News - EDA - Development Agency

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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“ […]

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 […]

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 […]

05.06.2019

Grant contracts for women entrepreneurship support signed

Two contracts for awarding grants to support women entrepreneurship from the SIEM fund have been signed in Eda today. The SIEM mecahnism is being developed and used to improve implementation of strategies and plans focused on SMEs. The RS Ministry of Economy and Entrepreneurship, as one of the main partners of the project “European Small […]

27.05.2019

The first application of the SIEM mechanism: selected projects to support women entrepreneurship

Within the framework of the project “European Small Business Act as a framework of SME strategies and policies in BiH – SBA in BiH”, the SIEM mechanism was applied for the first time. The SIEM mechanism is being developed and used to improve implementation of strategies and plans focused on SMEs. The first application was […]

22.05.2019

Visit by Representatives of The Embassy of Sweden in BiH

Today, Marie Bergstrom from the Swedish Embassy in BiH visited Eda, together with her colleagues Ina Hasanbegovic and Johan Norqvist. The visit was a great opportunity to talk about ongoing activities within the project SBA in BiH, which in the forthcoming period will include harmonization of SME-focused policies in areas such as innovations, environment, technical […]

08.05.2019

Good progress of BiH in implementing the Small Business Act

Representatives of Eda attended the EBRD Annual Meeting & Business Forum in Sarajevo, where the “SME Policy Index: Western Balkans and Turkey 2019” was launched. In the new issue of the publication “SME Policy Index: Western Balkans and Turkey 2019”, prepared by the OECD in cooperation with the EBRD and the ETF (European Training Foundation), […]