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Minister of Economy and Entrepreneurship of Republika Srpska, Mr. Petričević emphasized importance of harmonization of SME definition in RS for easier access to the EU funds

Minister of Economy and Entrepreneurship of Republika Srpska, Mr. Vjekoslav Petricevic held a meeting with Director of Eda, Mr. Miovčić regarding the need and importance of harmonization of SME definition in Republika Srpska with SME definition in the European Union. On this occasion, Minister Petricevic said: “Harmonization of SME definition in Republika Srpska with SME […]

The project “Partnership for quality jobs and competitiveness” is ending today

The project “Partnership for quality jobs and competitiveness” started in June 2017 is ending today. The overall goal of the project was increased harmonization between supply and demand in the labour market in Prnjavor, and the specific goal was established functional employment partnership of the Prnjavor Municipality as the capacity for continuous implementation of active […]

IT training for the unemployed with financial support

As a part of the planned activities of the MarketMakers project, a financial mechanism has been prepared that will enable loan financing of priority IT trainings for the unemployed young people not able to provide financial resources for this purpose. At the beginning of February, this mechanism will be promoted, allowing deferred payment of training […]

The last training within the project and 7 new welders

The last training for welders, which was attended by 7 unemployed persons from Prnjavor, was held during January 2019 at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Banja Luka. A total of 22 welders have been trained so far, with about 80% of the participants showing very good results. Training participants are also very satisfied with […]

Research on digitization in the economy

Representatives of Eda, together with German consultants, are participating in the research on the current level of digitization in metal and wood processing companies in selected municipalities, with the aim of creating recommendations for improving that level and related capacity. So far, meetings have been held with directors of 10 metal and 5 wood processing […]

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Prepared publications and promotional materials for the municipalities of Derventa, Prnjavor and Laktaši

Within the LocalInterAct Network project, 8 publications were prepared, as well as promotional materials for the municipalities of Derventa, Prnjavor and Laktaši. The following publications were prepared: Analysis of the competitiveness of the wood processing sector in the Municipality of Laktasi Analysis of the competitiveness of the metal processing sector in the Municipality of Derventa […]

Young welders are very successful in training

Within the project “Partnership for quality jobs and competitiveness”, training of the third group for welders was completed. The group consisted of 5 young, unemployed persons from Prnjavor, who attended practical training lasting 40 school hours, which took place at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Banja Luka. So far, a total of 15 welders […]

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. Concepts of project proposals can be submitted […]

New publication: Eda, 20 years – How we change (also changing ourselves)

On the occasion of the anniversary – 20 years of successful work of Eda, we published a publication describing what we do and how we do it, who we cooperate with, who we learn from, how we change (also changing ourselves) and what kind of approach, frameworks and tools we use. In the publication, we also described our […]

More intensive and effective support to enterprise development required

Enterprise Development Agency EDA from Banja Luka organised the conference titled “How to provide better support to SME development by all levels in BiH” together with the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining of the Republika Srpska, which was supported by the Swedish Agency for International Cooperation (SIDA) through the Embassy of Sweden. The conference […]

Prnjavor got 5 new welders and 9 new CNC operators

Within the project “Partnership for quality jobs and competitiveness”, the training of the first group of 5 persons for welders and the second group of 9 persons for CNC operators was completed. All trainees are from Prnjavor, they are unemployed and most of them are young people. Training for welders and CNC operators lasting 40 […]

Free training for unemployed persons from Prnjavor for welding

Within the project “Partnership for quality jobs and competitiveness”, a public invitation for unemployed persons in Prnjavor for applying for free MIG-MAG welding training was announced. The training is intended for unemployed persons with a place of residence in the municipality of Prnjavor, with the records of active jobseekers of the Employment Bureau Prnjavor, older […]

Prnjavor got seven new CNC operators

As a part of planned activities within the project “Partnership for quality jobs and competitiveness”, training of the second group of seven unemployed persons from Prnjavor for CNC operators was completed. There were three nineteen-year-olds in the group, and we are especially glad that the training was also attended by one lady. The training lasted […]

It is important to assure continuity of the sector boards’ work

Within the project KRIN – creation of a regional innovation network, the fourth, joint meeting of sector boards of metal and wood processing industries was held. The meeting was attended by representatives of the RS Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining, the RS Ministry of Science and Technology, the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, the Faculty […]