The article considers the importance of entrepreneurship development both for the region and for the country as a whole. The relevance of digitalization in Belarus is described. Some results of a questionnaire survey conducted with the participation of the author of small and medium-sized businesses of the Vitebsk region to study problems and necessary directions of regional entrepreneurship development were analyzed, carried out within the framework of the international technical assistance project. The necessity and prerequisites of creating a digital platform within which the management bodies interact with entrepreneurs are justified. The main goals of digital business platform creation, its ecosystem and main functions are presented, the conclusion on expediency of business platform functioning is made.

The article substantiates the need for the development of an entrepreneurial ecosystem, considers a mechanism for supporting young initiative people, taking into account the life cycle of a small enterprise, gives a characteristic of a digital platform as a way of cooperation between science, education and innovative entrepreneurship.

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The article analyzed the definition of the entrepreneurial ecosystem, proposed the author's definition of the category "entrepreneurial ecosystem." The influence of the fourth industrial revolution on the activities of business entities and the entrepreneurial ecosystem is considered. A model of a comprehensive assessment of the level of development of the entrepreneurial ecosystem of the region in the context of the fourth industrial revolution is presented, including a methodology for determining the level of development of entrepreneurship and the level of development of the entrepreneurial ecosystem, as well as a survey of small businesses. The need to determine the priority activities of the region for the development of entrepreneurship is justified, which, together with the data on the development of the entrepreneurial ecosystem, will allow focusing on the points of growth of the region.