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entrepreneurs with sound business ideas and SMEs. “ENTRANSE 2007” Project
defines the following objectives:
a) Support to business incubators;
b) Institutional building of institutions responsible for SME development;
c) Support business and innovation networking activities (Clusters, IRC); and
d) Ensure knowledge transfer, monitoring and evaluation.
Within the programme, following results have been achieved: BIC Niš, Business
Incubator Zrenjanin, Business Incubator Subotica were created in partnership with
AP Vojvodina Council; the field market research “Entranse on Tour“ was compiled;
the Entranse training package prepared; procedures and tools developed (e.g. legal
tools, contracting system, criteria and procedures for selection the potential tenants,
etc) and the National Programme concept developed and approved.
- IFC/PEP Southeast Europe is part of IFC (International Finance Corporation),
World Bank Group. The programme operates in Albania, Bosnia and Hercegovina,
the FYR Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro and was formally launched in July 2005
and has been established for an initial period of five years.
The Private Enterprise Partnership for Southeast Europe (PEP-SE) is catalyzing
private sector development from a platform of four operational programs:
• Alternative Dispute Resolution;
• Corporate Governance;
• International Technical Standards and Regulations; and
• Recycling Linkages.
PEP-SE's private sector development programmes are co-financed by following
countries: Austria, Canada, IFC, Netherlands, Norway, Slovenia, and Switzerland.
For more information, please visit: http://www.ifc.org/pepse.
- Joint Project of Institution Building of Ministry of International Economic
Relations (Joint Project)
The project is funded by the British and Swedish governments. Through
strengthening capacities of the Ministry of Economy and the Republic Agency for the
Development Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and Entrepreneurship, the project
will strengthen sectorial institutional capacities and operational capacities for the
purpose of facilitating development and coordinating administrative sector structures
with the aim of planning and managing external funds in the line ministries.
- Serbian Enterprise Development Project (SEDP) programme
In this Programme, industry experts provide targeted technical assistance to
individual firms and clusters in industries such as Fruit and Fruit Juice, ICT, Tourism,
Textiles and Wood Furniture – focusing on productivity enhancement, export
development, industry competitiveness, adding value to product portfolios and linking
firms to international markets and suppliers. Final results will include greater incomes
for firms and individuals along the marketing chain, increases in productivity, job
creation, higher output of export and import substitution products and, ultimately,
higher revenues for the Government of Serbia. A corollary result will be expanded
ties with other countries of Southeast Europe through direct linkages among clusters.
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