OREANDA-NEWS  About 5.3 trillion rubles will be attracted for the development of small and medium-sized enterprises under all financial programs of the SME Corporation (CMSP) until 2030, the press service of the organization reports.

Such data were announced during a meeting of the Board of Directors of the CMSP, where the concept of the Corporation's development until 2030 was discussed.

Maxim Reshetnikov, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the SME Corporation, Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, noted that the Corporation's strategy is aimed at achieving the goal of the presidential decree on outstripping income growth per employee of small and medium-sized businesses.

"In the new federal project, it is necessary to ensure a change in approaches from quantitative to qualitative benchmarks in the form of income growth per employee of SMEs at a rate higher than GDP growth. To do this, it is necessary to rethink the role of the Corporation as an institution for the development of small and medium—sized businesses, and its tools," the press service of the ministry quoted Reshetnikov as saying.

Of the 5.3 trillion rubles that SMEs will attract for development under the financial programs of the SME Corporation, almost half is intended for companies from industries that form the supply economy, said Alexander Isaevich, CEO of the SME Corporation.

"The existing programs that have shown their effectiveness and relevance in the current economic conditions, including umbrella guarantees, will be preserved. There will be preferential loans for SEZ residents and entrepreneurs from single-industry towns, as well as SMEs in the field of machine tool construction and robotics. Preferential investment loans will also be launched to support SME investment projects in tourism, IT, scientific and technical activities, and manufacturing. Collectively, due to these programs, business will attract and direct about 800 billion rubles for its development until 2030," the press service of the KMSP quotes Isaevich as saying.

The SME Corporation will implement these financial instruments for the development of small and medium-sized enterprises within the framework of the updated development strategy.

Existing and new tools, the management system of which has been built in recent years on the basis of feedback from business and data analytics of the SME.RF Digital Platform, will be used to ensure faster real income growth per employee of the SME entity. The implementation of these tools will provide about 50% of the total contribution to achieving the purpose of the decree.