OECD's support to small and mid-sized enterprises in Serbia

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is going to pay more attention to the needs of small and mid-sized enterprises in Serbia and Belgrade in the following period, and that is why the representatives of Belgrade-based SME will take part in the seminar in Udine on October 21st, and in the OECD educational center in Trent.

At the meeting with Sergio Arzenije, the Director of the OECD Directorate for Entrepreneurship, SME and Local Development, Milan Janković, the President of the Chamber of Commerce of Belgrade and honorable President of Serbian SME Association, pointed to significance of OECD's support to small and mid-sized enterprises in Belgrade and Serbia.

It has been agreed that, in addition to existing cooperation in the OECD LEED partner club programmes in field of regional economic development, in which Serbia participates although it is not a member of OECD, the cooperation should also be established in other programmes of this OECD's Directorate. The Chamber and OECD also agreed on concrete cooperation in education and publishing.

The Chamber of Commerce of Belgrade will become a partner in publishing OECD's books and publications, which represent one of the most relevant sources of information for large number of entrepreneurs and statesmen all around the world. Publications in field of management, reports and analyses, macroeconomic indices, as well as recommendations published by this respectable international institution, will also be published in Serbian language in the future.

It has also been agreed that small and mid-sized enterprises members of the Chamber take part in the development programmes that are run by this OECD's Directorate, which will be both partner and co-organizer of International conference that is organized by the Chamber of Commerce of Belgrade on November 21st in Sava Center.

The members of Serbian delegation that has recently visited France are: the President of the Chamber of Commerce of Belgrade, MA Milan Janković, the CEO of "ITM Group", Toplica Spasojević, the CEO of "Interkomerc", Goran Perčević, the President of the Union of Small and Mid-sized Enterprises, Velimir Vukadin, the Coordinator for European Integrations, Jovana Ninković, and the President of BRA, Dr. Predrag Vujović.