S&T Country Report - Albania - WBC-INCO Net

Activities of RASME in 2006:
• Mentoring for existing and planned SMEs: 82 SMEs (20 mentor-hours for
single SME);
• Consultancy services organized for 1560 SMEs;
• Trainings and seminars: 208 implemented for more than 2000 participants;
• Education, trainings and seminars focusing on different topics related to SME
development: 56 seminars for 1323 participants;
• Monitoring of SMEs supported by RASME;
• Development of business incubators (programme supported by the
Government of Norway);
• Training for entrepreneurs in tourism sector (programme supported by the
GTZ, Germany);
• Organization of international fair “Business Base 2006” (Belgrade, 29.11.-
02.12.2006);
• Participation and support to entrepreneurial fairs on regional and local level;
• Promotional campaigns in cooperation with the regional network of agencies
for support of SMEs;
• Publication: “SMEs News” (12 issues, 2 000 000 copies);
• Following projects implemented:
• “Territorial marketing: key players, strategies and instruments for
planning regional development” (project with Bologna province, Italy);
• “Support for enterprise and entrepreneurship development in Serbia”
(project with European Agency for Reconstruction);
• “Development of private sector” (project with ATA, Netherlands);
• “Building capacities of RASME” (joint project with Government of
Japan);
• “Internationalization of cluster in Toscana toward Serbia” (project with
Toscana, Italy);
• “Technical assistance for RASME” (financed by the Government of
Spain);
• “Programme for development of SMEs in Serbia” ( in cooperation with
the Government of Greece); and
• “Local economic development in Balkan area” (financed by the
Government of Denmark).
Main activity of RASME in 2007 is launching of the new programme, defined as
support for start-up of new companies. In total 2507 applications has filled and 1507
start-up loans are approved. RASME will continue with similar programmes in 2008.
Websites of regional and local agencies of RASME: Belgrade:
http://www.mspbg.co.yu; Kragujevac: http://www.smerakg.co.yu; Kruševac:
http://www.mspks.co.yu, Niš: http://www.ranmsp.co.yu; Zrenjanin:
http://www.rcrbanat.co.yu; Zaječar: http://www.msp-timok.co.yu; Novi Sad: http://
www.almamons.co.yu; Novi Pazar: http://www.seda.org.yu; Subotica:
http://www.smer.subotica.info; Užice: http://www.mspue.co.yu; Sombor:
http://www.sora.co.yu; Leskovac: not available; Vranje: http://www.aimcentar.com;
Šabac: not available.
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