WELCOME TO TARTU !

Tartu Business Advisory Services Foundation Piret Arusaar - manager Asso Uibo – investor consultant

General Facts Tartu County Tartu County lies between southern and central Estonia, between two big lakes –Peipsi and Võrtsjärv. Area 3089 sq km Population 149,500 ( ; 3rd in Estonia) Administrative centre - City of Tartu 22 local governments - 3 towns and 19 rural municipalities Tartu County – ca companies and 3300 self-employed persons registered. Tartu is the services and logistics centre for the whole of South Estonia. Typical products are furniture, foodstuffs, clothes, building materials, glass, metal and plastics + new innovative ITC sector. Main export countries include Finland,Sweden Germany, Latvia and Russia.

Tartu – University City Research and education centre Centre of Sothern-Estonia Education in Tartu Schools of general education – 26 (ca students) Vocational education institutions – 5 (ca 3500 students) Higher educational institutions – 12 (ca students) Incl. University of Tartu, the Estonian University of Life and the Baltic Defence College.

Business Support Organizations in Tartu Tartu Business Advisory Services Foundation Tartu Science Park Foundation – innovation activities + incubation services Tartu County Tourism Foundation Chamber of Commerce and Tartu Biotechnology Park (TBP) Industry (Tartu office) biotechnology, medicine and veterinary medicine The Creative Industries Centre of Tartu – development centre of creative industries in Tartu and in the region of South-Estonia, incubator services for creative businesses

Business Support Organizations in Tartu Regional Office of Enterprise Estonia – EU programmes, advice, partnership opportunities and training Tartu University Institute of Technology – research and development institution, which aims to facilitate the generation of new technological solutions University of Tartu Centre for Entrepreneurship - to organize and coordinate educational, research, development and tutorial activities in the field of entrepreneurship and innovation processes in the university

Tartu Business Advisory Services Foundation  is operating as a regional development centre (Tartu)  main aim is to strengthen the competitive ability of Tartu County and fostering its development  is your main partner to start and grow your business in Tartu region  is a partner in the network of regional development centres

Development Network of Estonia  Nationwide network ! 15 regional development centres  United competences ! over 100 consultants ( incl. regional investor consultants)

Tartu Business Advisory Services Foundation Fields of activity:  Business development  Investment promotion incentives / investor services  Young entrepreneurship incentives - increasing the share of young people in business  Supporting capability of NGO and public sector  Regional development projects We have linked 4 areas of activities in order to achieve this:  consultations  County development projects / business, non-governmental sector, public sector  training  information services

Tartu Business Advisory Services Foundation Target groups :  Start-up companies  Operating companies  Potential investors  Non-governmental organisations  Local governments  Entrepreneural young people ( age 14 – 19)

Tartu Region – challenge for business professionals Tartu BAS Services for start-up c/o and running businesses Free consultation services in Business idea evaluation, foundation Drafting the business plan Taxes and accountancy in business Marketing and sales Financial planning ( incl. Financial solutions) SME management and activity planning 2. Information services ( Structural Funds, subsidies, business consultants etc.) 3. Training

Tartu BAS Development projects in the fields of:  Decreasing unemployment and increasing entrepreneurship in the region ( ESF- funding)  Attracting new investors (‘Invest in Tartu Region’)  Supporting co-operation between local governments  Youth entrepreneurship Additionally :  Organising seminars and trainings  Preparing information materials  Marketing of success stories  Mentor-project to support start-up companies ( training course + mentoring)  etc.

Young people entrepreneurship  Co-ordination work from  Starting up and organising different projects and activities for the youngsters to initiative there creativity and entrepreneurship.

General information about Tartu BAS  Council – 6 members local governments Tartu County Government ( state) business organisation - 1 – representative of NGO - 1 – JCI ( Junior Chamber International)  Tartu BAS is operationg according to the ‘Tartu BAS development strategy 2011 – 2015’.  9 employees 3 – business consultants investor consultant NGO consultant training manager young entrepreneurial project manager assistant manager

Summary 2013 ( per year)  Consultation to... - Ca 650 start-ups - Ca 50 running c/o - Ca 150 NGOd Additionally:  In trainings and info-days ca 2600 persons  Applying start-up support ( positive answer) ca 60 projects

Fly or fall? Fly or fall? Budget 2013  TOTAL: EUR Enterprise Estonia: ca 80% ( state) Tartu city + local gov 11 % Services+ projects 9 %

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