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The Law on Amendments to the Law on SME Development was adopted
16.10.2019

The Law on Amendments to the Law on SME Development was adopted

The National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska adopted the Law on Amendments to the Law on the SMEs Development at its 6th regular session. Among other, the Law fully harmonizes the definition of SMEs with EU recommendations, fully adopts the Small Business Act for Europe (SBA) principles, defines process of their operationalization (through strategies […]
Support for SMEs in introducing technical standards in focus of a joint meeting of Metal and Wood Processing Industry Sector Boards
10.10.2019

Support for SMEs in introducing technical standards in focus of a joint meeting of Metal and Wood Processing Industry Sector Boards

A joint meeting of Metal and Wood Processing Industry Sector Boards was held on introducing technical standards in premises of the RS Chamber of Commerce. The meeting was attended by representatives of the Institute for Standardization of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic Bureau for Standardization and Metrology of RS, the RS Ministry of Economy and […]
A public call for submission of project proposals for improvement of energy efficiency of SMEs from Republika Srpska published
01.10.2019

A public call for submission of project proposals for improvement of energy efficiency of SMEs from Republika Srpska published

Within the project “European Small Business Act as a framework of SME strategies and policies in BiH – SBA in BiH”, Eda has launched a public call for submission of project proposals for improvement of energy efficiency of SMEs from Republika Srpska through grants from the SME Strategy Implementation Enabling Mechanism – SIEM. The public […]
Deadline for submission of project proposal concepts for support of women entrepreneurship development extended
30.09.2019

Deadline for submission of project proposal concepts for support of women entrepreneurship development extended

NOTICE TO THE EXTENSION OF THE APPLICATION DEADLINE The deadline for submission of project proposal concepts for support of women entrepreneurship development in the Brcko District of BiH through grants from the Strategy Implementation Enabling Mechanism – SIEM is extended with the new deadline for submission of applications: October 15th 2019 at 15. 00 p.m. […]
Financial support for training in programming and information technology for unemployed
25.09.2019

Financial support for training in programming and information technology for unemployed

Within the MarketMakers’ “Pilot Project of Financing Mechanism for Financing IT Training with Deferred Payment”, funded by the Government of Switzerland, a supporting mechanism for implementation of programming and information technology training was prepared. The training is intended for young, unemployed persons who wish to acquire practical and -marketable knowledge in the field of programming […]
Valuable experiences from study visit to Berlin on promoting quality, innovation and green economy
17.09.2019

Valuable experiences from study visit to Berlin on promoting quality, innovation and green economy

As part of promotion of systemic approach in implementation of the Small Business Act in BiH, a study visit to Berlin was organized, focused on the promotion of quality, innovation and green economy, in the period September 9-13th 2019. Representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of BiH, the RS Ministry of […]
A new publication published: Two sides of the medal – Integrity of contracting authorities and tenderers in public procurement
02.09.2019

A new publication published: Two sides of the medal – Integrity of contracting authorities and tenderers in public procurement

Within the project “Two sides of the medal – Integrity of contracting authorities and tenderers in public procurement”, supported by the Open Society Fund of BiH, the publication of the same name was published. The publication presents findings of monitoring of the integrity of contracting authorities (public sector institutions) in the field of public procurement, […]
A meeting with representatives of the Embassy of Switzerland in BiH held
30.08.2019

A meeting with representatives of the Embassy of Switzerland in BiH held

Within the MarketMakers project – Experimental Scheme for IT Re/Training Deferred Payment for youth, a meeting with Mr. Patrick Egli, Deputy Head of Cooperation in the Embassy of Switzerland in BiH, and Mr. Daniel Nippard, the Project Director was held. Activities related to the preparation of the financial mechanism that will enable interest-free loan financing, […]
A study “Information and Communications Technology – Fuel for SME Competitiveness” published
15.08.2019

A study “Information and Communications Technology – Fuel for SME Competitiveness” published

As one of the results of the project “Digitalization as an incentive for enterprise competitiveness in BiH”, the study “Information and Communications Technology – Fuel for SME Competitiveness” was published. The study was prepared using information gathered during visits of 27 metal and wood processing companies and 11 supporting institutions, when interviews were conducted with […]
Agreement on Cooperation with the Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Banja Luka signed
08.08.2019

Agreement on Cooperation with the Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Banja Luka signed

The Dean of the Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Banja Luka, Zdravko Zlokapa, Ph.D., and director of Eda – Enterprise Development Agency, Zdravko Miovčić, MSc in Management, signed the Cooperation Agreement in Banjaluka today. The agreement was signed in order to establish cooperation in implementation of the project “(Re)launching debates on NATO […]
A public call for submission of project proposal concepts for support of women entrepreneurship development is published
01.08.2019

A public call for submission of project proposal concepts for support of women entrepreneurship development is published

Within the project “European Small Business Act as a framework of SME strategies and policies in BiH – SBA in BiH”, Eda has launched a public call for submission of project proposal concepts for support of women entrepreneurship development through grants from the SME Strategy Implementation Enabling Mechanism – SIEM. The objective of the public […]
Database on enterprises delivered to SME-related Ministries in B&H
24.07.2019

Database on enterprises delivered to SME-related Ministries in B&H

Within project SBA in BiH, Eda delivered a database of business entities to representatives of Ministry of Economy and Entrepreneurship of RS, Ministry of Development, Entrepreneurship and Crafts of FBiH and Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations. Database of business entities was made for basic processing and analysis of data from annual reports on […]
Opportunities to support innovation in enterprises discussed
12.07.2019

Opportunities to support innovation in enterprises discussed

Within the project “European Small Business Act as a framework of SME strategies and policies in BiH – SBA in BiH”, a workshop focused on support to innovation in enterprises was held. The workshop was attended by representatives of companies “Drvomehanika” and “Spektra DMG” from Banja Luka, “Topling” from Prnjavor, “TIKT manufaktura” from Gradiška, „Masterwood“ […]
Workshop “Strengthening and harmonizing support for export oriented enterprises”
28.06.2019

Workshop “Strengthening and harmonizing support for export oriented enterprises”

On June 26 and 27, a workshop “Strengthening and harmonizing support for export-oriented enterprises” was held in Teslic. Representatives of export-oriented firms, relevant ministries and institutions, chambers of commerce, as well as experts who support SMEs in introducing standards, discussed the problems and challenges faced by export-oriented companies in global value chains. Experiences and ideas […]
A constituent session of the Council for Women Entrepreneurship of Republika Srpska was held
14.06.2019

A constituent session of the Council for Women Entrepreneurship of Republika Srpska was held

A constituent session of the Council for Women Entrepreneurship of Republika Srpska was held today in the premises of the RS Chamber of Commerce. This is one of the planned activities within the project “Support to Entrepreneurship of Women of Republika Srpska”, which is supported by the SIEM mechanism, which is being developed and used […]