Project 2: Making formal presentations
Work in groups and find out as much information about parts of Kazakhstan on manufacturing, business, agriculture, and other information concerning the field of research. Then make a presentation of your findings in class. You are given a sample how to make your research and findings.
| Semey (former name of Semipalatinsk)is a city in the northeastern part of Kazakhstan. Semey was center of big region province- Semipalatinsk oblast. Near the 500 000 people live in city and around 200 000 in region. The main directions of the economy: - Mining - Metallurgy - Construction Industry - Mechanical engineering and metal working - Energy - Food processing, light industry - Timber Industry - Flour and cereals and feed mill. Core enterprises: JSC "Cement Plant" families ", LLP" Kazpoligraf "AB" ICF "Alel, Inc." AEC Shulbinsk HPP " The main types of manufactured industrial products: coal, electricity, heat, raw gold, silica brick, vodka, liquor-vodka products, canned meats, bread and bakery products. Availability of agricultural producers as of January 1, 2008: 11 farms, 388 operating farms, 33,2 thousand personal subsidiary farms. Sown area of crops for harvest in 2007 amounted to 5.4 thousand hectares., Including cereals occupy 0.7 hectares., Potatoes - 2,5 thousand hectares., Vegetables - 1,1 thousand hectares. For the year 2007 produced 0.4 thousand tons of grain, 41.8 tons of potatoes, 20.4 thousand tons of vegetables, melons, 13,1 thousand tons of meat (live weight), 30.5 tons milk 110,886.6 thousand eggs. According to preliminary data at the beginning of January 2008 number of cattle amounted to 39,6 thousand heads, sheep and goats - 158,4 thousand heads, pigs - 9,2 thousand heads, -12.9 thousand head of horses, birds - 899.3 thousand heads. Scheduled number of workers for large and medium-sized enterprises, including branches, and regardless of the number of all health care organizations, government, public, banking and insurance for January-December 2007 amounted to an average of 59,301 people, average nominal salary/wages amounted to 38,839 tenge. The volume of industrial production (without the data of the household sector) for 2007 amounted to 60,165.4 million tenge. There are more than 8 micro-credit organizations to provide financial support to consulting and financial services to small and medium-sized businesses. Over 2007 micro-credit organizations of the city prokreditovano 5611 borrowers in the total amount of 1598.0 million tenge. During 2007, issued 65 permits for the reconfiguration of apartments in residential buildings under the organization of business, including 21 granted permission to open shops, 4 - computer shops, 13 - Offices, 9 - pharmacies, 3 - cafe 5 permits issued for health clinics, 7 permits issued for the interiors, one permit shall be issued for the opening of the bank and the notary's office. Small businesses were granted 35 government acts for the right to use land. To organize the business small businesses transferred 3 object of public property, 2 sites in trust with the subsequent transfer of property, and 1 object - for rent. As at 1 January 2008 recorded 3047 small business, which is 5,0% more than the corresponding date last year. For the year 2007 set up 2400 new jobs, or 133.3% compared to 2006. And at the end of 2007 in the small and medium-sized businesses employ over 30 000 people. During January-December 2007, small businesses produced goods (works, services) in the amount of 10,2 billion tenge, which is 15,7% higher than in 2006, including small businesses produced industrial products in the amount of 4,1 billion tenge, which amounted to 119,9% by 2006. Expanded their production activities: - LLC «Alkon» - is mounting and installation of technological equipment for processing of crops; - Security agency «Salang» - a production of garments LLP «garment factory« Salang »; individual entrepreneur Ismagambetov-ES - Manufacture of ceramic bricks in TOO «Irgis», which produced experimental batches of ceramic bricks; - PC «Corund» - a new production line for dressing sheepskin. Work is under way to introduce international quality standards ISO 9000 in partnership with limited liability «Murager», «Aser», «Intelkabel», «Valeas», «Semipalatinsk Plant oils», «EAST INDUSTRU COMPANY LTD». In order to improve the infrastructure of small business and in accordance with the akimat of East Kazakhstan region of 18 April 2007 ¹ 88 «On establishment of the East-Kazakhstan regional center for business development» in g.Semey 9 August 2007, a presentation of the industrial zone «Өíä³ð³ñ». Economic Council of East-Kazakhstan region approved three investment projects for inclusion in the industrial zone, including: - The construction of greenhouses for the production of vegetable products »IP« Imanov GT »; - Construction of production for production of building materials and the Automobile »FE« Kazangapov BT »; - Organization of production and wall cladding material from vitrofira power 100,0 thousand cubic meters per year »Ltd.« Saule ». In the insurance business there are 9 insurance companies ( «UlarUmyt», «Kurmet», «People's savings», «Atameken», «Dynasty», «Dynasty Netvort», «Trade Alliance», etc.). To provide information services (Internet) operates in two Business Center. In March 2007, the city opened Family Business Center ul.Internatsionalnaya, 23 where 10 small businesses provided space and sales area for business. In order to prevent the illegal inspections of business entities controlling bodies providing oversight and monitoring functions, seminars, round tables, meetings of entrepreneurs and managers of the controlling bodies. The order of akim of the city of 5 February 2007 a working group for removing administrative barriers to enterprise development. Developed and approved a plan for the working group. In 2007, four meetings of the working group Decision akimat city from 1 September 2006 number 1085 set up the Expert Council on Entrepreneurship. A 6 of the Expert Council. A commission to enhance the association of private enterprise. An accreditation of a public association of small and medium-sized businesses «Adlet». For information and training for small business on the basis of existing infrastructure facilities are conducted training seminars and courses for entrepreneurs and emerging small businesses. |