Belgrade, Mokra Gora - "The three main problems facing Serbia are low competitiveness, lack of orientation of the economy towards exports and unemployment, " said The Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic.
One reason, according to him, is the share of exports to gross domestic product, which is below 20 percent, while in other countries exceeds 50 percent. Cvetkovic said that the increase in exports is the key condition for ensuring economic growth and job creation.
The Prime Minister is not satisfied with a position that Serbia occupies on the List of Economic Competitiveness of the World Economic Forum.
"One message is that we lost the competitiveness, compared to the 133 countries we have fallen to 93rd place. There are two issues here - whether we actually are 93rd out of 133 countries and why we are in a crisis year, when ours ratings have increased on one hand, our ranking is fallen, on the other. Not only that we are on the 93rd place, seen overall, but ranked poorly when compared to the region, to our sorrow, behind us there are only two countries, Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina, "said Prime Minister Cvetkovic when addressing the Managerial Forum in Mokra Gora.
One way to increase the competitiveness of the economy and reduce unemployment Cvetkovic see in a larger involvement of Serbian managers. Director of the Belgrade Institute of Economics, Mr. Aleksandar Vlahovic shared Prime Minister’s opinion, emphasizing that for success in this, managerial skills are very important.
“We think that there is huge space for improvement in this field, which significantly contributes to the education of high quality managers. We have seen that there is a managerial and/or management market in Serbia and the data show that there is a need for improvement of their technical knowledge, and general skills. I hope that this is the beginning of a successful project that will build on in the future,” said Vlahovic.
In the two-day economic forum in Mokra Gora, which ends today, participate general managers of local and international companies, state representatives, business associations and educational institutions of public and private sectors. |
