On the 10th of December, 2014, the 2nd International Conference “Moscow Contractual System: Government and Business against Corruption” organised by the Moscow Government (Department for Competition Policy) and IBLF Russia, was held in Moscow.

GROWTH EXPERIENCE week, a unique international event dedicated to mentoring in entrepreneurship and youth entrepreneurship was held from the 1st till the 5th of December in Moscow and Rostov-on-Don.

On the 1st of December the press conference dedicated to the opening of the international events week GROWTH EXPERIENCE organised by the Chamber of Industry and Commerce of the Russian Federation, IBLF and Russian Ministry of Economic Development was held at the premises of the Chamber.

Boris Tkachenko, Head of the IBLF Russia“Youth Business Russia” Programme Manager Boris Tkachenko participated as a key spiker at the Mongolian Entrepreneurship Summit 2014 on 10-11 November.

On the 11^th of September, press conference on the launch of the Youth Business Russia (YBR) Programme in Krasnodar Region was held in the offices of RBC Krasnodar branch.

The year is drawing to a close and we would like to thank our mentors for all of their support in 2014. This newsletter Startup Direct go abroad and Vanessa Eardley shares her thoughts on mentoring.