1. International Conference Marko Čadež, President of the CCIS
on Regional Market, Statistics Development and Investment Opportunities
Role of Chamber System and New Tools for Support to Investors and Business Development
Marko Čadež, President of the CCIS
Sarajevo, 7 November 2017

2. CCIS INFORMATION-ANALYTICAL CAPACITY
Unified database
Specialised analyst teams
Products and services:
Analyses, reports and other specially created tools for support to businesses
Initiatives and guidelines for improvement of business investment environment
Sarajevo, 7 November 2017

3. RELEVANT SOURCES FOR CCIS DATABASE
Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia (CCIS) has at its disposal a unified database updated from relevant domestic and foreign sources:
Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia
National Bank of Serbia
Business Registers Agency
Customs Administration
National Employment Service
Compulsory Social Insurance Central Register
Other institutions managing data
International databases (financial and commodity exchanges)
Sarajevo, 7 November 2017

4. CCIS DATABASE SYSTEM CCIS DATABASE SYSTEM Sarajevo, 7 November 2017
Industry, agriculture, services
Foreign trade
Companies and entrepreneurs
Labour market (employment and wages)
Investments (domestic and foreign)
Financial and commodity markets
Sarajevo, 7 November 2017

5. PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia’s specialised analyst teams are preparing analyses and reports on economic trends, state of play (developments) in specific sectors of industry, agriculture and services, foreign trade, market conditions and other issues of significance for business operation:
Business performance indicators (in-house matrix, as a special ‘cross-referenced’ database, viewing the economy from the standpoint of companies and business sectors)
CCIS sectoral newsletters (19 associations in the sectors of industry, agriculture and services)
“Serbian Economy” (macroeconomic framework, overview of changes to regulations and other issues of importance for business operation)
Quarterly analysis of changes to regulations of significance for businesses
Barometer
Daily and weekly reports on the status of financial and commodity markets
Sarajevo, 7 November 2017

6. SECTORAL ANALYSES
Sarajevo, 7 November 2017

7. CCIS SECTORAL NEWSLETTERS
AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
INDUSTRY SECTOR
SERVICES SECTOR
Sarajevo, 7 November 2017

8. MEASURABLE RESULTS
Analyses and reports compiled on the basis of data from the unified database serve as a starting point for:
Identifying problems and the economy’s potential
Proposing corrective measures to decision-makers at all levels in order to improve the regulatory framework and other elements of business investment environment
More efficient service for companies to which we provide relevant information for an overview of the current state of play in a given sector, their market positions relative to the competition, business planning, breaking into markets, investment decision-making
Sarajevo, 7 November 2017

9. Legal and economic initiatives
TOWARDS BETTER BUSINESS INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT
Analyses & reports
Business counselling
Planning
Legal and economic initiatives
Data
Information
Sarajevo, 7 November 2017

10. SUPPORT TO INVESTORS
In their preparation and implementation of investment projects, domestic and foreign investors may count on the support of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia reflected in:
A broad range of data and information on economic activities available in one place
Advisory services provided by expert analyst teams
A possibility for a quality SWOT analysis
Contacts with potential partners (supplier databases)
More efficient communication with state institutions and local self-governments
Sarajevo, 7 November 2017

11. CHAMBER INVESTMENT FORUM – FOR FEWER BARRIERS & MORE INVESTMENTS IN THE REGION
The goals of the Western Balkans Chamber Investment Forum as a regional platform bringing together eight chambers of commerce and industry with half a million companies – their respective members:
Eliminating administrative and non-tariff barriers
Improvement of business investment environment in the region
Greater involvement of business communities in carrying out infrastructure and other regional development projects
Networking among companies so as to come up with joint offers and break into third markets together
Important role of the Chamber Investment Forum and the Standing Secretariat in Trieste in carrying out the Multi-Year Action Plan for Regional Economic Area (MAP REA)
Sarajevo, 7 November 2017

12. ON-LINE REGIONAL INVESTMENT DATABASE
Regional investment platform with all information necessary for investors to make their decisions on investing in the region’s economies (information on legal frameworks, key indicators for macroeconomic environment, financial and other incentives, specific investment projects)
Guidance for chambers of commerce, the Chamber Investment Forum members, in drafting recommendations for decision-makers to eliminate barriers to more successful business operation, to approximate regulations, procedures and practices to a legal framework with which the investors are more familiar, and to create an enabling environment for economic growth and development of the Western Balkans
Need to harmonise and standardise methodologies for measuring economic benchmarks in the region
Sarajevo, 7 November 2017