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Employees of SIK Kopaonik get their first salaries after production recovery
Kursumlija,
8 March 2010
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Regional Development Mladjan Dinkic said in Kursumlija today that €8 million will be invested in the Forestry and Industrial Complex (SIK) Kopaonik by autumn.
At the initiative of the Ministry of Economy and Regional Development, the production in this company was restarted in February and thus 300 workers of the company got their first salaries after more than 20 months.
By the end of March, this company will also receive a loan from the Development Fund, on the basis of a recently adopted programme of the Serbian government for production revival and employment in economically devastated areas of Serbia, the Minister said after visiting SIK Kopaonik.
He recalled that Kursumlija belongs to a group of 40 municipalities in Serbia whose level of development is approximately 50% of the republic’s average.
The Ministry of Economy and Regional Development has earmarked €100 million for the promotion of balanced regional development through the revival of production and employment in the poorest municipalities in Serbia, he said.
He said during his visit to Kursumlija that a great opportunity for the development of this part of Serbia lies in spa tourism, which is confirmed by resorts such as Prolom and Lukovska Banja which have great potential.
However, Kursumlijska Banja has not been in operation for 15 years and a tender will be called to invite investors to cooperate with the state to revive it, said Dinkic.
The offer will include a debt write-off and the state will be a partner in the new company, while the renovation of the hotel will be the investor’s obligation, he explained.
An agreement should also be reached with pension and disability insurance funds and trade unions which would use the services offered by the resort, he said.
Since there are plans for beginning the construction of a motorway from Nis to Prokuplje next year and Djavolja Varos is a big tourist attraction, I think we must revive resorts and spas. The state will work on the infrastructure and provide personnel qualified for running resorts, he said.
By the end of March, this company will also receive a loan from the Development Fund, on the basis of a recently adopted programme of the Serbian government for production revival and employment in economically devastated areas of Serbia, the Minister said after visiting SIK Kopaonik.
He recalled that Kursumlija belongs to a group of 40 municipalities in Serbia whose level of development is approximately 50% of the republic’s average.
The Ministry of Economy and Regional Development has earmarked €100 million for the promotion of balanced regional development through the revival of production and employment in the poorest municipalities in Serbia, he said.
He said during his visit to Kursumlija that a great opportunity for the development of this part of Serbia lies in spa tourism, which is confirmed by resorts such as Prolom and Lukovska Banja which have great potential.
However, Kursumlijska Banja has not been in operation for 15 years and a tender will be called to invite investors to cooperate with the state to revive it, said Dinkic.
The offer will include a debt write-off and the state will be a partner in the new company, while the renovation of the hotel will be the investor’s obligation, he explained.
An agreement should also be reached with pension and disability insurance funds and trade unions which would use the services offered by the resort, he said.
Since there are plans for beginning the construction of a motorway from Nis to Prokuplje next year and Djavolja Varos is a big tourist attraction, I think we must revive resorts and spas. The state will work on the infrastructure and provide personnel qualified for running resorts, he said.
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