Synergies in public-private partnerships 
for SMEs e-skills development  
in St. Petersburg (Russia)
Synergy
(from the Greek syn-ergos, συνεργός meaning working together) is the term used to describe a situation where different entities cooperate advantageously for a final outcome.
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ICT for SMEs
Government of St. Petersburg
Committee for economic development,
industrial policy and trade 
presents special program
Кто такие СМП?
Обучение
Консультрование
Online tools
Web-site
Distance learning
Publication
GET-IT tools
SME definition 
in Russiaсубъекты малого предпринимательства
Micro
up to 15 people
up to 1,3 mln. Eur

Small
15-100 people
up to 9 mln. Eur
Специальная программа "Внедрение ИКТ для СМП" является частью комплексной Программы развития малого предпринимательства 
в Санкт-Петербурге 
260 000 предприятий
600 000 человек             
25% трудоспоспобного населения
25% городского бюджета
Малое препринимательство 
Санкт-Петербурга
www.e-skills.spb.ru
Participants of the training can receive individual consultation and develop ict development plan with the help 
of professional ICT consultants  based 
on "E-Business Self-Assessment Tool".
Target audience: Entrepreneurs with gaps in ICT knowledge for business 

Program
Flyers and presentations 
General financial documents and expense tracking  
Internet, e-mail, IM and SKYPE 
Time and contact management 

Target audience: managers and owners of SMEs interested in implementation of ICT

Program
Audit and ICT implmentation instruments
Modern Internet project
SEO and web marketing
Open source software
Enterprise resource planning (ERP)
Customer relationship management (CRM)
Management of ICT implementation
Effective web-site
Search engine optimization (SEO) vs context advertising
Open source software - make you e-life legal
Open source software - secrets of implementation
Target groups
Unemployed = 
business start-ups
Growing 
and mature SMEs
Consulting
Training
Start-ups 
in business
Government of St. Petersburg
Committee for labour 
and employment
presents special program
Кто такие СМП?
Обучение
Консультрование
Online & offline tools
Web-site
Publication & CDs
3 rounds of consultations
How to develop marketing plan
How to develop production plan
How to develop financial plan
Consulting
Training
start.fbd.spb.ru
Government 
of St. Petersburg
Business planning templates
GET-IT Smart technologies 
for a smarter business
How to become e-company
Workshops for advanced users
SMEs in St. Petersburg
600 000 people - 25% of working population
25% of city taxes
Timely action
St. Petersburg - 4,581 mln. people
Effects of global economic crisis 
Unemployment
Low awareness about modern ICT
Low basic ICT  knowledge and skills
Go Russia!
In the coming decades Russia should become a country whose prosperity is ensured not so much thanks to commodities but by intellectual resources: the so-called intelligent economy, creating unique knowledge, exporting new technologies and innovative products.
Dmitry Medevedev
September 10, 2009
Timely action
Technology 
and curriculum
Financing
Implementation
Synergy
Issues
Target audience: unemployed people 
wishing to start an own business.

Training program
How to start a business
How to register the company
Economics of the company
Taxes
ICT in business (GET-IT)
How to develop business plan

Results
Rating of the most popular topics
Would you advice colleagues 
to visit the course?
How well is the course designed 
to suit your needs?
Results
People
Get-IT boosted the entrepreneurial 
spirit of Maxim and after 1 month finishing the training he decided to launch his business idea – magazine and supplements for the magazine on CD and online. 
Maxim Polomoshnov
Aurika Zamfir
After GET-IT training decided to follow her mother entrepreneur and started to work in the family company producing Russian souvenirs.
The whole is greater 
than the sum of the individual parts!
Data
1 927 th. p. - young, retired and etc
2 625 th. p. - working
      29 th. p. - unemployed