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A Master Plan for Developing and Harmonizing the Official Statistics of Montenegro
for 2006 – 2008 has been prepared, stating Monstat’s priorities and obligations, while
new organisation and systematisation act of Monstat is under preparation, in
accordance with the aforementioned Master Plan, with obligations which Monstat has
in the process of integration into the European statistical system (methodology,
classification, standards), as well as with obligations of Montenegro as an
independent state.
Montenegro has established a well-structured and well-funded SME agency
(Directorate for Development of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises - SMEDA), but
lags behind on improving the regulatory environment, particularly in relation to the
role of local administrations and human resource development dimensions. Human
capacity building is carried out following an analysis on realization of the public
administration reform. The newly established Human Resource Management
Administration and the Project ″strengthening capacities for human recourses
management - PARiM CB″ organise trainings for civil servants and employees who
work in public administration.
Cooperation with representatives of more international institutions is intensified:
European Agency for Reconstruction (EAR), Organization for European Security and
Cooperation (OEBS), World Bank, Foundation Institute for Open Society (office in
Podgorica), United Nation Development Programme (UNDP), Konrad-Adenauer
Stiftung, the Embassy of the Republic of Greece, Ecole Nationale d'Administration
(ENA), USAID/CHECCHI Company Consulting Inc. There is also an intensive
cooperation with prestigeous French school for public administartion (ENA) and a
portugese institute for public administartion (INA), Administrative Academy of the
Republic of Slovenia, Human Resources Management Agency of the Republic of
Serbia, with whom the exchange of practice and experiences from the area of
managing and functioning of public administration is being capitalized. Human
Resources Management Authority signed a Protocol on cooperation in creating a
Regional School for Public Administration (ReSPA) (representatives from Serbia,
FYR of Macedonia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Kosovo/UNMIK and
Montenegro) with a view of improving the regional cooperation in field of public
administration as well as strengthening administrative capacities in countries of the
Western Balkans.
Montenegro’s period of implementing the 2002-06 SME strategy recently ended. It
saw considerable implementation in areas such as institutional support and
enhancement of domestic enterprises’ competitiveness. A new strategy has been
adopted for 2007-10, the budget is in place and the main pillars include ten clearly
defined strategic goals, such as regulating the system for statistical reporting on the
SME sector and strengthening financial support for SME development. Discussions
with private sector representatives on the scope of the strategy are ongoing.
The Government of Montenegro (GoM) and the private sector (business
associations) have collaborated to create a policy framework fostering
competitiveness and export growth. SME competitiveness programmes fall under the
export promotion programmes of Directorate for Development of Small and Mediumsized
Enterprises (SMEDA). Collaborating with the Montenegrin Business
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