The forum will include Franchisors Fair of the SCO and BRICS, Interregional Exchange of Business Contacts, a number of round tables and panel discussions, presentations of investment projects in the region, visiting enterprises.

The organizers noted that the regions of the SCO and BRICS member states accrued significant experience to support small businesses and the forum will serve to spread best practices.

The forum will also create efficient dialogue platform among business circles of member states to exchange experience in legislative and financial support of businesses, forming mechanisms and tools to promote interregional innovative an d investment projects.

It is expected that the forum will adopt resolution and recommendations on efficient tools of supporting small businesses, creating favourable conditions to development of the sector, etc.