ASTANA, 23 December – Novosty-Kazakhstan IA. Business service centers will be opened in all regional centers of Kazakhstan till the end of 2013, the head of the Development Fund “Damu” Entrepreneurship Lyazzat Ibragimov at a briefing on Monday.

“In 2013, we opened business service centers in nine regional centers. During this and next week, before 31 December we will open the remaining seven centers,” Ibragimov said.

President of Kazakhstan on Friday ordered the government to finalize measures to support small and medium-sized businesses, which, in his opinion, presently is insufficient.

The head of “Damu” told that the fourth set of changes in the “Roadmap of business” is under consideration by the Government. “The program is changing, improving, and meets the challenges that exist in Kazakhstan”, she said.

In addition, she said that in next year the total amount of subsidies to entrepreneurs will be increased. “The government, knowing the success of this program and seeing the need of entrepreneurs, has allocated a record amount – 32 billion tenge,” Ibragimov said.

Source: http://newskaz.ru/economy/20131223/5941823.html