357 stagnant economic units benefited from the support of Omid Entrepreneurship Fund in the country
According to IRNA’s reporter, Dr. Nematullah Rezaei on Thursday during his visit to the Mashhad Innovation Factory added to reporters: According to the agreement with the First Vice President, it was decided that the entrepreneurship fund will support a thousand economic units, including half-finished units and stagnant units. to put the semi-stagnant units that operate with less than 50% of their production capacity on the agenda.
He continued: In this regard, so far 357 semi-completed, stagnant and semi-stagnant economic units have been supported by Omid Entrepreneurship Fund, and more than 624 billion Tomans of facilities have been paid to these economic units.
Rezaei said: In this way, 2,700 billion tomans of stagnant or semi-active capital has been circulated in the country and entered the production cycle, and 7,960 new jobs have been created.
The Managing Director of Omid Entrepreneurship Fund further stated: Out of the total number of economic units revived in the country, 24 units are located in Razavi Khorasan, for which 32 billion and 900 million Tomans of facilities were paid, thus creating employment for 219 people.
Dr. Rezaei added: The process of revitalizing economic units continues and it is hoped that the target set in this field will be achieved by the end of this year.
Support of Omid Entrepreneurship Fund for 64 thousand projects in the 13th government
The Managing Director of Omid Entrepreneurship Fund continued: In the first year of the popular government, from September last year to September this year, Omid Entrepreneurship Fund has supported 64,000 projects and created 175,000 jobs across the country, among which Khorasan Razavi has the largest share. has a population
Dr. Rezaei stated that the field of activity of the Omid Entrepreneurship Fund is in rural and deprived areas and added: This year, this fund intends to pay 10 thousand billion tomans of facilities for this purpose.
He continued: In this regard, since the beginning of this year, 33,000 projects in rural and deprived areas from all over the country have been supported by the Entrepreneurship Fund, and with the payment of more than 5,200 billion Tomans, about 100,000 people have been employed. Rural areas are provided.
This official pointed out: 1,700 projects supported by the Omid Entrepreneurship Fund in the rural areas related to Razavi Khorasan, for which the amount of 280 billion Tomans was paid and thus 2,000 direct jobs were created.
The creation of the innovation factory was established through a memorandum of understanding concluded in 2017 between Mashhad Municipality and the Vice President for Science and Technology.
In the space of Mashhad Innovation Factory, there are 23 booths for the establishment of companies and 580 square meters of shared workspace for the establishment of startups, and support and welfare facilities such as a coffee shop, dining hall, conference hall and training classes are designed and equipped according to users.
Mashhad municipality was able to turn the old factory into an innovation factory and a place for the activities of accelerators and startups, which has spent 100 billion tomans to restore this old factory.