Mike Michel Interview for Economist
In an interview for the Economist Serbia published on December 15, FIC President Mike Michel promoted White Book 2020 and the FIC view on the measures taken to overcome the crisis and prospects for the economy in 2021. This media appearance came as part of the participation at the Economist Conference on December 15. FIC…
New Communication Director
We are glad to present you the new FIC Communication Director Renata Pindzo who is engaged as of October 18. Renata took responsibility for the internal and external communication of FIC, ensuring efficient and smooth exchange of appropriate information. Before joining FIC Renata worked as Assistant Minister in the Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications,…
New Effort on the Don’t Call Registry
On February 18, FIC sent the comments on the second Draft Rulebook on “Don’t Call Registry”. FIC participates in the Ministry of Trade Working Group on the Rulebook and already sent comments on January 24. Main message is still the same: that the complete purpose of limitation of contacts in view of direct marketing is…
New Engagement on Waste Management
On December 23, sent to the Republic Secretariat for Public Policy the comments on the Draft Amendments to the Law on Waste Management. The comments were previously sent to the Environment Protection Ministry on November 5, and were reiterated upon request of the Republic Secretariat. The comments that can be accessed here referred to the…
New Initiative on Conversion
On April 27, FIC provided to the Construction Ministry the proposal for the conversion of the right of land use into the right of property. In particular, the goal of the proposal is to reduce the fee to a reasonable amount or even eliminate it in this way. The good solution would decrease unpredictability of…
New Regulatory Officer
FIC has new Regulatory Officer Tanja Jovanovic who is engaged as of August 1. Tanja took responsibility for the 4 committees from Bojana Tomic-Brkusanin who left FIC to pursue her career in Digital Serbia. Tanja took responsibility for the following committees: Anti-Illicit Trade & Food, HR, Pharma Industry and Tax. Before joining FIC Tanja worked…
New Telco & Digital Economy Committee VP
We hereby wish to inform you that the Telecommunications & Digital Economy Committee has a new Vice President Dejan Peric, Director/ IT Advisory at Crowe Serbia. Dejan was elected via electronic voting on April 27-28, after the former Committee Vice President Veljko Smiljanic took the new role in his career and resigned from the position…
Next Steps on Digital Identity
As a follow-up to FIC initiative on digitalization of financial services, FIC and mobile operators discussed with the authorities the possibility to enable mobile operators to issue the electronic identities to the citizens. Fruitful meeting held on March 3 brought important conclusions and enabled planning further steps in the cooperation with the institutions participating at…
Pharma Committee Chairpersons Elected
Pharmaceutical Industry Committee Chairpersons were elected at the Committee meeting on March 27. Danilo Mijušković from Merck has been elected as President, while Jelena Mlinarević from Phoenix Pharma has been elected as Vice President. We therefore use this opportunity to express our deepest gratitude to Danilo and Jelena for accepting the roles of Pharma Industry…
Pharma Industry Committee leadership elected
Pharma Industry Committee re-elected leadership in electronic voting on October 15-16. Market Access Manager at Roche Serbia Radomir Cerovic was re-elected as President, while Public Affairs Country Head and Legal Representative for Serbia and Montenegro in Sanofi-Aventis d.o.o. Beograd Semir Attar was elected as Committee Vice President on a two-year mandate. We therefore use this…