European Business Club October 29 th, 2014 EU assistance to Economic Development in Bi. H EU Enlargement Martin SCHIEDER Head of Operations Section for Economic Development, Trade and Natural Resources EU Delegation to Bosnia and Herzegovina
Main assistance programmes: EU financial assistance to Bi. H From post war reconstruction to support for EU accession. Ø PHARE Programme Ø OBNOVA Programme Ø Community Assistance for Reconstruction and Democratic Stabilisation (CARDS) Ø Instrument for Pre-Accession (IPA) Total support over the past 20 years: € 3. 2 billion EU Enlargement
Objective: Support participation in Stabilisation and Association Process and prepare for EU accession. National IPA programme for Bosnia and Hercegovina: MEUR Instrument for Pre-Accession (IPA I): 2007 to 2013 EU Enlargement 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Total Transition assistance and capacity building 49, 7 66, 7 80, 5 98, 3 91, 3 84, 7 41, 9 513, 1 Cross border cooperation 1, 0 2, 2 2, 6 12, 6 50, 7 67, 7 81, 5 100, 5 93, 5 87, 3 44, 5 525, 7
Draft Country Strategy Paper Programming process IPA II -ongoing IPA Priorities for 2014: Focus: ØIntegrated socio-economic development ØSME Competitiveness and Innovation Objective: To strengthen development of SMEs EU Enlargement
Private Sector Development: Past assistance - Trade, competition, state aid, IPR (approx. € 23, 5 mil) - Industry, eexport promotion, SME's, regional and local economic development (approx. € 24, 5 mil), - Tourism (TA + grants), (approx. € 7, 5 mil). Support to Private Sector Development Current assistance (approx. € 8. 5 mil) - EU Support for introduction of Quality Management Systems in accordance with ISO 9001 standard (€ 1, 9 mil), - Support for development of Feasibility Studies for Business Infrastructure (€ 1, 3 mil), - Grants for Local Economic Development (€ 5, 2 mil). Pipeline - Support to SME competitiveness through the transfer of best Small Business Act practice (EBRD, € 2 mil) -IPA 2014 Special measures "Recovering SMEs in flood affected areas" (€ 9 mil) -IPA 2014 "SME Competitiveness Support Facility" (€ 9 mil) EU Enlargement
Best practice from EU projects: -Export Support Facility (€ 100, 000) – Pilot SME grant scheme implemented with Export Promotion Agency (BHEPA). -SME Voucher Scheme (€ 120, 000) – Over 100 SME's assisted with introduction of standards, production in improvements, marketing, development of business plans. Support to SME competitiveness, export and introduction of standards EU Enlargement - EBRD Small Business Support Programme (€ 2 mil): 136 companies connected with international and local consultants (transfer of know-how, innovative technologies, introduction of standards). • Grant for Techno-Park in Zenica-laboratory for wood testing.
Current initiatives: Support for the Introduction of Quality Management Systems – "EU QMS Bi. H Project " Support to SME competitiveness, export and introduction of standards -ongoing- EU Enlargement Assistance to SME's in whole Bi. H to obtain QMS certification in accordance with ISO 9001: 2008 (public call launched in August on http: //www. euqms. ba) - Implemented over past 3 months (started in August) -100 selected out of 271 received applications - majority of client SMEs: have less than 20 employees food processing; wood, metal, construction -At least 30% of SMEs should be certified by Eo. Y and 30% by end of 2015 - 50 local consultants trained for QMS audit
Overview of economic and financial impact of 9 Feasibility Studies ZONE SIZE (ha) TOTAL INVESMENT COST EXCL. VAT (m €) EMPLOYMENT IMPACT (No of jobs) DEMAND DYNAMICS PLANNED NO OF INVESTORS BIHAĆ BUSINESS PARK KAMENICA 34. 3 6. 78 1, 095 17 investors (10 existing) 36 BRČKO BUSINESS PARK BASE Mc. GOVERN 34. 58 4. 64 1, 000 4 companies (3 existing) 41 9. 5 1. 44 460 4 companies (2 existing) 10 LAKTAŠI AGRO- BUSINESS PARK ALEKSANDROVAC 84. 18 10. 48 1, 500 6 investors 30 LJUBUŠKI BUSINESS ZONE ZVIRICI 39. 50 3. 80 960 10 investors (4 existing) 48 MOSTAR RRC JUZNI LOGOR 0. 28 1. 33 50 -300 - 25 NOVI TRAVNIK INDUSTRIAL PARK NEOBARJE 50. 59 8. 86 1, 600 7 existing investors 50 ORAŠJE INDUSTRIAL PARK DUSINE 17. 33 1. 19 420 2 investors 10 TESLIĆ INDUSTRIAL ZONE LANARA 14. 08 2. 36 440 17 investors (9 foreign) 15 284. 34 ha € 40. 88 m 7, 775 jobs 72 investors 255 investors BUSINESS ZONE 2] EU Support to Business Infrastructure (“EUSESBI") - ongoing- ISTOCNO NOVO SARAJEVO BUSINESS ZONE VRANJES TOTAL EU Enlargement Total investment 41 MEUR – potential for 8, 000 new jobs
Support to Local Economic Development (LED) 5, 2 MEUR IPA 2011 -ongoing- EU Enlargement 11 grants to the local partnerships Bi. H-wide for Improvement of business environment at local level through: -development of business incubators -entrepreneurial centres - SME grants to fast growing SMEs, women entrepreneurship - reconstruction of laboratory for testing joinery products - establishment of one-stop shops, etc.
THANK YOU Martin SCHIEDER Head of Operations Section for Economic Development, Trade and Natural Resource EU Delegation to Bosnia and Herzegovina EU Enlargement
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