OREANDA-NEWS. November 11, 2010. Dmitry Golovanov, First Deputy Chairman of the Board of RBD took part in the conference “Small Business and Government Support” that was held in Ufa (the Republic of Bashkortostan). The conference was held by media-holding OPORA-Credit under support of the Government of Bashkortostan, reported the press-centre of RBD.

The conference dealt with SME development in the Republic of Bashkortostan and inter alia it accentuated on the introduction of the government SME support tools.

In his address Dmitry Golovanov told about the progress of the RBD’s SME Lending Support Program in Bashkortostan. According to Mr. Golovanov a regional limit worth RUR 2 billion had been set for the republic. RBD has 12 partner-banks here. He accentuated on the Program Financing for Innovations and Modernization that was designed to assist SMEs engaged in development and introduction of innovations and modernization of their production.

The forum was attended by President of Bashkortostan Rustem Hamitov, President of All-Russian Public Organization OPORA ROSSII Sergey Borisov, Deputy Prime-Minister of Bashkortostan Yuri Pustovgarov, Chairman of the Government Committee of Bashkortostan on Entrepreneurship and Tourism Aidar Khalilov and Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Bashkortostan Anatoly Bondarchuk.