Bujanovac, Presevo, Medvedja – The Regional Chamber of Commerce of Jablanica and Pcinj Administrative Districts, in cooperation with the Center for Economic Issues of the Serbian Chamber of Commerce, the National Employment Office, the Development Fund and the Development Agency of Serbia, organized a presentation of current programs to support micro, small and medium-sized enterprises and entrepreneurs in 2017.

Slobodanka Dzinovic-Kojic, a Senior Adviser at the Center for Economic Issues of the Serbian Chamber of Commerce, spoke about the current programs of government assistance to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises and entrepreneurs in 2017.

Vlada Ristic from the Loans and Guarantees Office of the Development Fund of the Republic of Serbia talked about the loans approved to businessmen by the Development Fund. State aid schemes were, on behalf of the Development Agency of Serbia, presented by representatives of the Center for Development of Jablanica and Pcinj Districts, Dragana Belenzada and Jelena Pavlovic, Project Managers. They invited all interested parties to come to the Development Center to get detailed information on all available programs of the Development Agency of Serbia.

Sanja Cvetkovic from the Leskovac National Employment Branch Office informed the participants about current National Employment Office’s programs and subsidies intended for employers in 2017.

The importance of the conference was to inform the micro, small and medium-sized enterprises about the possibilities of being financed or the current support programs in 2017, which, like the previous year, was declared to be the year of entrepreneurship.

Source: Radio and Television of Serbia, Info Center South and Coordination Body