A business incubator opened in Gorki

A new business incubator opened in Gorki. The purpose of the business incubator is to stimulate entrepreneurial initiative. The development of small and medium-sized businesses in the regions creates new jobs, provides people with access to resources and opportunities, and provides decent work for young people who can invest in their education and training – an important contribution to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, including SDG 8 (decent work and economic growth).

The business incubator is part of Gorki Technopark. There is a co-working area, an office, a meeting room and a server room. It is expected that the business incubator will host events and startup schools for young people, as half of the city’s residents are students of the local academy. Therefore, the development of youth entrepreneurship is an important task for the business incubator.

“By the example of this support center we see a good hybrid of the promising subject of the infrastructure of small and medium business support, which will soon develop in Belarus. It is very good that the business incubator is based in our oldest agricultural academy, because the target audience can get some business skills and knowledge,” said Deputy Minister of Economy of the Republic of Belarus Dmitry Matusevich.

The Gorki Business Incubator was opened with the support of the project “Promotion of Employment and Self-Employment in Small and Medium-sized Cities of Belarus” implemented by the UNDP in the Republic of Belarus jointly with the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Belarus and financed by the Russian Federation. Other pilot cities of the project, where business support centers were opened, are Baran, Glubokoje, Krichev, Mstislavl and Chausy.