The tasks of the Department of Entrepreneurship and Trade of the Mangystau region are aimed at supporting and developing entrepreneurship. Implements the state policy of support and development of private entrepreneurship in the Mangystau region, ensures and is responsible for the implementation and execution of the state and regional program in the Mangystau region in the field of entrepreneurship, ensures the creation and development of infrastructure facilities in the region to support small and medium-sized businesses, defines a strategy for the development of relations between local executive bodies with associations of private entrepreneurs, the National Chamber and market infrastructure facilities, provides state support for private entrepreneurship at the local level, organizes education, training, retraining and advanced training of specialists and personnel for small and medium-sized businesses, develops a business support map of the region with the participation of the regional Chamber of Entrepreneurs.

Financial instruments to support entrepreneurship

In 2019, within the framework of the Regional Program for Supporting Small and Medium-sized Businesses "Nur Capital", 121 projects worth 2.4 billion tenge were supported and launched at a meeting of the RCC, and 1002 new jobs were created.

Of which the main share is occupied by the manufacturing industry - 28%, health and social services - 13%, agriculture - 12%, provision of services for repair and maintenance of vehicles - 10%, education - 10%, etc.

The state program for the development of productive employment and mass entrepreneurship for 2017-2021 "Enbek" in cities, the amount of allocated funds for 2019 is 699.3 million tenge. 68 microcredits were issued in the amount of 699.3 million tenge and 127 new jobs were created.

Within the framework of the State Business Support and Development Program "Business Roadmap 2020", 235 projects worth 5.4 billion tenge were supported in 2019 and 698 new jobs were created, which is 1.4 times more than last year, including:

- according to the subsidy instrument - 121 projects in the amount of
4.3 billion tenge and 672 new jobs were created

– according to the guarantee instrument - 105 projects worth
1.1 billion tenge

- for grant financing – 9 projects in the amount of
21.0 million tenge and 26 new jobs were created.