What you need to know about women's entrepreneurship?

Women entrepreneurs can use the services of the Business Communications tool, which is aimed at supporting SMEs by establishing business relationships with foreign partners with the support of international foreign organizations (IHO).
Criteria for participation:
Female senior managers of SMEs who meet the following criteria can become participants in the tool.:
availability of an average annual income of at least 10,000 (ten thousand) monthly calculation indices;
The compliance of the entrepreneur's industry activities with the capabilities of the host party.
What the tool includes:
The Business Connections tool provides for a thematic business internship abroad, visits to enterprises of a similar profile and establishing contacts on the following issues:
technology transfer and purchase of modern equipment;
Mutual supply of goods, works and services;
acquisition of franchises;
creation of joint ventures.
The partners are GIZ (Germany) and JICA (Japan).
Selection procedure and conditions:
1. Application submission: The application and the written commitment are submitted through the regional Chambers of Entrepreneurs or their branches.
2. Review period: The non-financial Support Operator reviews the application within 10 business days.
3. Selection criteria: The selection process takes into account the intention to cooperate with foreign companies, managerial potential and knowledge of a foreign language (if the internship takes place in it).
4. Expenses: International transportation costs, as well as travel and accommodation in Kazakhstan to the departure point, are paid by the participants themselves at their own expense.
Internship results: Upon completion of the internship, the participant is obliged to inform the operator within 2 months about the results obtained, established contacts and plans for the development of his own enterprise (implementation of experience, launch of new projects).

For more information, please contact the Regional Chambers of Entrepreneurs or the contact center: from any city: 1432 and in Kazakhstan: 8-800-080-80-10 (free of charge from any city).

For women who produce goods from local raw materials, the project "One village, one product" (OSOP) is provided. This tool is aimed at finding unique products in regions, including rural areas, and helping to improve their production technologies. Participants can count on expert advice, participation in exhibitions and marketing support to enter new markets.

What does the OSOP project include?

The tool covers a set of measures for step-by-step product development:

Consulting services on participation and production development.
Organization and holding of regional exhibitions for the presentation of goods.
The process of identifying and identifying products with high market potential.
Training and marketing support for the finalists of the project.
Implementation mechanism (how it works)
Search and information: Regional Chambers of Entrepreneurs (RCE) search for manufacturers and inform the public about the start of the project through the media and official websites.
Application submission: Potential participants contact the Entrepreneur Service Centers (PSCs), fill out an application form with mandatory photo identification and provide an identity card (or digital document) and a certificate of business registration (if available).
Regional selection: Based on the results of exhibitions, a specially created working group (which includes representatives of the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry associations) selects no more than 20 types of products.
Final selection (Brand Committee): The selected products are presented at a meeting of the brand committee, where no more than 10 finalists are selected, who receive official certificates.
Finalists' support

Expanded non-financial support measures are provided for those who have passed the final selection.:

Marketing support: assistance in product promotion and market analysis.
Branding: services for the preparation of professional product brand design or redesign.
Training: organization and holding of specialized training events for professional development.
Exhibition activities: assistance in participation in regional, national and international exhibitions, forums and conferences.

This project makes it possible to transform local production into a competitive business that is recognizable not only in its region, but also beyond its borders.

For more information, please contact the Regional Chambers of Entrepreneurs or the contact center: from any city: 1432 and in Kazakhstan: 8-800-080-80-10 (free of charge from any city).

The tool "Information and consulting services for entrepreneurs and the population with an entrepreneurial initiative" available to women entrepreneurs and women individuals includes a range of information and consulting services provided to SMEs operating in all sectors of the economy and to the population with an entrepreneurial initiative free of charge.

Information and consulting services for entrepreneurs and the population with an entrepreneurial initiative include:

•  Informing and advising on government support measures: providing information on financial and non-financial support measures, advising on starting a business (including the selection of OKED and the selection of the optimal taxation system), as well as preparing samples of contracts and primary accounting documents.
• Support in obtaining financing: services for collecting necessary documents before and after financing from second-tier banks, other financial organizations and development institutions, as well as assistance in business planning.
• Legal issues and permits: advising on the start and termination of business activities, as well as on procedures for obtaining licenses, certificates and other permits.
• Procurement and land plots: assistance in collecting documents and processing applications for participation in procurement, tenders or tenders, as well as for obtaining land plots.
• Engineering networks: assistance in obtaining permits and technical specifications for connecting facilities to gas supply, water supply, sewerage and electricity supply networks.

The provision of services under the "Information and consulting services for entrepreneurs and the population with entrepreneurial initiative" tool is carried out in the branches of the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry through their operating PSC and/or in places with the largest concentration of entrepreneurs and the population with entrepreneurial initiative in district centers, as well as in cities of regional and district significance, and online - through the webnon-financial support operator's portal (G4B.kz ).
For more information, please contact the Regional Chambers of Entrepreneurs or the contact center: from any city: 1432 and in Kazakhstan: 8-800-080-80-10 (free of charge from any city).

Contacts of Business Service Centers

Women entrepreneurs can use the services of the "Providing Business Support Services" tool, which provides two types of specialized services to support SMEs operating in all sectors of the economy on a pro bono basis.

The following types of services are provided to SMEs operating in all sectors of the economy as part of the service support:

1) related to accounting and tax accounting, as well as the preparation of statistical reports, including:

• consultations on accounting and tax legislation;
• consultations on the processing of primary documents, taxes and other deductions to the budget;
  consulting on accounting;
• consultations on working with the 1C:Accounting program;
• consultations on preparation and submission of tax reports;
• consultations on preparation and submission of statistical reports;
• consultations on the preparation of additional financial activity reports for third-party organizations;
  preparation of tax and statistical reports.

2) to develop a business plan, including:

• consultations on collecting information for the development of a business plan;
• consultations on the development of a business plan;
• developing a business plan;
• consultations on the analysis of the plan for the promotion of goods and (or) works, and (or) services;
• development of an analysis plan for the promotion of goods and (or) works, and (or) services.

Service support for entrepreneurs is provided locally through regional chambers of entrepreneurs in regional centers, cities of national significance and the capital in accordance with the need, and online through the web portal of the non-financial support operator (G4B.kz ).

For more information, please contact the Regional Chambers of Entrepreneurs or the contact center: from any city: 1432 and in Kazakhstan: 8-800-080-80-10 (free of charge from any city).

Contacts of Business Service Centers