On September 15, Vitebsk / Sergey Kochetov - BELTA /. The introduction of a single exchange rate creates prerequisites for the intensification of the investment process, including with the participation of domestic investors. This opinion was expressed in an interview with a BELTA correspondent by Leonid Shur, Director of the Centre for Entrepreneurship Support and Technology Transfer of Vitebsk Business Centre LLC. The ability to freely purchase currency will be appreciated by both economic entities and ordinary citizens. Moreover, predicting an increase in investment activity, Leonid Shur is confident that it is primarily necessary to talk about domestic investors, to whom every person with available funds, even small ones, can refer. "Ultimately, it is not a single exchange rate that determines our lives; we ourselves shape and fill it with appropriate content," emphasized the head of the Vitebsk Business Centre. The declaration of 2011 as the Year of Entrepreneurship does not mean that everyone must become an entrepreneur, but we must show initiative and realize the emerging opportunities, relying on our own strengths, believes Leonid Shur. For this, it is necessary to invest in oneself - in education, in health, to put money not only in banks, but also, where possible, to invest in new businesses. Of course, for this, one must study the market, look for or create new needs, engage in innovation, but this is entrepreneurship, which allows one to emerge victorious even from a difficult situation. "The introduction of a single exchange rate has become a kind of line, after which we must realize for ourselves that only an active life position allows us to make life better around us and in the country as a whole," summarized Leonid Shur. -0-

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