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City Bijeljina

Department for Economy

Address:
Ulica patrijarha Pavla 1
76 300  Bijeljina

Head of Department:

Phone: +387 (0)55 233 114
Fax:+387 (0)55 233 432
E-mail: [email protected]
Department of Economy performs administrative and professional activities under the City jurisdiction related to:
  • study and analytic activities and utilization of resources in economy (industry, trade and commerce, catering, tourism, crafts, traffic and communications);
  • development planning and monitoring the implementation of strategic plans within scope of work;
  • affairs related to private entrepreneurship, incentives for the development of small and medium sized enterprises;
  • performing registration of independent entrepreneurs;
  • preparing acts regulating work hours in catering, crafts and trade;
  • adopting acts on categorization of catering facilities and rural households, as well as acquiring a status of old craft, artistic craft, or homecraft;
  • other jobs placed in their scope of work by special acts.

In strategic planning, monitoring the implementation of City Development Strategy, evaluating and reporting in the scope of work, the Department performs the following jobs:
  • preparing annual operational plan, containing planned projects, value of the projects and funding sources, dynamics of projects implementation, and clearly defined roles and responsibilities in the project implementation;
  • regularly collecting information important for the local sustainable development and submits it to the Section for Local Economic Development and European Integration (Section);
  • preparing various analyses and studies within its scope of work and submits them to the Section;
  • actively participating in the strategic planning of integrated development;
  • preparing and submitting information concerning external stakeholders and proposes their involvement in the strategic planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of projects;
  • participating in the preparation of project proposals and project documentation; and
  • submitting reports on monitoring and evaluation of projects at the Department level, according to the dynamics defined in the annual activities calendar prepared by the Section for Local Economic Development and European Integration.

Concerning the promotion of the City, the Department performs the following jobs:
  • promoting dialogue between the local stakeholders, establishes partnerships and maintains regular communication between departments and external stakeholders (private sector, chamber of commerce and business associations, financial organisations, international organisations, academic institutions, etc.);
  • continually promoting the City as the location favourable for investments, all with the aim to attract domestic and foreign investments;
  • presenting materials of the City development potential to investors, donors, development agencies and other external stakeholders, in cooperation with the organisational unit for local economic development;
  • implementing other activities contributing to the promotion of the City as the environment favourable for investments.