Recent Activities

01. March 2017.

FIC at Regional Meeting on Business Climate

On March 1, FIC took part at the meeting of the Working Group on business friendliness in the Western Balkans, created by the EU-financed platform Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) and German GIZ.

Main topics discussed included: GIZ plans to launch a grant line from the German government for the small to mid-scale PPPs on the local level; best business practices in the region; business certification of municipalities executed by Naled in different countries of the region; and Business Friendliness Initiative, online platform for exchange of info on business certification of municipalities, which should be finalized in the next 2 months by Naled, and financed by GIZ. FIC was in particular invited to provide views on the concept paper on the plans for the new German grant line for smaller PPPs, which should be soon drafted. FIC was represented by the Executive Director Ana Firtel, while other participants included: GoV representatives from Serbia and the region, several NGOs, Naled, and FICs from Bosnia& Hercegovina and Montenegro.