S&T Country Report - Albania - WBC-INCO Net
S&T Country Report - Albania - WBC-INCO Net
S&T Country Report - Albania - WBC-INCO Net
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- SPARK (formerly ATA - The Academic Training Association) is financing<br />
BSC Kragujevac and BSC Kosovo under a four-year grant of the Dutch<br />
Government;<br />
- Swiss Development Corporation was funding e.g. the establishment of an<br />
enterprise development centre in Novi Pazar;<br />
- SEED (part of IFC) funded business development services;<br />
- EBRD funded legal framework support;<br />
- World Bank funded Export Credit Agency which will provide export credit<br />
insurance, working capital loans and guarantees and exporter performance<br />
insurance;<br />
- Previously the EDEP was also one of the main supporters of the SME<br />
development. The project was implemented by ECORYS Nederland BV (NL)<br />
in partnership with Enterprise plc. (UK) and FACET BV (NL).<br />
The major donor of the SME development and entrepreneurial support in<br />
UNMIK/Kosovo are: European Agency for Reconstruction (EAR), UNDP, GTZ<br />
(Germany), European Fund for South East Europe (EFSE), SOROS, SËIS-<br />
Corporation, SPARK (formerly ATA), USAID-CKBS, AGEF, KFË, EBRD, Department<br />
for International Development (DFID) (United Kingdom), Organization for Security<br />
and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).<br />
2 Existing Innovation Infrastructures in Serbia<br />
2.1 Key Government Players<br />
2.1.1. Key Government Players in Serbia<br />
Name: Ministry of Economy and Regional Development (MERD)<br />
Contact: Bulevar Kralja Aleksandra 15, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia<br />
Email: Not available<br />
Website: http://www.mpriv.sr.gov.yu/<br />
The Ministry of Economy and Regional Development has a leading role in SMEs and<br />
entrepreneurship.<br />
According to the ‘Enterprise Policy Development in the Western Balkans: a report on<br />
the implementation of the European Charter for Small Enterprises (2007)’, the SME<br />
Department within the Ministry of Economy has a clear co-ordination structure and an<br />
inter-ministerial SME-Council was recently established. Nevertheless, there is<br />
relatively limited co-ordination between the Ministry of Economy and the<br />
Government’s SME implementing entity, the Republic Agency for the Development<br />
Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and Entrepreneurship (RASME).<br />
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