SARIO výročná správa 2009 SARIO Annual Report 2009

and opportunities for co-financing projects aimed at research and development
from public funds (from the state budget as well as SF EU). It also includes further
information on state aid, listing of real estate in the SARIO database, searching
for subcontractors, and obtaining information on obtaining non-repayable
contribution from the structural funds.
In 2009, a daily information service on the current political and economic life
in Slovakia was provided by sending a “Daily media monitor” to 111 established
foreign investors.
Last year a survey was carried out among established investors in the area
of aftercare in order to determine their level of satisfaction with the business
environment in Slovakia and the SARIO services in which the established
companies are interested. The survey showed that investors are interested in
information about the possibilities of obtaining funds to support their business
activities and the creation of a list of the so-called reliable companies, based on
good experiences and references from other investors.
Assessment of expenditure on foreign business trips
In 2009, the FDI section presented seminars to the Slovak investment and business
environment in several investment forums that were organised by foreign
chambers of commerce, embassies and industry associations (see Annex).
Real estate and regional offices
The Department of Real Estate and Regional Offices of the FDI section (DRERO)
worked in the regions to fulfil its main activity, which is to identify and actively
search for the best sites for investors, provide expert advice on the investment
environment in regions and update information on the business environment and
real estate prices. Regional agents processed real estate offers from the database
based on the requirements of potential investors, accompanied them during real
estate visits and meetings with owners of real estate or their representatives,
and provided them with interpreting services, intermediation of meetings with
relevant institutions and offices and provided information about the region. The
Department of Regional Offices provided a more efficient and transparent form of
real estate offer. In the past year, all missing data in the real estate database was
completed and updated.
Regional agents processed the necessary data about their region and actively
addressed the owners of real estate. In 2009, they registered 201 new real estate
listings and updated existing data; some listings were removed from the database
because they had been sold or were invalid. The total number of registered
various industrial buildings, lands, production halls, industrial parks and
offices is 659.
In addition, DRERO processed and completed the Brownfield database. This
continuously updated database will serve as the basis for the forthcoming
National Strategy for Brownfield Redevelopment. In this project, regional
managers cooperated with the Slovak Environmental Agency (SEA) to create
a digital form of Brownfield in individual regions, which was subsequently
transferred to the Information System of Environmental Burdens (ISEB) in
graphical and tabular form.
A database of municipal plans of towns and municipalities was created, and 246
maps were obtained in digital form from available sources.
In 2009, DRERO worked on preparing the launch of the partial charging of
selected services in the area of real estate by SARIO based on the concept
submitted and approved by the Ministry of Economy of the SR.
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