The presentation of the finalists of the second Minsk regional festival of student business companies will be held on May 11, BelTA learned from the Education Department of the Minsk Regional Executive Committee.

In total, 42 business companies representing general secondary education institutions from the Minsk and Brest oblasts, as well as seven business companies from institutions of vocational and secondary specialized education, applied for participation in the festival. The directions of their activities are diverse: growing agricultural products, making souvenirs, organizing excursion activities, manufacturing joinery products, garments, products for household needs, printing services.

According to the decision of the expert group, 27 business companies will be represented in the final of the festival. In the Minsk Regional Institute for the Development of Education (Minsk, P. Glebki, 88) during the booth presentation on May 11, their participants will talk about their activities, demonstrate the produced goods or rendered services. On the same day from 12.00 to 14.00 the festival will be able to visit all comers and get acquainted with business companies, purchase the products or services they sell.

Last year 22 companies were represented in the final stage. Along with the goods and services provided, students demonstrated their business plans, staffing, job descriptions of employees, as well as calculations reflecting the financial result of companies' work. Young entrepreneurs then exchanged experience, met with representatives of business structures, attended trainings and master classes.

Promotion of business and creative initiative of students in the field of entrepreneurial activity, development and implementation of business ideas and projects is the main goal of the second festival of student business companies. Its organizers are the Education Department of the Minsk Oblast Executive Committee and the Minsk Regional Institute for the Development of Education.

The first business companies were established in the educational institutions of the Minsk region in the 2011/2012 academic year. In the 2016/2017 academic year, 137 student business companies operate in the central region.