Youth policy in Serbia Trento,September 2014

YP STRUCTURE Youth policy Youth office OKC NGO Osveženje Zip cente

Youth policy... Nacional strategy for young people Action plan for implementing strategy Law for young people Local strategy for young people

Stakeholders Ministry of youth and sports Municipalities Youth offices NGO organisations

Youth office Established in 2008th - IOM SHAPE project. Lokal youth strategy and action plan adopted in 2011th

Cultural youth center OKC Established in 2012th - project „Culture forever“ wich was implemented by NGO Osveženje, founded by SDC

Until now... we have found jobs for 40 young people we organized more than 100 concerts 38 workshops 2 year of psihosocial support permanent program of informal education 20 sport event health prevention we have received a prestigious award at the national level, "young city„.

Definition Business Incubator is a legal entity created in order to support small business entities upon start-up, by providing them with production rooms, equipment, as well as organizational, legal, financial, advisory and informative services. Business Incubators are set up in order to manifest support in creating and developing small business entities”.

Incubators provide: numerous benefits to owners of startup businesses. Their office and manufacturing space is offered at below-market rates, Their staff offer advice and much-needed expertise in developing business and marketing plans. Companies typically spend an average of two years in a business incubator, during which time they often share telephone, secretarial office, and production equipment expenses with other startup companies, in an effort to reduce everyone's overhead and operational costs.

Established in 2012th – project ZIP center was founded by EU. Value of the project was , oo EUR ( EU ,oo EUR and Pirot municipality , oo )

During the project we built the facility of ZIP center

We establish ZIP center llc Tenants moved in ZIP center  Beauty center MIX - beauty salon  Salona doo - Accounting agency  Pidizajn - Studio for graphic-design  Blenda tours - Travel agency  Prodrive - Driving School  Color - centar Mile  Galman d.o.o. - A company for services and trade  Copy studio Fenix – Shop for copying services, binding, stamping  Presto - A company for services and trade  One it – The agency for the developing android applications  Turres suvenir – Workshop for making and selling souvenirs  Auto kodeks d.o.o.– Company for services and trade  ZMV tours d.o.o. - Company for services and trade

we developed services which are available to to tenants Adequately equipped space Access to technical equipment: internal and external computer networks, equipment for photocopying Administrative services and intrenet Use of conference rooms Organized a joint presentation at trade fairs and exhibitions Exemption from municipal taxes Expert services personnel and their professional support Finding business opportunities by order and for the needs of tenants and / or other business entities Economic and consulting support for the development of start-up businesses Direct access to business networks and associations Reducing barriers in transition economies through the pooling know-how and the reduction of fixed costs.

TOPICS of trainings We organized 11 trainings for tenants and 4 national forums of business incubators 1. Creating a business plan and registration of companies and entrepreneurs 2. Basics of Entrepreneurship 3. Business Communication 4. Basics of accountancy and bookkeeping 5. Voluntary pension funds 6. Contracts 7. Business English 8. Internet marketing 9. Banking services and securities 10. Business behavior 11. Writing projects

We care about them Six of our teenats are using mini grants from HELP organisation in amount of eur – we helped them to aply. We are trying to provide a better business environment for our tenants by connecting them with potentially clients. We are trying to create a sense of community and team work between all of us

Obstacles Lack of knowledge about the concept (business incubator should be one of the activitiy in supporting of entrepreneurship/no profitable concept) Status concept legal uncertainty Political instability Bad selection of management Financial sustainability

Solutions We have developed the concept of a business incubator that is different from the other. We have a different concept of rent, different periods of incubation, different financing concept, a different structure of the fixed costs of tenants and different concept of human resources. This incubator considered as the first of three steps leading to our goal.

Our objectives contribute to the development of the region through the creation of new jobs and of favorable conditions for business establish a business incubator of production activities establish a business incubator of agricultural activities

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