European Business Club
October 29th, 2014
EU assistance to Economic
Development in BiH
EU Enlargement
Martin SCHIEDER
Head of Operations Section for Economic Development,
Trade and Natural Resources
EU Delegation to Bosnia and Herzegovina
Main assistance programmes:
EU
financial
assistance
to BiH
From post war reconstruction to support for EU accession.
 PHARE Programme
 OBNOVA Programme
 Community Assistance for Reconstruction and Democratic
Stabilisation (CARDS)
 Instrument for Pre-Accession (IPA)
Total support over the past 20 years: € 3.2 billion
EU Enlargement
Objective: Support participation in Stabilisation and
Association Process and prepare for EU accession.
National IPA programme for Bosnia and Hercegovina:
Instrument for
Pre-Accession
(IPA I):
2007 to 2013
MEUR
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Total
Transition
assistance and
capacity
building
49,7
66,7
80,5
98,3
91,3
84,7
41,9
513,1
Cross border
cooperation
1,0
1,0
1,0
2,2
2,2
2,6
2,6
12,6
50,7
67,7
81,5
100,5
93,5
87,3
44,5
525,7
Acquis and Other
Activities (agriculture,
food safety, energy,
culture, community
programmes), 16%
Environment, 17%
Justice and Home
Affairs, 16%
Transport, 11%
EU Enlargement
Social Development
(health, education,
social inclusion, civil
society), 19%
Private Sector
Development, 8%
Public Administration
Development, 13%
Draft Country Strategy Paper
Programming
process
IPA II -ongoing
IPA Priorities for 2014:
Focus:
Integrated socio-economic development
SME Competitiveness and Innovation
Objective: To strengthen development of SMEs
EU Enlargement
Private Sector Development:
Past assistance
- Trade, competition, state aid, IPR (approx. € 23,5 mil)
- Industry, eexport promotion, SME's, regional and
local economic development (approx. € 24,5 mil),
- Tourism (TA + grants), (approx. € 7,5mil).
Support to
Private Sector
Development
Current assistance (approx. € 8.5mil)
- EU Support for introduction of Quality Management Systems
in accordance with ISO 9001 standard (€ 1,9 mil),
- Support for development of Feasibility Studies for
Business Infrastructure (€ 1,3 mil),
- Grants for Local Economic Development (€ 5,2 mil).
Pipeline
- Support to SME competitiveness through the transfer of
best Small Business Act practice (EBRD, € 2 mil)
-IPA 2014 Special measures "Recovering SMEs in flood
affected areas" (€ 9 mil)
-IPA 2014 "SME Competitiveness Support Facility" (€ 9 mil)
EU Enlargement
Best practice from EU projects:
-Export Support Facility (€ 100,000) –
Pilot SME grant scheme implemented with Export Promotion
Agency (BHEPA).
-SME Voucher Scheme (€ 120,000) –
Over 100 SME's assisted with introduction of standards, production in
improvements, marketing, development of business plans.
Support to
SME
competitiveness,
export and
introduction of
standards
EU Enlargement
- EBRD Small Business Support Programme (€ 2 mil):
136 companies connected with international and local consultants
(transfer of know-how, innovative technologies, introduction of
standards).
•Grant for Techno-Park in Zenica-laboratory for wood testing.
Current initiatives:
Support for the Introduction of Quality Management
Systems – "EU QMS BiH Project "
Support to
SME
competitiveness,
export and
introduction of
standards
-ongoing-
EU Enlargement
Assistance to SME's in whole BiH to obtain QMS
certification in accordance with ISO 9001:2008
(public call launched in August on http://www.euqms.ba)
- Implemented over past 3 months (started in August)
-100 selected out of 271 received applications
- majority of client SMEs:
have less than 20 employees
food processing; wood, metal, construction
-At least 30% of SMEs should be certified by EoY and
30% by end of 2015
- 50 local consultants trained for QMS audit
Overview of economic and financial impact of 9 Feasibility Studies
ZONE
SIZE
(ha)
TOTAL
INVESMENT
COST EXCL. VAT
(m €)
EMPLOYMENT
IMPACT
(No of jobs)
DEMAND
DYNAMICS
PLANNED NO OF
INVESTORS
BIHAĆ
BUSINESS PARK KAMENICA
34.3
6.78
1,095
17 investors
(10 existing)
36
BRČKO
BUSINESS PARK BASE McGOVERN
34.58
4.64
1,000
4 companies
(3 existing)
41
9.5
1.44
460
4 companies
(2 existing)
10
LAKTAŠI
AGRO- BUSINESS PARK
ALEKSANDROVAC
84.18
10.48
1,500
6 investors
30
LJUBUŠKI
BUSINESS ZONE ZVIRICI
39.50
3.80
960
10 investors
(4 existing)
48
MOSTAR
RRC JUZNI LOGOR
0.28
1.33
50-300
-
25
NOVI TRAVNIK
INDUSTRIAL PARK NEOBARJE
50.59
8.86
1,600
7 existing
investors
50
ORAŠJE
INDUSTRIAL PARK DUSINE
17.33
1.19
420
2 investors
10
TESLIĆ
INDUSTRIAL ZONE LANARA
14.08
2.36
440
17 investors
(9 foreign)
15
284.34
ha
€ 40.88 m
7,775 jobs
72 investors
255 investors
BUSINESS ZONE
2]
EU Support to
Business
Infrastructure
(“EUSESBI")
- ongoing-
ISTOCNO NOVO SARAJEVO
BUSINESS ZONE VRANJES
TOTAL
EU Enlargement
Total investment 41MEUR – potential for 8,000 new jobs
Support to Local
Economic
Development
(LED)
5,2 MEUR
IPA 2011
-ongoing-
EU Enlargement
11 grants to the local partnerships BiH-wide for
Improvement of business environment at local level through:
-development of business incubators
-entrepreneurial centres
- SME grants to fast growing SMEs, women entrepreneurship
- reconstruction of laboratory for testing joinery products
- establishment of one-stop shops, etc.
THANK YOU
Martin SCHIEDER
Head of Operations Section for Economic Development,
Trade and Natural Resource
EU Delegation to Bosnia and Herzegovina
EU Enlargement