 January. Representatives of municipalities, resource-supplying organizations, territorial development agencies and businesses were elaborating on a methodology for supporting investment projects based on the "one-stop-shop" principle.
“The World of New Opportunities” in figures
The program is 10 years old.
602 projects of Norilsk and Dudinka residents have received support under the program.
660 mln rubles were raised by the supported projects.
ANDREI GRACHEV
Nornickel Vice President for Federal and Regional Programs
According to statistics, 90% of small and medium-sized businesses cease to exist during the first year of their operations. One of the main reasons for this is a lack of experience in dealing with government agencies and an inability to prepare permits, design and cost estimate documentation. Start-up businesspersons cannot hire professionals in GR, Government Relations, and we would like to help them establish relations with the authorities.
ALEXANDER SHOKHIN
Head of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs
The projects currently implemented in the Krasnoyarsk and Murmansk regions with the Company's support are an excellent example of how much can be done at the municipal level even without federal support. I hope that our cooperation with Nornickel will set an example for other companies.
ANDREY CHIBIS
Governor of the Murmansk Region
It is fundamentally important to create a comfortable environment for the development of small and medium-sized businesses. - This improves the life quality of local residents and changes the surrounding world for the better. I would like to express my gratitude to my colleagues from Nornickel: we are implementing a large number of investment projects together. We believe we are making lives better for all people of the North.
RUB 10 billion
is the amount of the agreement on the comfortable environment development between Nornickel and the Murmansk Region Government in 2023. The company will invest RUR 6 bln, and RUR 4 bln will be allocated from the regional budget.
It takes 3 days instead of 30 days
for entrepreneurs in the Pechenga District to get permission for connecting engineering networks and installing non-stationary objects.
MAXIM IVANOV
Deputy Director of Kola Metallurgical Company
All participants presented well-designed projects rather than vague business ideas. I would like to express my deep gratitude to the entrepreneurs, who kept on showing initiative in the difficult conditions of the last few years and did not lose heart. Their unflagging entrepreneurial spirit lets us hope that all projects will be implemented and that the territories where we have presence will keep on developing.