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Southeast EuropeEnterprise Development

ENTREPRENEURSHIPAND SME DEVELOPMENT

STRATEGY INPRIJEDOR MUNICIPALITY

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C O N T E N T

- Introduction 4

- Acknowledgements 5

- Vision 6

- Economic Situation of the Prijedor Municipality 6

- SWOT Analysis of the Prijedor Municipality 8

- Entrepreneurship Development Strategy in the Municipality of Prijedor 9

- Strategic Goal no. 1 12





- Matrix of Development Goals, Programs and Projects in the Prijedor Municipality 17

- Projects Matrix 20

- Proposals for Initial Projects 22

- Prijedor Local Economic Development Agency 22

- Entrepreneurship Incubator 23

- Agricultural Cluster 24

ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SME DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY IN PRIJEDOR MUNICIPALITY

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F O R E W A R D

The Municipality Prijedor is the second largest Municipality in Republic of Srpska, both population as well as the territory size vise. The Municipality is placed in the Northwest part of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the valley of the Sana river and surrounded by the mountains Kozara and Grmec. The Municipality has relatively well developed infrastructure and represents an urban environment with all preconditions for comfortable living and work of its population.

The earlier concept of development of Prijedor economy was based on development of capacities of the basic industry. Bearers of Prijedor economy were big systems of iron, cellulose and paper production that served as raw material base for development of processing capacities for final products in other parts of former Yugoslavia.

In the period of transition from state to market economy such economic structure in the Prijedor Municipality has become an obstacle to development of both the economy as well as development of the society itself. The exiting economy structure in not only incapable of creating new job opportunities, but it generates additional unemployment.

In order to change these negative trends in the economy, the Municipality of Prijedor has adopted a new Strategy with the main goal to develop a diversified economy supported by advanced service industry sector and strong focus on development of agriculture production.

The new Strategy is focused on entrepreneurship and SME development, which are expected to become the main element of economic development of Prijedor Municipality in future. The Strategy for entrepreneurship and SMEs development is based and developed on the concept and methodology of local economic development. This concept is creating conditions for improvement of business environment, creation of new enterprises, development and growth of existing enterprises and attraction of domestic and foreign investors. Implementation of this concept requires that Municipal authorities take different and new role in the economic development through creation of partnership relationship between local authorities and private sector in order to jointly define development goals and implement economic development projects.

Through the establishment of Info Center, One-Stop-Shop for business entities, creation of fund and credit line for fruit producers and support to establishment of Development Agency, Prijedor Municipality has made initial steps in its attempt to assist and support entrepreneurs. The Strategy was developed in cooperation between the Municipality and Southeast Europe Enterprise Development (SEED).

The final goal we want to achieve through implementation of this Strategy is creation of conditions for economic prosperity of Prijedor Municipality and, through that, creation of better living conditions for all citizens of this community.

In order to achieve the defined goals, Prijedor Municipality, with its modest resources, additionally burdened with social and other problems, will need support and assistance from all levels of BiH government as well as technical assistance, expertise and financial resources from international organizations.

Mayor of Prijedor MunicipalityProf. Nada Ševo Prijedor 25. 08. 2003.


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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

From the very beginning of the project, the Mayor and her team have been showing great understanding, proactiveness and recognized the need to take a lead role in their community in the matters related to economic development.

Throughout this project, with strong support from Mayor and her staff, we have been initiating dialogue between the Municipality, entrepreneurs and other stakeholders about issues related to business environment, non-financial and financial support to private sector, human resources development, etc.

Without active involvement of all this professionals and their willingness to contribute towards the improvement of economic situation in their community, it would be almost impossible to implement this project and to bring it to the very successful end.

Beside the above mentioned participants in the project, I wish to address special gratitude to the members of the SEED consulting team, Ms. Gwen Swinburn, the World Bank Senior Urban Specialist, Prof. Dr. Miroslav Glas, Mr. Bogo Filipic, MSc and Prof. Dr. Darko Tipuric, who have invested a lot of efforts, time and energy into the activities and contributed a lot to the quality of the project itself.

This project sets a good foundation and designs a platform which can serve to all those who have possibility to help the Municipality and private sector in Prijedor in creation of the better business environment, establishment and initiation of the efficient organization and institutions for provision of different kinds of support to private sector as well as to enhance and develop human resources in accordance to the new needs arising from the economy of today.

Work of local organizations and institutions, resources and efforts they invested so far as well as their commitment to this project, represent a guarantee to all domestic and international organizations and institutions that they would be serious and sincere partners, ready for cooperation with all the parties interested in changing currently unfavorable economic situation in Prijedor and improvement of the quality of life and standard of Prijedor citizens.

Davorin PavelicBusiness Development AnalystSoutheast Europe Enterprise Development - SEED

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ECONOMIC SITUATION OF THE PRIJEDOR MUNICIPALITY

The development document “Entrepreneurship and small and medium-sized enterprise deve lopment s t ra tegy fo r the Mun ic ipa l i t y o f P r i jedor, 2003-2008” pos i t ions the Municipality as an active center of entrepreneurial activities after almost ten years of economic stagnation, caused by war devastation and economic transition.

The Munic ipal i ty of Pr i jedor is the second largest munic ipal i ty, both by the area i t occupies, and by the populat ion (after Banja Luka), in the Republ ic of Srpska. I t comprises 24 local communities, three of which are part of the city itself. Just as the majority of other cities in B&H, Prijedor has significantly changed its own demographic p ic ture through, and s ince the B&H war. Accord ing to the 1991 census , 110,130 population resided in this area, and the number of population in Prijedor in 2000 was 95,502. According to some estimation, today some 37,000 refugees also reside in the Prijedor Municipality, who are both a social and economic challenge for the Municipality. Thus, in 2001, the workforce population was 17,829 persons, of which there were 7,608 employed (in 1988, there had been 21,555 employed) and 10,221 unemployed (even 7443 in 1996), so the unemployment rate that year was 57.33 % with an increasing trend. At the same t ime the unemployed workforce is a lso a generator of the gray economy at the large scale and it will be reduced only by job creation in large, medium and small enterprises.

In 2001, 1.653 entrepreneurs worked in the economy , and in addition to this, 359 more ent i t ies were reg istered in 39 d i f ferent areas of the economy, of which 55 (15.3) pertained to state-owned enterprises, and 304 (84.7%) pertained to private enterprises. The current state-owned enterprise privatization process changes both organizational forms of the majority of enterprises into shareholding companies, and the ownership relations (equity structure).

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The majority of the enterprises has been registered in trade (47%), business activities (6.10%), construction (6.10%) and wood processing (4.5%).

The Pr i jedor Municipal i ty did not base i ts development on the tradit ion of the SME development. Its mono-production orientation with a few large state owned enterprises was appropriate in the centralized economy regime characterizing the period until the most recent war. Because the former characteristics of the economy in the Municipality, which had a function of creating a base for raw materials for the industries outside the Prijedor area, there is a significant need for transition of the economy to enable Prijedor to become a center for SMEs and entrepreneurship activities in different industries. The Pr i jedor Munic ipal i ty has made decis ion to prepare the SME Development Strategy because of the need for major structural changes.

The preparation of this strategy began with creation of an organizational structure and at a LED strategy workshop in March 2002. Today the organizat ional structure involves the municipal authorities, local partners and foreign consultants, and therefore consists of the following:

o Forum of influential interested entities (stakeholders), headed by the Mayor;

o Project Board at the municipal level, led by the Mayor;

o Local Economic Development Team (LED Team)

o Fou r wo rk i ng g roups : f o r bus i nes s deve l opmen t ; f o r i n f ra s t ruc tu re and

env i r o nmen t a l p r o t e c t i o n ; f o r human r e s ou r c e s d e ve l o pmen t ; a nd f o r agricultural and rural development.

The joint work of this structure is ref lected in the “Entrepreneurship, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Development Strategy for the Prijedor Municipality, 2003-2008” which is presented here in the text below in its summarized version. The summarized version was prepared as an INVITATION TO DONORS AND PARTNERS to join in implementation of this strategy and to assist in improvement of the economic situation within the Municipality.

This initiative was funded by the Municipality itself and SEED. The SEED experts, the World Bank Local Economic Development expert and international consultants from Slovenia were engaged for the preparation of this strategy.

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POSITIVE FACTORS

S – Strengths O – Opportunities

Ø Honest and diligent people, willing to make Ø Strengthening of the coalition between private and public sectors

W - Weaknesses

Ø Resistance to change Ø Few SMEs Ø Lack of entrepreneurship tradition, Ø Lack of integration in the structures of

private and public sectors Ø Poor organization of entrepreneurship

support, Ø Lack of infrastructure entities (agencies,

zones, incubators, clusters, etc.) Ø Lack of entrepreneurial skills Ø Underdeveloped banking sector in Prijedor Ø Lack of foreign investment; Ø Lack of qualitative information base Ø Obsolete technologies, Ø Farms of small size

T – Threats

NEGATIVE FACTORS

SWOT ANALYSIS OF THE PRIJEDOR MUNICIPALITY

Simultaneously with collecting statistical data on the economic situation, a survey was conduc ted among en t rep reneu r s i n P r i j edo r and i n te rv i ews were he ld w i th the representat ives of al l the economic development support organizat ions. The SWOT analysis of the Municipality Prijedor shows the picture of the economic situation from the aspect of entrepreneurship development.

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Step 1. Organization of Activities

Step 2. Municipality competitiveness assessment & SWOT analysis

Step 3. Creating development strategy: vision, goals, projects

Step 4. Strategy implementation

Step 5. Strategy implementation analysis & supplemental measures

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The Pri jedor Municipal i ty Vis ion acknowledges al l the advantages and development opportuni t ies , and i t means a descr ipt ion of economic future that a l l ent i t ies are interested in and that all the entities creating this future agree with: entrepreneurs, municipal administration, people from education, health system, and other services, residents of Prijedor and the whole municipality. The vision provides a clear direction as to the way further, meaning, the Pr i jedor development v is ion ant ic ipates that the Pr i jedor Munic ipa l i ty wi l l never again as before re ly on the i ron mine, and due to technological obsoleteness it can not expect much from revital ization of the former major enterprises. Therefore it will rely on the SMEs for its development, changing the economic structure into an interwoven network of micro-, smal l and medium-sized enterprises.

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BASIS FOR DEVELOPMENT VISION OF PRIJEDOR AS CENTERFOR DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES IN NORTHWEST BOSNIA

In five years, Prijedor Municipality will be a source of economic development and

a strong entrepreneurship center with a network of small and medium-sized -enterprises and a dynamic and versatile economy.

Entrepreneurship and SME development strategy

STRATEGIC GOALS

STRATEGIC GOAL 1 STRATEGIC GOAL 2

Creation of enabling businessenvironment

Creation of physical anddevelopment infrastructure

STRATEGIC GOAL 4

Production job creationwhile retaining versatility

STRATEGIC GOAL 3

Strengthening the SME sectorand their capacities

STRATEGIC GOAL 5

Human resource developmentfor economic growth and

restructuring

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Objective 1 Increasing the entrepreneurs'

satisfaction level with the performance of the Municipality

Objective 2 Active work of the Stakeholder

Forum (development coalitions)

Objective 3 Establishment of public -private sectors

partnership

Create business environment that will encourage the establishment of commercial

and industrial businesses that will be of benefit to the community, promote

stabile and diversified economy that is, at the same time, env ironmentally sound.

STRATEGIC GOAL NO. 1Creating enabling business environment

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Objective 1 Objective 2

STRATEGIC GOAL NO. 2

1. Establishment of the Prijedor Development Agency

2. Foundation of the SME Development Financial Fund (micro-credit, guarantees, subsidies)

3. Foundation of a One Stop Shop

4. Creation of Entrepreneurship Incubators

5. Creation of the Business Zone with improved utilities and infrastructure

6. Creation of the Development Center for Rural Areas

1. Program for development of support institutions

and mechanisms

2. Program for infrastructure development

P h y s i c a l i n f r a s t r u c t u r e i s a s u p p o r t instrument assisting new companies from the start to meet the spat ia l requirements for work and begin to operate and create new jobs as soon as poss ib le . For the ex is t ing SMEs, this infrastructure al lows expansion and growth (in terms of space too) and new job creation. Under the right conditions, this in f rast ructure a l lows for concentrat ion of exper t i se and deve lopment o f innovat i ve enterprises.

The bu s i ne s s i n f ra s t r u c t u r e c on s i s t s o f institutions and enterprises that may service development coalitions at the local level, that may represent the local environment with external, national or foreign partners, and that may provide high-quality services for the loca l par tners , fo re ign par tners , donors , investors and SMEs on development projects.

Creation of the business infrastructure forSME development

Development of necessary physical infrastructure

SMEs may be well developed in the environment offering them better conditions for growth, meaning, offering them the infrastructure, assisting in creation of new enterprises, and subsequently with growth and increase in volume of production of products or services. On the other hand, a developed business infrastructure increases favorableness of the environment and motivates both SMEs and new investors to come and creation new jobs.

Creation of physical (hard) and business (soft) infrastructure for SMEdevelopment

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Objective 1

Objective 2

Objective 3

1. Simplification of registration procedures for new companies

2. Introduction of voucher and other support schemes for dynamical SMEs (consulting,

preparation of business plans for banks, consulting for internationalization of business)

3. Project of support for quality development and introduction of ISO and CE standards in

SMEs

4. Projects to group enterprises into networks and clusters

5. Organization of a number of meetings with SMEs from neighboring countries

6. Support to internationalization (organizational and financial) of SMEs to participate in fairs,

exhibitions and conferences

1. Program of support for new entrepreneurs

2. Program of support for growing enterprises

3. Program of including gray economy into the legal

economy

S t r u c t u ra l c h ange s and larger business dynamics a r e a c c o m p l i s h e d b y increase in SME number, reduction of gray economy and quicker job creation in S M E s . T h i s i n c r e a s e s employment and share of these enterprises in it, and due to the high unemplo-yment rate in the Prijedor M u n i c i p a l i t y t h i s i s a significant objective.

New and existing SMEs need various support instruments in order to be able to develop quicker, to invest and create new jobs. Supporting growth means leading a dynamica l po l i c y o f s uppo r t t h r ough d e v e l o p m e n t a n d imp lementa t i on o f va r i ous support instruments that can be used in SME growth.

Opening SMEs towards outer markets requires the SMEs to l e a r n , t o c o o p e r a t e , t o introduce standards and new methods of work, to introduce new technologies, to network, t o u s e n e w I T a n d n e w d i s t r i b u t i o n c h a n n e l s ; therefore the implementation o f t h i s g o a l i s c r u c i a l f o r survival of SMEs.

Increase in number of small and medium-sized enterprises

Encouragement to growth of dynamical small and medium-

sized enterprises

Opening SMEs towards broader markets of B&H and

the neighboring countries

The number of SMEs in Prijedor is below the standards of the developed countries, and what is particularly lagging behind is the dynamics of creation of new enterprises, introducing new products, services and technologies. Quicker development requires improvement of the existing companies to invest into growth and development of support instruments to create new enterprises and thus effecting a change in the structure of industries.


Strengthening the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) sector


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Objective 1

Objective 2

Objective 3


Increase of job creation in SMEs

Increase of shares of new industries in BDP

Increase of actual wages and salaries

Encouragement to job creation for various target groups and in varying industries provides a long-term solution to many issues related to employment for »difficult to employ« persons or to employment in industries where there is normally a lack of skilled workers. Through programs focused on removal of these obstacles, we can achieve job creation appropriated for the needs of the economy.

Creation of productive jobs with variety of activities

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1. Analysis of human resources and needs of SMEs, and larger enterprises, by numbers and types of skilled workforce

2. Analysis of the existing training and education programs 3. Development of new training programs and change/adjustment of the existing ones to the

SME needs 4. Development of financial action plan subsidies for new job creation 5. Entrepreneurship training for youth 6. Support to employment of young graduates 7. Support to development of supplementary rural activities 8. Support to association and entrepreneurship initiative for women9. Support to employment of disabled persons and persons with limited working ability

1. Program of active employment policy

2. Program of entrepreneurship initiatives for women

3. Program of rural entrepreneurship

4. Program of youth entrepreneurship

By encouraging training and retraining of the unemployed, we open the opportunity for both new and existing SMEs to find the workforce skilled a p p r o p r i a t e l y f o r t h e i r production programs.

As the SME sector in Prijedor is st i l l largely underdeveloped, there is also an underdeveloped supply of services and products needed by the local and broader markets . Encouragement for employment in underdeveloped industries improves supply on the market and changes the situation in the economy.

The low personal standard d e p e n d s o n w a g e s a n d salaries. Through training and profess ional development, and fu r the r t h rough se l f -employment, conditions are bu i l t a l l ow ing h i ghe r and additional wages and salaries in urban and rural areas as well.


Objective 1

Objective 2

Objective 3

Education system for entrepreneurs

Education system for workers in SMEs

Education system for other population groups

Human resources allow for transformation of expertise and skills into products and services sellable on the market. Due to the war, failed enterprises, difficult economic situation, technological obsoleteness, isolation and brain drain it is necessity today to have additional education and training of entrepreneurs, entrepreneur candidates, workers, the unemployed, students and other population and it is a precondition for quicker development of SMEs and Prijedor as a whole.


Human resource development for economic growth and restructure

1. Development of special education programs for entrepreneurs and workers from various sectors

2. Development of comprehensive education programs for starter entrepreneurs and for students

3. Development of public vocational training programs for adults

1.Training (educational) program for competitiveness

The time of quick changes in all areas of work requires b u s i n e s s p e o p l e t o p e r m a n e n t l y l e a r n a n d study, so they can promptly respond to changes in the business environment and in the municipality of their res idence. In addit ion to this, the business world is b e c o m i n g i n c r e a s i n g l y global, requir ing broader a n d c o m p l e t e l y n e w expertise.

Competitiveness of work depends on technology and worker skills. Use of IT t e c h n o l o g i e s i n a l l industries requires people to attain new skills and expertise, as well as a different approach in work and organizational sense. Education of workers is becoming a precondition for e n c o u r a g e m e n t o f competitiveness.

S M E d e v e l o p m e n t a l s o d e p e n d s o n h o w w e motivate pupi ls, students, the unemployed, and others, t o b e c o m e i n v o l v e d i n various education programs thus raising levels of their expertise and possibilities to a c c o m p l i s h t h e i r entrepreneurial ideas or to be employed by SMEs where such knowledge is needed.

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co

ura

ge e

xce

lle

nce

, f

le

xib

le b

us

in

es

s in

fra

stru

ctu

re a

s a

so

ur

ce o

f f

ut

ur

e

eco

no

mic

de

ve

lop

me

nt

an

d g

en

era

l w

elf

are

of

the P

rije

dor

people

G2

: C

re

at

ion

of

ph

ysic

al

an

d b

usi-

ne

ss i

nfr

astr

uctu

re

fo

r S

ME

de

ve

lo-

pm

en

t

G 3

: S

tre

ng

the

nin

g

of

SM

E s

ecto

r

Ob

jecti

ve

1:

Develo

pm

en

t o

f th

e n

ecessary

physi

cal in

frast

ruct

ure

Ob

jecti

ve

2:

Cre

ate

busi

ness

infr

ast

ruct

ure

for

SM

E d

evelo

pm

ent

Ob

jecti

ve

1:

Cre

ate t

he m

ost

imp

orta

nt

in

stitu

tio

ns

of

ph

ys

ic

al

infr

ast

ruct

ure

Ob

jecti

ve

2:

Cre

ate

busi

ness

infr

ast

ruct

ure

for

SM

E d

evelo

pm

ent

1.

Pro

gra

m t

o d

evelo

p s

up

po

rt

inst

itutions

and m

ech

anis

ms

1.

Pro

gra

m t

o s

up

po

rt

ne

w

entr

epre

neurs

2.

Pro

gra

m t

o s

up

po

rt g

row

ing

ente

rpri

ses

3.

Pro

gra

m t

o i

nte

gra

te g

ray

eco

nom

y in

to l

egal eco

nom

y

1. Est

ablis

h P

rije

dor

Deve

lopm

ent

Agency

2. Est

ablis

h F

inanci

al Fund (

mic

ro-c

redit

schem

es,

guara

nte

e s

chem

es,

su

bsi

die

s)

3.

Est

ablis

h O

ne S

top S

hop

eve

ryth

ing a

t one p

lace

4.

Est

ablis

h E

ntr

epre

neurs

hip

incu

bato

r

5.

Est

ablis

h B

usi

ness

Zones

with a

rranged

utilit

ies

6.

Est

ablis

h R

ura

l Are

a D

eve

lopm

ent

Cente

r

1.S

implif

y re

gis

tration p

roce

dure

s fo

r new

com

panie

s

2.

Intr

oduce

vouch

er

and o

ther

schem

es

of

support

to d

ynam

ical SM

Es

(consu

ltin

g,

pre

para

tion o

f busi

ness

pla

ns

for

banks

, co

nsu

ltin

g f

or

inte

rnationaliz

ation o

f busi

ness

)

3.P

roje

cts

support

ing q

ualit

y deve

lopm

ent

and intr

oduct

ion o

f IS

O

and C

E s

tandard

s in

SM

Es

4.P

roje

cts

to g

roup e

nte

rprise

s in

to

netw

ork

s and c

lust

ers

5.O

rganiz

e a

num

ber

of

meetings

with

SM

Es

from

neig

hboring c

ountr

ies

6.S

upport

inte

rnationaliz

ation

(org

aniz

ational and f

inanci

al) o

f SM

Es

for

part

icip

ation in f

airs,

exp

osi

tions

and c

onfe

rence

s

18


Str

ate

gic

goals

Opera

tional O

bje

ctiv

es

Pro

gra

ms

Pro

ject

sVis

ion

Pri

jedor

will

becom

e a

ce

nte

r o

f d

eve

lop

me

nt

ac

tiv

it

ie

s in t

he

No

rth

we

st

pa

rt o

f B

iH.

It w

ill

encoura

ge,

cre

ate

a

nd c

on

ce

nt

ra

te

bu

sin

ess

init

iati

ve

s in

th

e f

orm

of

a n

etw

ork

of

sm

all

an

d m

ed

iu

m

en

terp

ris

es,

dir

ecte

d

to

wa

rd

s b

ro

ad

er

regio

nal m

ark

ets

.

Th

e d

ev

elo

pm

en

t -

ori

en

ted c

lim

ate

in t

he

ar

ea w

ill

en

su

re

div

ers

ity

in p

rod

ucti

on

st

ru

ct

ur

e,

qu

ic

k a

cce

pti

ng o

f n

ew

skil

ls

an

d q

uic

k im

ple

me

-nta

tion o

f good b

usin

ess

ide

as

. T

he e

co

no

mic

m

ott

o w

ill

be o

pen

ness

an

d r

em

ov

al

of

all

ba

rrie

rs,

foll

ow

ed b

y b

ett

er

qu

ali

ty o

f li

vin

g

of

all

pe

op

le a

nd

ma

in

te

na

nc

e o

f h

isto

rica

l a

nd c

ult

ura

l v

alu

es

. P

ro

ac

tiv

e

ap

pro

ac

h w

ill

giv

e

Pri

jedor

advan

tage o

ver

ne

igh

bo

rin

g a

rea

s a

nd

en

co

ura

ge e

xce

lle

nce

, f

le

xib

le b

us

in

es

s in

fra

stru

ctu

re a

s a

so

ur

ce o

f f

ut

ur

e

eco

no

mic

de

ve

lop

me

nt

an

d g

en

era

l w

elf

are

of

the P

rije

dor

people

G 4

. P

rod

uc

tiv

e

job

cre

ati

on

wit

h

ind

ustr

y

div

ers

ific

ati

on

G 5

:Hu

ma

n

Re

so

urc

e

De

ve

lop

me

nts

fo

r e

co

no

mic

gro

wth

a

nd

re

str

uctu

rin

g

Ob

jecti

ve

1:

Incre

ase e

mplo

ym

ent

in S

MEs

Ob

jecti

ve

2:

Incr

ease

share

of

new

indust

ries

in G

DP

Ob

jecti

ve

3:

Incr

ease

in a

ctual sa

lari

es

Ob

jecti

ve

1:

Entr

epre

neur

educa

tion s

yst

em

Ob

jecti

ve

2:

Educa

tion f

or

SM

E w

ork

ers

Ob

jecti

ve

3:

Syste

m f

or

ed

ucati

on o

f o

ther

popula

tion

1.

Pro

gra

m o

f act

ive e

mplo

yment

polic

y

2.P

rogra

m o

f entr

epre

neurial

initia

tive

s fo

r w

om

en

3.P

rogra

m o

f ru

ral

entr

epre

neurs

hip

4.P

rogra

m o

f yo

uth

entr

epre

neurs

hip

1.

Educa

tion P

rogra

m f

or

com

petitive

ness

1.

Analy

sis

of

hum

an r

eso

urc

es

and n

eeds

of

SM

Es

an

d m

ajo

r e

nte

rp

ris

es,

by

num

bers

and t

ypes

of

skille

d w

ork

forc

e

2.

An

aly

sis

of

exis

tin

g e

du

cati

on a

nd

train

ing p

rogra

ms

3.

Develo

p n

ew

tra

inin

g p

rog

ram

s an

d

change/a

dju

st t

o e

xis

ting S

ME n

eeds

4.

Develo

p F

inancia

l Schem

e

subsid

ies

for

new

job c

reation

5.

Entr

epre

neurs

hip

tra

inin

g f

or

youth

6.

Su

pp

ort

em

plo

ym

en

t o

f y

ou

ng

gra

duate

s

7.

Support

develo

pm

ent

of

supple

menta

ry

indust

ries

in r

ura

l are

as

8.

Su

pp

or

t n

et

wo

rk

in

g a

nd

entr

epre

neurs

hip

init

iatives

for

wom

en

9.

Su

pp

ort

em

plo

ym

en

t o

f d

isa

ble

d

pers

ons

and p

eople

wit

h l

imit

ed w

ork

ing

ability

1.

Develo

p s

peci

al educa

tion p

rogra

ms

for

entr

epre

neurs

and w

ork

ers

fro

m v

ari

ous

sect

ors

2.

Develo

p g

enera

l educa

tion p

rogra

m f

or

start

-up e

ntr

epre

neurs

and s

tudents

3.

Develo

p v

ocati

onal

train

ing p

rogra

ms

for

adult

s

19


GO

ALS

VALU

E

SO

UR

CES

OF F

UN

DIN

G in %

PR

OJE

CT

LIS

T

Part

ners

hip

In

frastr

uctu

re

SM

E

Str

ength

en

ing

Job

Cre

ati

on

H

RD

in

EU

RO

D

onors

S

tate

M

unic

ipality

S

ME

IMP

LEM

E

NTE

R

STA

RT

D

UR

A

TIO

N

1.F

oundation

of th

e S

take

hold

er

Foru

ms

and o

ther

deve

lopm

ent

coalit

ions

X

x

4.0

00

100

M

unic

ipalit

y

Febru

ary

3, 2003

Continuo

us

2.C

om

ple

tion o

f th

e J

oin

t C

om

pre

hensi

ve D

eve

lopm

ent

Str

ate

gy for

the P

rije

dor

Munic

ipalit

y

X

x

x x

50.0

00

80

20

Age

ncy

M

arc

h 0

3,

2003

April 06,

2004

3.S

taff t

rain

ing

in t

he M

unic

ipalit

y and inst

itutions

enco

ura

ging

SM

E d

eve

lopm

ent

for

impro

ved

perform

ance

and r

em

ova

l of obst

acl

es

X

X

x

10.0

00

50

50

M

unic

ipalit

y

Marc

h 0

9,

2003

Marc

h

12, 2004

4.F

oundation o

f O

ne S

top S

hop in t

he M

unic

ipalit

y

X

X

6.0

00

50

50

M

unic

ipalit

y

Marc

h 0

9,

2003

Marc

h

12, 2004

5.C

reation o

f m

unic

ipal non

-fin

anci

al fo

rms

of su

pport

to

entr

epre

neurs

hip

deve

lopm

ent

X

X

X

x

200.0

00

100

M

unic

ipalit

y

Marc

h 1

0,

2003

continuo

us

6.P

rom

otion o

f entr

epreneurs

hip

and o

pport

unitie

s offere

d b

y entr

epre

neurs

hip

X

X

X

30.0

00

40

40

20

Age

ncy

O

ctober

2003

Continuo

us

7.P

rom

otion o

f entr

epre

neurs

hip

and s

ucc

ess

ful

entr

epre

neurs

X

X

X

30.0

00

40

20

40

Age

ncy

O

ctober

2003

Continuo

us

8.P

rom

otion o

f jo

int

pro

ject

s and c

oopera

tion

X

X

X

10.0

00

50

20

30

A

Febru

ary

2004

Continuo

us

9.C

o-f

inanci

ng

of pro

motion m

ate

rials

, busi

ness

ga

therings

and b

usi

ness

netw

ork

ing

X

X

40.0

00

50

50

C

ham

ber

July

2003

C

ontinuo

us

10. Fo

undation o

f th

e P

rije

dor

Deve

lopm

ent

Age

ncy

X

X

X

X

X

250.0

00

60

20

20

M

unic

ipalit

y

Febru

ary

2004

Continuo

us

11. Fo

undation o

f th

e S

ME D

eve

lopm

ent

Fin

anci

al Fu

nd

(mic

ro-c

redit, gu

ara

nte

es,

subve

ntions)

X

X

X

X

300.0

00

70

30

Age

ncy

N

ove

mber

2003

April

2004

12. Fo

undation o

f th

e O

ne S

top S

hop –

eve

ryth

ing

ava

ilable

at

a s

ingl

e p

lace

X

X

X

30.0

00

50

30

20

Age

ncy

O

ctober

2003

July

2005

13. C

reation o

f Entr

epre

neurs

hip

Incu

bato

rs

X

X

X

X

X

220.0

00

50

30

20

Age

ncy

D

ece

mber

2003

Oct

ober

2004

14. C

reation o

f th

e B

usi

ness

Zone w

ith im

pro

ved u

tilit

ies

and infrast

ruct

ure

X

X

X

X

100.0

00

50

30

20

Age

ncy

O

ctober

2003

Oct

ober

2005

16. C

reation o

f R

ura

l Are

a D

eve

lopm

ent

Cente

r

X

X

X

X

X

200.0

00

70

20

10

Age

ncy

D

ece

mber

2003

Continuo

us

17. S

implif

ication o

f re

gist

ration p

roce

dure

s fo

r ne

w

com

panie

s

X

X

X

10.0

00

100

M

unic

ipalit

y

Oct

ober

2003

Continuo

us

18.C

onsu

ltin

g se

rvic

es

for

inte

rnationaliz

ation o

f busi

ness

X

X

50.0

00

60

20

20

Age

ncy

Fe

bru

ary

2004

Continuo

us

19.Intr

oduct

ion o

f vo

uch

ers

and o

ther

tools

for

support

for

dyn

am

ical S

MEs

(consu

ltin

g, p

repara

tion o

f PN

)

X

X

X

150.0

00

50

30

20

Age

ncy

Fe

bru

ary

2004

Continuo

us

20. S

upport

pro

ject

s fo

r qualit

y deve

lopm

ent

and

intr

oduct

ion o

f IS

O a

nd C

E s

tandard

s w

ith S

MEs

X

X

120.0

00

50

30

10

10

Cham

ber

Febru

ary

2004

Continu

ous

20


21. Pro

ject

s gr

oupin

g ente

rprise

s in

to n

etw

ork

s and

clust

ers

X

X

X

X

X

200.0

00

70

20

10

Age

ncy

April 2004

Continuo

us

22.O

rganiz

ation o

f a n

um

ber

of m

eetings

with S

MEs

from

neig

hboring

countr

ies

X

X

40.0

00

50

20

20

10

Cham

ber

April 2004

Continu

ous

23.S

upport

tow

ard

s in

tern

ationaliz

ation o

f S

MEs

to

part

icip

ate

in fairs,

exp

osi

tions,

confe

rence

s

X

X

100.0

00

20

20

10

50

Age

ncy

Fe

bru

ary

2003

Continuo

us

24.A

naly

sis

of hum

an r

eso

urc

es

and n

eeds

of S

MEs

and

larg

er

ente

rprise

s by

work

er

skill

s

X

X

50.0

00

80

20

Age

ncy

N

ove

mber

2003

May

2004

25.A

naly

sis

of th

e e

xist

ing

train

ing

and e

duca

tion

pro

gram

s

X

X

10.0

00

80

20

Age

ncy

N

ove

mber

2003

May

2004

26.D

eve

lopm

ent

of new

tra

inin

g pro

gram

s and

change

/adju

stm

ent

of th

e e

xist

ing

ones

to t

he n

eeds

of

SM

Es

X

X

X

X

X

50.0

00

80

20

Age

ncy

April 2004

January

2005

27.D

eve

lopm

ent

of fin

anci

al sc

hem

es

– s

ubsi

die

s fo

r jo

b

creation

X

X

X

X

100.0

00

60

30

10

Age

ncy

Fe

bru

ary

2004

June

2004

28.E

ntr

epre

neush

ip t

rain

ing

for

youth

X

X

X

X

50.0

00

70

20

10

Age

ncy

N

ove

mber

2003

June

2004

29.S

upport

to e

mplo

yment

of yo

ung

graduate

s

X

X

X

X

X

150.0

00

50

40

10

Age

ncy

M

arc

h

2004

Continuo

us

30. S

upport

to d

eve

lopm

ent

of su

pple

menta

ry r

ura

l act

ivitie

s

X

X

X

X

X

200.0

00

60

30

10

Age

ncy

April 2

004 C

ontin

uo

us

31.S

upport

to g

roupin

g and e

ntr

epre

neurs

hip

initia

tive

s fo

r w

om

en

X

X

X

X

X

50.0

00

50

25

25

Age

ncy

M

arc

h

2004

Continuo

us

32. S

upport

to e

mplo

yment

of dis

able

d p

ers

ons

and

pers

ons

with lim

ited w

ork

ing

abili

ty

X

X

X

X

200.0

00

50

40

10

Age

ncy

Fe

bru

ary

2004

Marc

h

2004

33. D

eve

lopm

ent

of sp

eci

al tr

ain

ing

pro

gram

s fo

r entr

epre

neurs

and w

ork

ers

fro

m v

arious

sect

ors

X

X

X

X

X

100.0

00

70

30

Age

ncy

D

ece

mber

2003

Marc

h

2004

34.D

eve

lopm

ent

of co

mpre

hensi

ve e

duca

tion p

rogr

am

s fo

r st

art

up e

ntr

epre

neurs

and for

schools

X

X

X

X

40.0

00

70

30

Age

ncy

D

ece

mber

2003

January

2005

35. D

eve

lopm

ent

of vo

cational tr

ain

ing

pro

gram

s fo

r adults

X

X

X

X

X

200.0

00

70

30

Age

ncy

Fe

bru

ary

2004

January

2005

21


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23


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