Ranko Biberdzic
Agency for development of small and medium enterprises of City of Trebinje is public institution established by former Trebinje Municipality in 2006. The organizational structure of the „Agency“ comprises Steering Board, Supervisory Board and Director who is entitled to represent the „Agency“. At the moment, „Agency“ has 11 employees working in the areas of economy, legal and administrative issues, developments and implementation of the projects, strategic planning and logistics. All employees are involved in implementation of projects and regular research and data collection activities according to their abilities and availabilities.
Vision of the Agency for Development of Small and Medium Enterprises of City of Trebinje is being key actor of the sector of SME development in local community/ies, through direct participation or by coordination within the framework of strong network gathering all key stakeholders in the area of small and medium entrepreneurship: Local authorities, Chamber of Commerce, associations of entrepreneurs, Employment Agency, faculties, financial organizations, donors, NGOs, local media, service providers, donors, international organizations etc.
Currently, Agency has several active projects such as ;Trebinje – Affirmation of agriculture Resources with the purpose of improvement of socio-economic position of rural areas population” (ongoing project) which is funded by IRB RS/UNDP; 2. Gastrofocus project within the programme “Prilika Plus” funded by Swiss Government; 3. Local programme of self-employment supported by City of Trebinje etc., and also several projects submitted to various calls including InterReg Adrion programme.
Agency maintain relations with numerous municipalities and cities from all around the Europe and has participated, as a support to City of Trebinje, in partnership which applied in 2017 Europe for Citizens CFP as the partner city of Zrenjanin (Serbia) but unfortunatelly that project was not ;