On November 20, 2013 concluding venue of the year in Belarusian franchising - practical conference “Business setting up and development. Franchising technology”. The conference was conducted in Minsk in the framework of Global Entrepreneurship Week in Belarus.
Advanced seminar was held on September 11, 2013 in Klichev (Mogilev region) with 22 people. The most of audience was youth. In seminar participated students of Klichev state agricultural college (3rd year of study) and Klichev interschool educational and industrial establishment for professional education and direction of Klichev district pupils. At seminar presented pupils of 11th course of school. Seminar identified that college students and pupils are more interested in economic web-sites than their age mates from Minsk and regional centers of Belarus and actively use e-mail. 
Roundtable in Lida (Grodno region) with 17 people was held on August 8, 2013, including chairman of Lida district executive committee Alexander Ostrovski. The topic was: “Development of industrial and service entrepreneurship in Lida region”. Reports were made by Vladimir Karyagin, Anatoli Gromadchenko, Lilia Koval, Leonid Mastugin (director of business – incubator “Apsel”, Co.). They told about role of business – associations in development of business and advocacy, problems of lease relations, dialogue between business and authority. Alexander Ostrovski paid attention of participants to possibility of business participation in regional programs of social and economic development and marked willingness of authorities to dialogue with business. June 26-27, 2013 in Belostok (Poland) will be held 17th Poland – Belarus Economic forum “Neighbourliness -2013”. Forum “Neighbourliness” – is annual, general discussion about state of economic relations between Poland and Belarus, commodity circulation, investment conditions, bank and insurance service, customs issues, and also about possibilities and risks for business, acknowledged platform for opinions and experience exchange, place for business contacts establishment and development.
