The third investment conference Invest Srpska, organized by the Investment Development Bank of the Republic of Srpska with the support of President Milorad Dodik, started in Banja Vru\u0107ica. The conference brings together the most important decision-makers, representatives of local self-government units, business and financial communities of the RS and the region. The Prime Minister Radovan Vi\u0161kovi\u0107 and Minister Zlatan Kloki\u0107 attended the opening of the conference.<\/p>\n
The Prime Minister of the Republic of Srpska, Radovan Vi\u0161kovi\u0107, opened the investment conference Invest Srpska, and said that Srpska was a good place to invest and that foreign investors\u2019 capital was safe there. In his address, Vi\u0161kovi\u0107 noted that he preferred investors who would provide solid incomes and retain domestic workers. \u2018The solution is in a partnership\u2019, said Vi\u0161kovi\u0107 and noted that the Government was a service to everyone wishing Srpska well. He indicated the good geographical position of the Republic of Srpska, its tax policies, the wealth of energy sources and quality workforce, all of which are more favourable than in the Balkan area and the vicinity. Commenting on the fact that diaspora remittances exceed foreign investments, Srpska\u2019s Prime Minister said that migrations had been high for decades, and that people hailing from these areas and living abroad were always ready to invest in their homeland and help their relatives.<\/p>\n
In his address at the first panel within the Invest Srpska conference dealing with investments and how to reach new investors, Minister Mitrovi\u0107 noted the efforts of EU countries to bring their production process closer to the borders, and that foreign investors certainly wanted to invest their capital, to know how long it took to start a business, what kind of workforce was available in an environment. According to him, all institutes, institutions and organizations must be in a partnership relationship in order to ensure such a business environment in the Republic of Srpska. Mitrovi\u0107 stated that Srpska had four types of incentives depending on the size of foreign investors and planned investments, and that relevant measures were raising the competitiveness of the domestic economy by digitizing the production process, strengthening the transport infrastructure, and innovation. The following panels dealt with challenges and needs of export financing to review the experiences of the financial and domestic banking sectors, with local communities \u2013 the right place for investment, which is important because investments are implemented in municipalities and cities, and with comparative advantages of domestic exports.<\/p>\n
Dra\u017een Vrhovac, Acting Director of the RS IDB, said that they had presented the benefits available to the RS IDB to all participants. \u2018We established numerous contacts and provided many opportunities for the RS to promote and attract investments\u2019, added Vrhovac. IDB director, Dra\u017een Vrhovac, announced that this investment forum\u2019s conclusions would be aimed at solving the problems identified with domestic export-oriented companies and also with local communities in order to strengthen the business environment in the Republic of Srpska.<\/p>\n
Source: Government of the Republic of Srpska \u2013 RTRS \u2013 Nezavisne novine \u2013 eKapija<\/p>\n
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The third investment conference Invest Srpska, organized by the Investment Development Bank of the Republic of Srpska with the support of President Milorad Dodik, started in Banja Vru\u0107ica. The conference brings together the most important decision-makers, representatives of local self-government units, business and financial communities of the RS and the region. The Prime Minister Radovan Vi\u0161kovi\u0107 and Minister Zlatan Kloki\u0107 attended the opening of the conference. The Prime Minister of the Republic of Srpska<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6172,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,77],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vijesti","category-vijesti-republika-srpska"],"yoast_head":"\n