Strategies of the Development of Entrepreneurship and SME
Strategies of the Development of Entrepreneurship and SME
Strategies of the Development of Entrepreneurship and SME
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3.4.4. <strong>SME</strong> SUPPORT INFRASTRUCTUREThe Council for <strong>Development</strong> <strong>of</strong> Small <strong>and</strong> Medium Enterprises <strong>and</strong><strong>Entrepreneurship</strong> was established by <strong>the</strong> decision <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Government <strong>of</strong> Republic <strong>of</strong> Serbia,No. 05-02-7692/2006 dated 17. August 2006. (Official Gazette No.69/06). The Council’s tasksare to discuss, monitor <strong>and</strong> analyses <strong>the</strong> situation in <strong>the</strong> field <strong>of</strong> small <strong>and</strong> medium enterprises<strong>and</strong> entrepreneurship, to give suggestions, opinions, initiatives <strong>and</strong> expert explanations oncreating <strong>and</strong> carrying <strong>the</strong> support policy for small <strong>and</strong> medium enterprises development <strong>and</strong>conditions improvement for foundation <strong>and</strong> operations <strong>of</strong> small <strong>and</strong> medium enterprises <strong>and</strong>entrepreneurship. The Council is also expected to follow <strong>and</strong> initiate <strong>the</strong> activities amongministries, that is, <strong>the</strong> Ministry <strong>and</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r organizations <strong>and</strong> institutions. The members <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>Council are <strong>the</strong> appointed representatives <strong>of</strong> ministries <strong>of</strong>: economy, science <strong>and</strong> environment,labor, employment <strong>and</strong> social policy, finance, trade, tourism <strong>and</strong> services, education <strong>and</strong> sport,agriculture, forestry <strong>and</strong> waterpower as well as <strong>the</strong> representatives <strong>of</strong> Chamber <strong>of</strong> Commerce<strong>of</strong> Serbia <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> Union <strong>of</strong> Serbian Employers.The Serbian Agency for <strong>the</strong> <strong>Development</strong> <strong>of</strong> Small <strong>and</strong> Medium-sizedEnterprises <strong>and</strong> <strong>Entrepreneurship</strong> was established by <strong>the</strong> Law <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Agency for<strong>Development</strong> <strong>of</strong> Small <strong>and</strong> Medium-sized Enterprises (Official Gazette 65/2001, as <strong>of</strong> 23November 2001) with <strong>the</strong> basic aim to support (assist, advise <strong>and</strong> protect) <strong>the</strong> development<strong>and</strong> interest <strong>of</strong> <strong>SME</strong> sector, which in long term should contribute to <strong>the</strong> harmonization <strong>of</strong>economic structure <strong>and</strong> faster economic development <strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong> Serbia. The main goal <strong>of</strong> Agency isto support <strong>the</strong> regional economic development <strong>and</strong> change <strong>of</strong> Serbian economic structure inorder to:• Solve unemployment problems more efficiently;• Substitute import <strong>and</strong> intensifying <strong>SME</strong>s competitiveness;• Stimulate various forms <strong>of</strong> cooperation with big enterprises;• Introduce modern technologies <strong>and</strong> enhance innovations (entrepreneurs incubators,innovative centres);• Utilize business premises <strong>and</strong> equipment more economically;• Quality upgrade; automation <strong>and</strong> computerisation etc.According to <strong>the</strong> Article 7 <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Law <strong>the</strong> main activities <strong>and</strong> m<strong>and</strong>ate <strong>of</strong> Agency are:• Participation in <strong>the</strong> preparation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> strategy <strong>of</strong> development <strong>and</strong> proposal <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>economic policy measures for <strong>the</strong> stimulation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> development <strong>of</strong> <strong>SME</strong>'s <strong>and</strong>entrepreneurs in cooperation with <strong>the</strong> competent ministry;• Preparation <strong>and</strong> performing <strong>the</strong> pr<strong>of</strong>essional assistance for <strong>the</strong> co-ordination <strong>of</strong> specialprograms <strong>and</strong> investment funds as well as for financial support for <strong>the</strong> stimulation <strong>of</strong>creation <strong>of</strong> new <strong>and</strong> development <strong>of</strong> existing <strong>SME</strong>s <strong>and</strong> entrepreneurs;• Performing <strong>the</strong> pr<strong>of</strong>essional assistance necessary for <strong>the</strong> realization <strong>of</strong> local <strong>and</strong> foreigninvestments in <strong>SME</strong>'s;• Performing pr<strong>of</strong>essional assistance necessary for improving <strong>the</strong> operation, <strong>the</strong>development <strong>of</strong> innovations as well as <strong>the</strong>ir application in <strong>SME</strong>s;• Creation <strong>of</strong> unique data base system <strong>of</strong> statistical data <strong>and</strong> information relevant for <strong>the</strong>development <strong>of</strong> <strong>SME</strong>'s <strong>and</strong> entrepreneurs;• Preparation <strong>and</strong> delivering programs <strong>of</strong> education <strong>of</strong> instructors <strong>and</strong> consultants for <strong>the</strong>development needs <strong>of</strong> <strong>SME</strong>'s <strong>and</strong> entrepreneurs;• Performing o<strong>the</strong>r services as provided by <strong>the</strong> law.The core activities <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Republic Agency include streng<strong>the</strong>ning <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Republic Network<strong>of</strong> technical support for <strong>SME</strong> development (which covers more than 80% <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> territory <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>Republic <strong>of</strong> Serbia), assistance <strong>and</strong> support in <strong>the</strong> establishment <strong>of</strong> new regional agencies <strong>and</strong>centers as centers for information, consulting <strong>and</strong> education, Realization <strong>of</strong> differenteducational processes for <strong>SME</strong> sector, initiating <strong>and</strong> organizing different events aimed at59