Republic of Srpska
MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, ENERGY AND MINING
Investment opportunities in business
zones in the Republic of Srpska
Banja Luka, September 2014
MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, ENERGY AND MINING
Phone: 051/339-581 e-mail: mier@mier.vladars.net
Republic of Srpska
MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, ENERGY AND MINING
Government of the Republic of Srpska is
determined to create a good business environment
in the Republic of Srpska for the development of
new and existing SMEs that will be competitive and
innovative on domestic and foreign market as well.
MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, ENERGY AND MINING
Phone: 051/339-581 e-mail: mier@mier.vladars.net
Republic of Srpska
MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, ENERGY AND MINING
Earlier activities regarding business zones (1)
• RS Government adopted the "Action Plan supporting the
development of business zones in the Republic of Srpska for
the period 2009-2013“
• Finished zone mapping in RS (56 sites of RS)
• "Steps in establishing business zones“ - Guide for the
municipalities
• Trainings for municipalities were held regarding the
development and establishment of business zones
(cooperation with German GIZ)
MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, ENERGY AND MINING
Phone: 051/339-581 e-mail: mier@mier.vladars.net
Republic of Srpska
MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, ENERGY AND MINING
Earlier activities regarding business zones (2)
•
•
•
In 2008, the Ministry nominated a project: ”EU support for
establishing and strengthening of business infrastructure
to improve the competitiveness of SMEs ”for financing
from IPA 2009.
Project will provide 10 feasibility studies for business
zones in BiH
In the RS support was given to the following zones:
Business Zone Aleksandrovac - Laktaši, Zona Lanara Teslić and Zone Vranjes - East New Sarajevo for feasibility
studies and Business zone Banja Luka and Industrial Zone
in Bijeljina for the development of investment plans.
MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, ENERGY AND MINING
Phone: 051/339-581 e-mail: mier@mier.vladars.net
Republic of Srpska
MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, ENERGY AND MINING
Earlier activities regarding business zones (3)
• In 2011 the RS Government supported 12 municipalities
with 151.000 KM for co-financing the making of project
documentation in business zones.
• In 2013 RS Assembly adopted SME development law in
which is determined definition and financial incentives for
zones the conditions and methods of establishing a
business zone
• In 2014 Ministry adopted Rules about conditions and
methods of establishing a business zone
MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, ENERGY AND MINING
Phone: 051/339-581 e-mail: mier@mier.vladars.net
Republic of Srpska
MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, ENERGY AND MINING
Future support to zone development
• In the next period all business zones will be categorized
(according to the degree of development)
• Support to municipalities regarding perspective zones
• Investment promotion (www.investsrpska.net , municipality
web sites, fairs and other activities)
• Support to zones is foreseen in the Draft of RS SME
development Strategy, RS Foreign investment Study and RS
Spatial plan
MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, ENERGY AND MINING
Phone: 051/339-581 e-mail: mier@mier.vladars.net
Republic of Srpska
MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, ENERGY AND MINING
Technological Business Park, Banja Luka (1)
 Position: suburban settlement Ramici along Banja LukaPrijedor main road
 Infrastructure: water supply, sewerage, power and
telecommunication networks exist within the facilities and
railway Novi Grad – Doboj runs through the zone
 Distance from Banja Luka-Gradiska motorway 2km, from
city center 5 km Banja Luka 10 km, from Banja Luka airport
15 km, from Gradiska border crossing about 50 km
MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, ENERGY AND MINING
Phone: 051/339-581 e-mail: mier@mier.vladars.net
Republic of Srpska
MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, ENERGY AND MINING
Technological Business Park, Banja Luka
MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, ENERGY AND MINING
Phone: 051/339-581 e-mail: mier@mier.vladars.net
Republic of Srpska
MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, ENERGY AND MINING
Technological Business Park, Banja Luka (3)
• TBP zone is intended for all types of activities, except
environmentally unacceptable industries and agriculture
• Land is sold at auctions, starting price is BAM 20
Why invest:
• TBP offers opportunities for lease of the existing facilities as well as
for construction of new facilities.
• Establishment of an incubator is planed , which creates a possibility
to establish new SMEs (start-up).
• Availability of qualified labor and proximity of EU market.
• Proximity of Banja Luka University and many private faculties.
• Available subsidies from the city for new employment and selfemployment in production, craft and service activities; guarantees
for small and medium enterprises.
MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, ENERGY AND MINING
Phone: 051/339-581 e-mail: mier@mier.vladars.net
Republic of Srpska
MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, ENERGY AND MINING
Technological Business Park, Banja Luka (4)
Contact:
Investors Center-Technological Business Park Ramici
Contact telephone: 051/394-250;
051/394-251;
Е-mail: gem@cidea.org info@cidea.org ivan.babic@cidea.org;
Web page: www.cidea.org , www.investbanjaluka.com
Contact persons: Milenko Gemaljevic and Ivan Babic.
MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, ENERGY AND MINING
Phone: 051/339-581 e-mail: mier@mier.vladars.net
Republic of Srpska
MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, ENERGY AND MINING
Business zone Banja Luka (1)
Area: 64 ha, located on the left bank of the Vrbas river (east side of
Banja Luka)
Distance from administrative center of the city 2 km, from Banja
Luka airport 16 km, from border crossing with Croatia (Gradiska) 48
km
Infrastructure: Internal traffic lines, industrial railway network
within the zone, sewerage network with 3 drainage collectors, water
supply and hydrant networks, network of substations of total
installed power of 23 MW, telecommunication network
Undeveloped land: Gross construction area 125,510 m², total 120
plots, possibility of plot multiplication
Lease ranges from BAM 0.4 to 1.5 per m² depending on location
within the zone and level of development
MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, ENERGY AND MINING
Phone: 051/339-581 e-mail: mier@mier.vladars.net
Republic of Srpska
MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, ENERGY AND MINING
Business zone Banja Luka (2)
Facilities:
Possibility of facility lease for period longer than 5 years
Price of facility lease ranges from BAM 2.0 -6.0 per m² (depending
on location, development, space area)
Why invest:
 Favorable geographic position (connection with motorways,
railway, industrial railway)
 Faster and cheaper access to land
 Possibility of construction and developed infrastructure
 Availability of various business services by zone operator
 Proximity of Banja Luka University and availability of qualified
labor and proximity of EU market
MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, ENERGY AND MINING
Phone: 051/339-581 e-mail: mier@mier.vladars.net
Republic of Srpska
MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, ENERGY AND MINING
Business zone Banja Luka (3)
MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, ENERGY AND MINING
Phone: 051/339-581 e-mail: mier@mier.vladars.net
Republic of Srpska
MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, ENERGY AND MINING
Business zone Banja Luka (4)
Contact:
Business Zone AD
Veljka Mladjenovica bb Banja Luka
Telephone: 051/450-104
051/450-145
Web page: www.poslovnazonabl.com
Е-mail: j.medic@poslovnazona.biz
Contact: Djuradj Banjac, Director
Jelena Medic
MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, ENERGY AND MINING
Phone: 051/339-581 e-mail: mier@mier.vladars.net
Republic of Srpska
MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, ENERGY AND MINING
Business zone Aleksandrovac, Laktasi (1)
Area: 44 ha,
Distance: from Banja Luka airport – Mahovljani 5 km, from
border crossing with Republic of Croatia (Gradiska) 25 km,
from future Banja Luka – Doboj motorway and future railway
route and from center of Banja Luka 25 km
Infrastructure: Asphalt road with lighting running through the
zone, water supply network, Telecommunication network,
organized waste disposal, construction of a 110 kV substation is
planned in the center of the zone
Land price is 12.00 – 15.00 BAM/m²
MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, ENERGY AND MINING
Phone: 051/339-581 e-mail: mier@mier.vladars.net
Republic of Srpska
MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, ENERGY AND MINING
Business zone Aleksandrovac, Laktasi (2)
Why invest:
 benefits when investing and obtaining all necessary permits and
documents,
 Financial benefits in the form of reduction of municipal fees for
construction of production and agricultural facilities,
 Geographic position of the zone and proximity of EU border
 Natural potentials in the form of quality agricultural land and
tradition in food production and animal growing as good
foundations for processing industry
 Regulation plan has been adopted and subdivision has been
completed, including a possibility to group the plots depending on
investor’s requirements.
MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, ENERGY AND MINING
Phone: 051/339-581 e-mail: mier@mier.vladars.net
Republic of Srpska
MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, ENERGY AND MINING
Business zone Aleksandrovac, Laktasi (3)
MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, ENERGY AND MINING
Phone: 051/339-581 e-mail: mier@mier.vladars.net
Republic of Srpska
MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, ENERGY AND MINING
Business zone Aleksandrovac, Laktasi (4)
CONTACTS:
Local Economic Development Division, Municipality of Laktasi
Telephone: 051/334-213, 051/334-214
E-mail: dragan.kelecevic@laktasi.net, bojana.kondic@laktasi.net
Web page: www.laktasi.net, www.laktasi.biz
Contact person:Dragan Kelecevic
Bojana Kondic Panic MSc
MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, ENERGY AND MINING
Phone: 051/339-581 e-mail: mier@mier.vladars.net
Republic of Srpska
MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, ENERGY AND MINING
Nova Topola Agro-Industrial Zone, Gradiska (1)
Position: Topola settlement, 12 km from Gradiska
Area: 144 hа
Distance: from M16 Banja Luka – Gradiska main road 300 m,
from Belgrade-Zagreb motorway 22km, from Banja LukaGradiska motorway 4 km, from city center and Gradiska border
crossing 12 km and from Banja Luka airport 10 km
Infrastructure: Access road, 6m wide, power and
telecommunication networks, water supply system within the
zone and sewerage network lines within the zone
MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, ENERGY AND MINING
Phone: 051/339-581 e-mail: mier@mier.vladars.net
Republic of Srpska
MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, ENERGY AND MINING
Nova Topola Agro-Industrial Zone, Gradiska (2)
Activities: Production in the field of agriculture and food industry
and other environmentally acceptable industry branches
Price BAM 1 per m² for production activities
Why invest:
• Favorable geostrategic position (proximity of the most important
border crossing towards EU, Belgrade-Zagreb international
motorway, Banja Luka airport, exit to the navigable section of the
river Sava)
• Tradition in industrial production
• Quality agricultural land and production (Lijevce Polje)
• Investor support by municipality
MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, ENERGY AND MINING
Phone: 051/339-581 e-mail: mier@mier.vladars.net
Republic of Srpska
MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, ENERGY AND MINING
Nova Topola Agro-Industrial Zone, Gradiska (3)
MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, ENERGY AND MINING
Phone: 051/339-581 e-mail: mier@mier.vladars.net
Republic of Srpska
MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, ENERGY AND MINING
Nova Topola Agro-Industrial Zone, Gradiska (4)
Contact:
Tel: + 387 51 810 300 / 810 353
Fax: +387 51 814 689
Е-mail: nacelnik.opstine@opstina-gradiska.com
Web: www.opstina-gradiska.com
Contact person: Nenad Kesic, Zone Coordinator
MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, ENERGY AND MINING
Phone: 051/339-581 e-mail: mier@mier.vladars.net
Republic of Srpska
MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, ENERGY AND MINING
Other sites for zones
•
Business zone Lipova greda, Kozarska Dubica (www.poslovnazona.ba)
•
Industrial zone Poljavnice, Novi Grad (www.opstina-novigrad.com )
•
Business zone Jadar, Zvornik (www.opstina-zvornik.org )
•
Business zone Vranjes, E. New Sarajevo (www.opstinains.net)
•
Entreprenerial zone Моdrica (www.raomd.org )
•
Business zone Bileca (www.opstinabileca.ba )
•
Industrial zone Lanara, Teslic (www.opstinateslic.com )
•
Industrial zone 2, Bijeljina (www.sobijeljina.org )
MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, ENERGY AND MINING
Phone: 051/339-581 e-mail: mier@mier.vladars.net
Republic of Srpska
MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, ENERGY AND MINING
Thank you for attention!
MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, ENERGY AND MINING
Phone: 051/339-581 e-mail: mier@mier.vladars.net