2.5 thousand people from 30 countries will attend SCO and BRICS Small Business Forum in Ufa

UFA, 22 August 2019. /Bashinform News Agency/ translated by Tatiana Aksyutina/.

On August 21, Moscow hosted a meeting of the Program Committee of the jubilee, fifth Small and Medium Business Forum of the regions of the SCO and BRICS member states, which will be held in Ufa on September 26-27.

“This is the first anniversary of the forum, and we expect delegations from 30 countries to participate in it,” said Andrei Nazarov, co-chair of Business Russia and the organizing committee of the forum. “They will include leading businessmen, representatives of government, and development institutions. In total, about 2500 people will take part in the forum, of which 500 are foreign guests. Radiy Faritovich Khabirov wished us all great success and said that he was absolutely sure of a very high-level organization!"

Representatives of the federal authorities of the Russian Federation, the media, business from different countries and the Republic of Bashkortostan, which hospitably prepares the forum in Ufa, representatives of the embassies of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Brazil, and South Africa took part in the meeting of the Program Committee.

Pakistani National Assembly deputy Tariq Hussein Sayed conveyed a welcoming speech to the organizing committee and participants of the meeting.

“I am convinced that the forum in Ufa will be the best platform for the exchange of practices and the development of new ways to stimulate this area. The delegation of Pakistan is looking forward to the anniversary forum and seeks to welcome everyone warmly, ”said the representative of Pakistan.

The program will include 18 business events. The future of the driver sectors of the economy, the development of small, medium, family business, logistics, infrastructure projects will be discussed within the framework of panel sessions. The very concept of the forum is formed around the idea of ​​the global importance of small and medium-sized businesses.