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Government adopts set of regulations on systemic support to SME sector

Belgrade, 13 January 2022

At today's session, the government of the Republic of Serbia adopted the Bill amending the Law on Salaries of Civil Servants and State Employees.

The government adopted the Conclusion on the manner of financing the treatment of persons suffering from rare diseases in 2022, for which RSD 3,700,000,000 have been allocated.

Bearing in mind that one of the basic goals of the government is systemic support to the sector of micro, small and medium enterprises and entrepreneurs, start-ups, as well as women entrepreneurs and young people, the government adopted a set of decrees whose programs provided RSD 2,500,000,000 of support.

The Decree on establishing the Entrepreneurship Encouragement Programme through development projects in 2022 was adopted, in order to encourage investments of economic entities in expanding production and strengthening competitiveness, with the aim of creating new jobs.

The Decree on determining the Programme for Encouraging Entrepreneurship Development through Financial Support for Beginners in Business in 2022 was passed at the session.

Members of the government adopted the Decree on establishing the Programme for Encouragement of Entrepreneurship Development through Financial Support for Women Entrepreneurs and Youth in 2022.

The government also adopted the Decree on establishing the Programme of Standardised Set of Services for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and Entrepreneurs in 2022, which is being implemented through accredited regional development agencies, as well as the Decree on establishing the Business Infrastructure Development Support Programme for 2022.

At the session, the Decree on determining the Program of support for the work of regional innovation companies and smart city centres for 2022 was adopted, which provided RSD 55 million for these purposes.

The Decree on determining the Programme of support for raising the innovation capacities of local self-government units in the territory of the Republic of Serbia for 2022 was also adopted.

The government has decided to pay a one-time financial aid in the amount of RSD 10,000 to health workers employed in health institutions from the plan of the network of health institutions.

This decision was made having in mind the increased volume of work and the burden that health workers bear during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Government members adopted the Conclusion recommending "Elektrodistribucija Srbije" d.o.o. to build connections to the electricity distribution system of residential and auxiliary facilities built on the basis of the Programme for the Return of Refugees and Displaced Bosniaks from the Municipality of Priboj in the period 1991-1999, without paying connection costs.

Since the deadline for the implementation of the Programme expired in March 2016, the Municipality of Priboj will submit a list of facilities with evidence of their construction in order to subsequently connect to the distribution network.