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Government adopts Industrial Policy Strategy from 2021 to 2030

Belgrade, 5 March 2020

The Serbian government adopted today the Industrial Policy Strategy from 2021 to 2030 which stipulates comprehensive reform steps in the field of industrial development aimed at enhancing competitiveness of the domestic industry, which will give a significant contribution to a highly sustainable economic development.

The implementation of the Strategy will allow for raising the technological level of the industry and its transformation towards digitalisation and automatisation, raising the contribution of scientific technical and innovative solutions, as well as the total volume of investments in industry, while securing balance in the structure and quality of the investments.

The government adopted the Strategy for the improvement of the position of people with disabilities in the Republic of Serbia from 2020 to 2024.

These measures will improve the general position of people with disabilities and will secure their equal participation in society.

The government adopted a Decree on the conditions and manner of allocation and use of funds for the promotion of organised tourist traffic of foreign tourists in the territory of the Republic of Serbia.

The implementation of this regulation, for which RSD 8 million have been allocated, attracts the visits of foreign tourists and influences the prolongation of their average number of nights.

The Regulation on establishing the Programme for the use of funds of the Budget Fund for financing activities and measures for the improvement and development in the field of electronic communications and information society in 2020 was adopted.

It is envisaged to build a broadband communication infrastructure in the so-called white zones, to enable the state's incentives to connect to the Internet at least 600 schools, public institutions, local communities and other facilities of the state and local self-government bodies and approximately 90,000 households.

The incentive measures in the amount of RSD 2,282,628 are intended for the construction of information infrastructure, which will enable a balanced regional development, better connectivity of economic regions and ensure increased use of new technologies and innovations in business and education.

The Regulation establishing the Programme for the Promotion and Popularisation of Innovation and Innovation Entrepreneurship for 2020 was adopted at today's session.

RSD 70 million has been earmarked for this purpose, to encourage citizens to think in an entrepreneurial way and to encourage them to set up their innovation and technology start-up companies to a greater extent.

The Serbian government has provided a total of RSD 100 million for the systematic improvement of innovative entrepreneurship among women at the national and local levels through the Programme of Support to the Development and Promotion of Women's Innovative Entrepreneurship for 2020.

These funds are intended to create the conditions for changing the business environment so as to encourage women to be founders, owners or shareholders of economic entities.