In municipal districts and urban districts of the Republic of Bashkortostan, deputy heads in charge of the development and support of entrepreneurship ("business sheriffs") have been identified, acting as personal assistants (guides) for entrepreneurs.

Business Sheriffs provide consistent support to entrepreneurs in the implementation of their initiatives (projects) in cooperation with the existing business support infrastructure, financial institutions and republican executive authorities to provide financial and non-financial support measures, obtain banking products, solve infrastructure and other issues of interest.
Export Support Center of the Republic of Bashkortostan (hereinafter - ESC) involves business sheriffs in working with existing exporters and companies with export potential.
The ESC initiated targeted work with business sheriffs of all municipal districts and urban districts: during the spread of coronavirus infection, online meetings were initiated in the format of An Hour with a Business Sheriff, at which participants were told about the tools of state support for export-oriented enterprises provided by the State Committee of the Republic of Bashkortostan for Foreign Economic Relations, ESC and REC.
Business sheriffs were provided with information about companies located/registered in their municipalities that are already engaged in export activities or have export potential.
After the aggregation of information, business sheriffs work with all companies on the problems of their activities and growth points:
- What problems do exporters face?
- What kind of help do they need?
- What support measures are missing?

The ESC receives information from business sheriffs about companies with export potential, but currently not covered by support measures and not yet included in the coverage of the ESC activities, after which it begins targeted work with these enterprises.
To optimize communication, a joint chat of the ESC and business sheriffs has been created in the messenger, in which the ESC publishes interesting and important information on export activities, and business sheriffs distribute it in their social media accounts, in which regional producers subscribe to them, thereby ensuring high awareness of companies about the possibilities of export activities.

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