Belgrade – This year, the Ministry of Economy will co-finance  with 364.3 million dinars works in the fields of construction and reconstruction of transport, communal, electricity, energy and other types of infrastructure and facilities in the areas of business, as well as works that provide access to business zones and their linking with the environment, in 26 cities and municipalities. 

These 26 projects, as it was said, which were proposed  by the local self-governments, would be co-financed under the program of support to the development of business infrastructure, which was being implemented for the purpose of improving the business environment for small businesses and large enterprises, attracting investments and creating new jobs

The Ministry of Economy stated that it would support the projects of local self-governments in the amounts of up to 60 percent of the project costs, while the cities and municipalities were obliged to finance the remaining project costs.

The co-financing was approved for seven cities (Valjevo, Vranje, Zrenjanin, Kikinda, Krusevac, Uzice and Nis) and 19 municipalities, seven of which are in the group of underdeveloped ones (Ada, Apatin, Bac, Backa Palanka, Blace, Boljevac, Vladicin Han, Vrnjacka Spa, Gornji Milanovac, Doljevac, Ivanjica, Knic, Pecinci, Presevo, Prijepolje, Prokuplje, Raca, Sjenica and Sid).

Source: “Tanjug” news agency and Coordination Body