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• Examining the impact of legal and other acts on small and medium sized
enterprises development;
• Preparing educational programs for entrepreneurs;
• Making projects and care about organization of regional and local centres for
SMEs development; and
• Proposing and providing realization of special programs for stimulation of
SMEs development (franchising, leasing, venture capital, technological parks,
incubators, etc.).
Institutional support to SMEs and entrepreneurship development; Elaboration and
improvement of systematic preconditions, having an impact on faster SMEs and
entrepreneurship development; Creation of development and researching projects,
which will enable recognition of further strategic directions for SMEs and
entrepreneurship development; Education and knowledge acquirement support as
one of the main factors for economy development and Promotion of the importance
of SME and entrepreneurship development represent the mission of the Agency.
During 2007, the work on Life–long Entrepreneurship Learning Strategy, which is
coordinated by SMEDA and elaborated by Ministry of Education and Science,
Employment Agency, Faculty of Economy, Union of Employers and Centre for NVO
development, will be completed.
The Directorate for Development of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEDA) is
implementing following Institutional support projects, but no information when
compiling the report was available:
• Establishing local/regional business centres;
• Forming business incubators; and
• Forming cluster.
In order to fulfil successfully all the requirements form the Strategy on incentive of
export stimulation in the area, the implementation of which is assigned to the
Directorate, the document “Competition and export encouragement” – strategic and
operational plan” has been prepared. The document includes measures and activities
aimed to promoting and encouraging exports of Montenegrin enterprises. Within the
project „Entrepreneurship encouragement”, which was carried out from February to
December 2006, the Directorate in cooperation with commercial banks, approved 92
projects altogether, which amount to EUR 3.056.900.
Name: Ministry of Education and Science (MoES)
Contact: Rimski trg 46, 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro
Email: mpin@cg.yu
Website: http://www.vlada.cg.yu/eng/minprosv/
The Ministry of Education and Science (MoES) is the main research funding body in
Montenegro. It follows the Republic of Montenegro’s long-term requirements for
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