SCO / BRICS- First Interregional Forum

Small & Medium Business, 21 to 23 October,

Ufa, Russia

SCO - BRICS Trade Exhibition

21 to 23 October, Ufa, Russia

We are glad to introducing an opportunity to partici-

pate in SCO / BRICS- First InterregionalForum on Small

& Medium Business, 21 to 23 October, Ufa, Russia.

As you know, SCO / BRICS- are the world largest trade

block and Pakistan has become full member of SCO

(Shanghai Cooperation Organisation) in Ufa Summit

2015. Now upon the initiative President of the Republic

of Bashkortostan Mr. Rustem Khamitov, the First Inter-

regional Forum On SCO/BRICS Small And Medium-Sized

Businesses will be held in Ufa on 21st

October 2015. The

event will serve as a platform to create conditions for

the accelerated development of small businesses in

the SCO and BRICS countries. Since Pakistan has be-

come full member of SCO in Ufa Summit 2015, its best

time to introduce business community of one among

the most developed region of Russian Federation to

Pakistan business community to create favorable condi-

tions for accelerating business and trade relation with

Russian Federation and SCO/ BRICS countries with fol-

lowing focuses of this event: Strengthening and devel-

opment of interregional ties;

1. Creation of favorable conditions for accelerated de-velopment of small entrepreneurship in

the SCO andBRICS member states' regions;

2. Conclusion of new agreements with the SCO and BRICS member states' regions;

3. Investments attraction, increase of the number of joint business project.

AG International is inviting companies to

join Pakistani SME/Trade Delegation for participating

in SCO /BRICS- First Interregional Forum on Small & Me-

dium Business, 21 to 23 October, Ufa, Russia. We invite

to be registered by filling attached form and send us by

e-mail: aginternational97@gmail.com

Dr. Shahid Hasan

Call 03364587263

Ashique Hamdani

Call: +923215382609

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Dr. Shahid Hasan Call 03364587263 Ashique Hamdani

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SCO / BRICS-

-21-23 2015

Bashkortostan is a republic with unique

natural landscapes, developed industry, his-

toric sites, multinational population and centu-

ries-old cultural traditions. The Republic of

Bashkortostan is located in the southern part

of the Ural Mountains and adjacent plains, at

the border of Europe and Asia.

The total area of the Republic of Bashkor-

tostan makes 143 thousand sq. km or 0.8% of

the total area of Russia (27th place among

other regions of the country). The population

of Bashkortostan comprises about 4.1 million

people (ranks the 7th among the regions of

Russia).

There are 54 administrative districts and 21

cities in Bashkortostan. Ufa, Sterlitamak,

Salavat, Neftekamsk and Oktyabrsky are the

biggest cities of the Republic.

Bashkortostan is a multinational republic,

where representatives of more than hundred

nationalities live, including Bashkirs, Russians,

Tatars, Chuvash, Mari, Ukrainians and Ger-

mans. The Bashkirs are the native inhabitants.

Common religions in Bashkortostan are Islam,

Orthodox Christianity, Baptism and Catholi-

cism.

Founded: 1919

President: Rustem Zakiyevich Khami-

tov (appointed July 2010)

Federation Council representa-

tives: Ayrat Gaskarov (2010 to

2015), Rudik Iskuzhin (2006 to

2013)

Population: 4,065,993 (2010 cen-

sus)

Area: 142,947 square km

Capital: Ufa (population

1,064,000), 1,567 km from Mos-

cow

Other major cities: Sterlitamak

(264,400), Salavat (158,500),

Neftekamsk (122,300), Oktyabr-

sky (108,700)

Federal district: Volga

Economic region: Urals

Time zone: Moscow +2, GMT +5,

EST+10

Geography: Bashkortostan occupies

most of the southern part of the Ural

mountains. It is European Russia's link

to Siberia. It borders Perm, Chelyab-

insk and Tatarstan. The Belaya River,

part of the Unified Deepwater Trans-

port System, flows through the region.

Urban population: 64% Rural popula-

tion: 36%

Ethnic make-up: more than 100 differ-

ent nationalities, including Bashkirs,

Russians and Tatars

Economy: Bashkortostan has a very di-

versified industry structure but fo-

cuses on chemical processing. The re-

public produces industrial alcohols, pes-

ticides and plastics. Bashkortostan also

has a large agricultural base and is

known for high-quality produce.

Bashkortostan Republic

cals, various equipment (electrical,

mining), metal machining, and proc-

essed foods. There is an interna-

tional airport in the city.

Ufa is a large inter-regional

transportation juncture of

Russia (railways, pipelines,

automobile ways, air- and

river-ways). The navigable river

Belaya with its tributary Ufa cross

the Trans-Siberian railway there.

Automobile highways connect the

city with Moscow, Chelyabinsk, Ka-

zan, Samara, Ulyanovsk, and Oren-

burg.

It is also the only city linked with

Moscow by 2 federal highways. The

southern outskirts of the city is

crossed by highway M5 Ural; and

the federal highway M7 Volga

ends here.

From the international airport Ufa

there are regular flights to 27 cities

of Russia as well as flights to the fol-

lowing cities Hurghada (Egypt),

Sharm el-Sheikh (Egypt), Antalya

(Turkey), Istanbul (Turkey), Barce-

lona (Spain), Tashkent (Uzbekistan),

and Frankfurt (Germany).

In 2007, Ufa was the center of cele-

brations dedicated to the 450th

anniversary of Bashkortostan

Republic joining Russia.

Ufa overview

Ufa is the capital and ad-

ministrative center of Bash-

kortostan Republic, Russia. It

is one of the largest Russian

cities with population over

one million people.

The city is an important trans-

port, logistic and scientific

center of Russia. It is situated

about 1360 km to the south-

east of Moscow.

Ufa population is about

1,086,000 (2012); land area -

708 sq. km.

The phone code is +7 347;

postal codes - 450000-

450999.

Local time (+5 UTC).

History

Ufa was founded in 1574.

Originally it was a fortress

constructed by the order of

the Russian Tsar Ivan IV.

Later, in 1586, the settle-

ment received the town

status.

The original name of the set-

tlement was Tura-Tau, after

the name of the hill it was

standing on. The present

name Ufa means small in

the Turkic language; and

this name was used by local

people. Later this became

the official name of the city.

Ufa grew into large trading

and cultural center of Russia

in the

18th cen-

tury. It became the capital

city of Bashkiria region of

the Russian Empire in 1802.

The city received the status

of Bashkir Autonomous So-

viet Socialist Republic capi-

tal in 1922. After the dis-

covery of oil in Bashkiria

area, Ufa became a large oil

extracting and refining cen-

ter of the USSR.

Economy

Ufa city, located at the Ufa

and Belaya rivers conflu-

ence, is one of the largest

industrial centers in the

western part of Ural moun-

tains region.

The main industries are oil

refining, synthetic rubber,

engineering, petrochemi-

Ufa , Russia

The capital city of

Bashkortostan

Republic.

Main Forum Events:

- Franchisors Trade Show of the re-

gions of the SCO and BRICS member states;

- Plenary meeting "Development of

"region to cooperation". Achievements of the

regions of the SCO and BRICS member

states in creating favorable environment for

small business; the prospects of their propa-

gation. Formation mechanisms to support in-

terregional projects of small companies.

- Investments projects presentation of

small business of the regions of the SCO and

BRICS member states.

- Interregional Business Contact Ex-

change of regional businessmen of the regions

of the SCO and BRICS member states;

Round Table "Best practices of the regions

of the SCO and BRICS member states in the

sphere of small business legislative support";

- Round Table "Financial and infra-

structure support of the small business of

region

- Discussion panel "Open dialogue be-

tween business and government what is

necessary to work in partnership?"

- Round Table "Prospects of cooperation

of small and medium-sized business of the

SCO and BRICS regions: ecology and tour-

ism";

- Round Table "Prospects of cooperation

of small and medium-sized business of the

SCO and BRICS regions: medicine and phar-

macy";

- Round table "Prospects of cooperation

of small and medium-sized business of the

SCO and BRICS regions: agriculture, food

industry and the interregional markets";

Conception of the preparation and

holding of the First Interregional

Forum on Small and Medium-sized

Business of the SCO and BRICS

member states.

Relevance of the Forum

Interregional cooperation is a mar-

ketable format of interaction be-

tween business structures, business

and regional authorities of various

world states. Unlike cooperation at a

nationwide level, which is aimed at

interaction of large business and

representatives of the federal au-

thority, the development of interre-

gional cooperation is directed at

acti-vation of small and medium-

sized business in the field and build-

ing of ties between the regions of

different states.

The creation of favourable conditions

for the development of small busi-

ness is a priority direction of the

government authorities of the SCO

and BRICS member states. The

competitiveness of the countries is

inseparably associated with small en-

trepreneur-ship because small busi-

ness is the most important element

of innovativeness-oriented economy

formation. Small business plays an

important role in the sphere of

population employment and social

stability of states.

Nowadays the effective development

of small entrepreneurship is largely

deter-mined by the level of its inte-

gration in the world economic space.

At the same time it is more difficult

for small companies, unlike large

ones, to enter foreign markets

where numerous barriers exist and

which are impeding successful busi-

ness administration.

Considerable experience of support

of small entrepreneurship is accumu-

lated in the regions of the SCO and

BRICS member states. The expan-

sion of this experience by means

of the Forum activities will con-

tribute to the effective devel-

opment of the territo-ries.

The objectives of the Forum:

- strengthening and devel-

opment of interregional ties;

- creation of favourable

conditions for accelerated de-

velopment of small entre-

preneurship in the SCO and

BRICS member states regions;

- conclusion of new agree-

ments with the SCO and BRICS

member states regions;

- investments attraction, in-

crease of the number of joint

business projects.

The tasks of the Forum:

- creation of a constantly

working integration ground of

small business of the SCO and

BRICS member states regions;

- revelation of the best

practices of legislative and fi-

nancial support of small business

entities;

- development of proposals

on facilitation of access of small

business entities in-to the re-

gional markets of the SCO and

BRICS member states;

- formation of mechanisms

and tools of support of interre-

gional innovative and investment

initiatives;

- refinement of mecha-

nisms of innovations and tech-

nologies transfer with con-

sideration of the best worldwide

practices;

- holding of business

meetings and negotiations of

businessmen of the regions of

the SCO and BRICS member

states, conclusion of contracts;

- enhancement of entre-

preneurship prestige.

SCO / BRICS- First Interregional Forum

- Round table "Prospects of cooperation of

small and medium-sized business of the SCO and

BRICS regions: industry, machine building, raw ma-

terial (mining and recy-cle)".

Forum Venue:Russian Federation, Republic of

Bashkortostan, Ufa, Congress-Hall (2, Zaki Validi

street).

Forum Dates: October 22-23, 2015.

Forum working languages - Russian, English, Chinese

Organizers of the Forum:

- The Government of the Republic of Bash-

kortostan;

- The Organizing Committee on preparation

and chairmanship of the Russian Federation in the

Shanghai Cooperation Organization in 2014-2015

and BRICS in 2015;

- The organizing committee on preparation

and holding of the First Interregional Forum on

Small and Medium-sized Business of the SCO and

BRICS member states formed by the Government of

the Republic of Bashkortostan.

Information support of the Forum:

- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the

Russian Federation, the embassies of the Russian

Federation in the SCO and BRICS member states;

- The Ministry of Economic Development of

the Russian Federation, the trade missions of the

Russian Federation in the SCO and BRICS member

states;

- the government authorities of the SCO and

BRICS meber states.

A special Media-plan will be prepared for the pur-

pose of extended coverage of the Forum activities

preparation and holding process in the mass media.

The successful Forum positioning would be promoted

by its presentation at the most significant interna-

tionally recognized events including St. Petersburg

International Economic Forum "SPIEF-2015", Inter-

national Investment Forum "Sochi-2015", Eastern

Economic Forum 2015 in Vladivostok.

Forum participants

The representatives of government authorities of

the SCO and BRICS member states and their

regions, the representatives of small business

and organizations of infra-structure of entre-

preneurship support. It is proposed to provide

formation of delegations participating in activi-

ties of the Forum through executive bodies of

the regions of the SCO and BRICS member

states which are responsible for small business

development. The registration of Forum partici-

pants will be carried out in electronic form at

the Information Portal of Interregional Coopera-

tion of Small and Medium-sized Business under

the aegis of the SCO Business Council being cre-

ated at the moment by the Gov-ernment of the

Republic of Bashkortostan. Forum participant

data input at the portal will be made by the

officials of the executive bodies of the regions

of the SCO and BRICS member states

responsible for small business develop-

ment.

Forum financial support

Budget funds of the Republic of Bash-

kortostan and attracted sponsor re-

sources will be the primary sources of

Forum activities financing.The organizing

committee on preparation and holding of

the First Interregional Forum on Small

and Medium-sized Business of the SCO

and BRICS member states formed by

the Government of the Republic of

Bashkortostan will prepare a sponsorship

package which provides:

General partner of the Forum;

general, official and sponsors of the

Forum; sponsors of separate events of

the Forum.

Participation in Forum activities will be

free. Transportation, accomodation and

meals are paid at the expense of Forum

participants.

Final documents of the Forum

The following documents will be developed

during the Forum: The Resolution and Rec-

ommendations on effective tools of small

business support, creation of favourable

conditions for this sector development and

means of acceleration of integration proc-

esses between small companies of the SCO

and BRICS member states regions.

The Resolution and Recommendations of the

Forum will be addressed to the Heads of

the SCO and BRICS, heads of the SCO and

BRICS member states regions, and pub-

lished at the Information Portal of Inter-

regional Cooperation of Small and Medium-

sized Business under the aegis of the SCO

Business Council. The main theses of the

final documents will be published in mass

media.

Documents needed

An original, valid, and signed passport with at least

2 blank pages, valid for at least 6 months after the end

of your stay.

Two copies of the Russian visa application form,

completed and signed.

2 passport-size photo, signed on the reverse. Photos

must be matt-finish (not glossy), in order for the em-

bassy/consulate stamp to adhere properly! The usual

size required is 3 x 4 cm, or 1.5 x 2 inches.

An original HIV certificate showing a negative result is

required for stays of more than 3 months.

An official invita-

tion from an or-

ganization which is

authorized to in-

vite visitors to Rus-

sia.

Travel Insurance

Police Clearance

Certificate

Bank Statement

Travel To Russia: Visa Requirement

Warning

Failure to

provide the

correct

information

could lead to

the refusal of

your visa.

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3 Nights Stay (Ufa)+ 3 Nights Moscow/ Food

Russian Visa Documentation,

Travel Insurance

Moscow- Ufa- Moscow Air

Ticket

Local Transport

Trade Exhibition B2B/B2C:

Meetings with Russian /

SCO, BRICS and CIS busi-

ness companies, buyers, sell-

ers, traders

( International air ticket is not included)

SCO / BRICS First Interregional Forum

Small & Medium

Business

Ufa, Russia

October

21-23,

2015

Small & Medium enterprises from SCO/ BRICS Countries (World Largest Trade Block )

Russia. China. Pakistan. Kazakhstan. . Kyrgyzstan. Tajikistan. Uzbekistan. Brazil. South Africa. India. Afghanistan. Iran. Mongolia. Belarus. Turkey.

Sri Lanka.

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