On April 23, at 10:00, the Omsk Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Omsky Biocluster member) together with the Omsk Branch of the Siberian State Bank of Russia will hold a training seminar for SMEs on the topic 'Minimum Knowledge Standards for the Digital Economy. Training Entrepreneurs' within the Action Plan for 2019. 
The head of the Certification Division of the Omsk Reference Center of the Rosselkhoznadzor (Omsky Biocluster member) on April 10 - 11 attended advanced training courses at the Eurasian Information and Education Center (Rostov-on-Don) and took part in the practical training 'Conformity assessment of products and services in the Eurasian Economic Union.' 
April 10 - 13 VDNH (Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy) became the venue for the Moscow International Salon of Education (MISE). This is the largest event in the educational sector of Russia: an open forum and the largest in the country exhibition of new educational technologies, infrastructure and intellectual solutions. The salon is a platform for the development of a dialogue between the educational and expert communities, government institutions and business on topical issues of the present and future… 
Last years, there has been a change in the priorities of Russian demand for food: people pay special attention to factors such as usefulness, nutrition and, especially, product safety. This was announced at a plenary meeting in the Russian State Duma by the President of the Association 'Greenhouses of Russia' Alexei Sitnikov. 
Denis Manturov, the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia, during his speech in the Federation Council (the Russian parliament upper chamber) said that the Ministry does not plan to initiate changes to the mechanism for subsidizing discounts on Russian agricultural equipment under Resolution No. 1432. This decision is explained by the high efficiency of the program. 
A 1.2% decline in herds of pigs was noted in the EU during 2018. The total number of pigs reaches 148 million heads, according to a Eurostat report. Most of this decline is due to a 4% fall in Germany, along with a 7% decrease in the number of pigs in Poland. However, the growth of livestock is observed in Spain and France. 
The volume of online sales of food and ready-made food for the year has doubled, due to residents of large cities. Moscow became the leader of orders, accounting for 45% of the market. St. Petersburg is in second place with 10%, according to the Association of E-commerce Companies.
For the second year in a row, the Association for the Development of Clusters and Technology Parks of Russia within the framework of collaboration with the Italian Trade Agency (Moscow Branch) organizes a business mission to Italy to participate in the Innovation and High Technologies Lab (BIAT). This year, Omsky Biocluster took part in the events.