OREANDA-NEWS.  November 06, 2014. SME Bank (VEB Group) arranged a conference “Measures of the State SME Support in the Siberian Federal District” in Novosibirsk.

The conference was attended by Nicolay Simonov, acting Minister of Industry, Trade and Entrepreneurship of the Novosibirsk Oblast and Anna Zvereva, Member of the Board - Deputy Chairman of the Board of SME Bank.

The participants were informed about the bank’s product line, guarantee support mechanism and financial instruments for entrepreneurship support in single-industry towns.

Crash tests of seven investment projects were performed at the conference. Based on the test three projects were recommended for financing under the SME Bank Program.