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Serbian Chamber of Commerce

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INTRODUCTION

SCC is an independent professional business association relying on experience

accepting Euro continental type of chambers of commerce

respecting its own tradition, the Law on Chambers of Commerce regulates functioning of chambers of commerce in Serbia until 2013

after that period membership will be voluntary and not obligatory

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SCC MEMBERSHIP

ICC Eurochambres ABC ASCAME

Regional initiatives CEI/CECCI BSEC EURO-MED TDS Danube initiative

Follows the work of World Trade Organization (WTO)SCC is member of UN GC

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ACTIVITIES OF SCoC

SCC consists of : 16 Associations dedicated to different branches of economyCenters and Boards operate as expert-professional services and examine issues of importance for all Chamber membersEntrepreneurs Union10 Representative offices abroadCourts and Arbitrations

Central economic institution in SerbiaRepresents the interests of Serbian economic entities in the country and abroadChamber system encompasses 19 regional, city and provincial chambers including the umbrella institution-SCC

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ACTIVITIES OF SCC- SME SECTOR

Activities of SCC could be listed as follows:

Legislative and economic policyEconomic diplomacyEuropean integrationsImportant economic eventsProjectsEducation and professional trainingConsultancyPublic mandate tasksLocal and international exhibitions and fairsPromotion of business operations & Chamber public imagePublic Powers

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SHARE OF SME IN THE STRUCTURE OF THE

SERBIAN ECONOMY

SME`s SHARE IN TOTAL NUMBER OF ECONOMIC ENTITIES - 99.8 %

SME`s in total employment – 65.5%

SME`s in total trade – 67.6%

SME`s in GDP – 58.3%

SME`s in total economy profit -58.8 %

SME`s in exports – 43.9%

Private SME`s sector is the most competitive in Serbian economy

At the end of 2007 the total number of economic entities counted circa 296.086, out of which

Circa 212.575 entrepreneurs & circa 83.511 SMEs &

800 big companies

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EU Charter on SME’s (SBA)

EU Charter on SMEs contains an average mark for Serbia • 2006: 2,48 (scale 1-5) • 2008: 3.50

The 10 main points are:Education and training for entrepreneurshipCheaper and faster start-upBetter legislation and regulationsAvailable capabilitiesDevelopment of on-line approachImprovement of business operations on local and foreign marketsTaxation and financial issuesStrengthening of SMEs technological capacitiesDevelopment of Е-businessMore efficient representation of SMEs interests

Active participation in institutional monitoring and implementing of EU Charter on SMEs in Serbia (SCC covers 59%)

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PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES

Education and training

Best Technical Innovation 2005,2006,2007

Clusters – coordination of operations 29 registered clusters in Serbia

Franchising center

IRU Academy

E-Chamber. Portal of Serbian economy and issue of digital certificate for e-business

EU integration

Regional cooperation – CEFTA

Environmental protection and CSR

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REGIONAL CHAMBER PROJECTS

Neighboring countries program and Cross Border program (IPA)

CO&CO Chambers-Belgrade Chamber

Chambers to Chambers-RCC Kikinda

Women entrepreneurship

HACCP/ISO 22000 introduction

CE mark

Diaspora centers

Export-import procedures for SMEs/INTERMEX-RCC Kruševac

EMBRACE II –support of SMEs located in rural and undeveloped regions through advisory and support services and usage of ICT to access Information and Knowledge Society RCC Niš

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ONGOING SCC PROJECTS IN THE SPHERE OF SMEs

PLATO

CSR

CBI

Projects with Italian Chambers of Commerce and

institutions

SERBOWALL- Improvement of business operations

of SME’s on foreign markets

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PLATO SERBIA3 regions:

Subotica, Pancevo and Pozarevac

PLATO Koopera –CBC Serbia, Romania and Bulgaria

PLASH-CBC PLATO NetworkSerbia and Hungary

PLATO PROJECTS IN SERBIA

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FURTHER ACTIVITIES

Fostering competitiveness

Fostering exports

Development of cluster policy

Adoption of technical and organizational standards

Corporate Social Responsibility for SMEs

Problems of SME financing

Development of E-business

Application of new technologies and innovative activities

SME Week

SBA

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PROJECT NETWORKING

EUROCHAMBRES’ Project

“PARTNERS 2” Partners For Investment Promotion For Western Balkans

Partnership #1: Project: "Network of Centres for Project Development

and Management"

Project partners:Serbian Chamber of Commerce

The Chamber of Economy of Montenegro

Economic Chamber of Macedonia

Promos Special Agency of the Milan Chamber for International Activities

Czech Chamber of Commerce

Partners for Investment Promotion is a

EUROCHAMBRES’ initiative supported by the EU under CARDS 2005 Regional funding

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PROJECT NETWORKINGTraining: “Project planning and project documentation preparing”

Organizer, Venue: Serbian Chamber of Commerce

Target group: Representatives of the Chamber System in Serbia, potential

applicants, SMEs, students...

Date & Time:

March 25-26, 2010 (31 participants)

May 24-25, 2010 (45 participants from 28 institutions)

Training was also organized within the project "Second European SME Week 2010 in

Serbia“ – an European Commission initiative that promotes entrepreneurship in 37

European countries, May-June 2010

October 2010, Economic Faculty, Niš, Serbia

Project examples of good practice

Project: "Network of Centres for Project Development and Management“, Vera Veljanovski, Project

manager

Project PLATO Serbia, Aleksandar Nikolić, National coordinator

  

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NEW PLATO PROJECT

Applying for new Plato project – EU Programs

upcoming public calls

2nd Calls under IPA CBC programmes among Western Balkan

countries (soon)

Hungary – Serbia

Romania – Serbia

Bulgaria – Serbia

Croatia – Serbia

Serbia – Bosnia and Herzegovina

Serbia - Montenegro 

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Thank you!

Serbian Chamber of CommerceAssociation for Small Enterprises

Tel. +381 11 3300 989

www.pks.rs

anikolic@pks.rs

vera.veljanovski@pks.rs