LOUNCHING THE CEI LEED LDN LOCAL DEVELOPMENT NETWORK OF ADVISORS

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LOUNCHING THE CEI LEED LDN - LOCAL DEVELOPMENT
NETWORK OF ADVISORS

• CEI SEF, Warsaw
• 20 November 2003
• UMIS-SMEA
• Croatia, Zagreb
• Small and Medium Entrepreneurs Association NGO
• Katarina Jagic, President

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UMIS SMEA Member of networks
UMIS SMEA supporters partners
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BELGIUM LUX CHAMBER
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THAT IS WHY LDN !

• NETWORK INVESTMENT IN PEOPLE
• NETWORKS EDUCATION KEYS TO SUCCESSFUL
  DEVELOPMENT
• NETWORKING means
• WAY TO INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS (FOREIGN
  PARTNERS SUPPORT QUICKER DEVELOPMENT)
• PROJECTS WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
• BUSINESS CONTACTS
• MONITORING EVALUATION

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WHY NETWORK ?Some questions

• What are the main challenges in SMEs and local
  development ?
• Needs / problems of CEI countries?
• Solution to this problems?
• Priority expectations from LDN to deal with?

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• What are the main
• challenges in SMEs
• and local development?

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• SMEs are
• heart of economy
• new jobs creator
• PLAY A MAJOR ROLE IN PROVIDING YOUNG PEOPLE WITH
  FIRST JOB
• SMEs will provide the largest number of jobs in
  the services sector in the future
• innovator of products / services

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• SMEs have played and play a leading role in the
  Italian EU economy
• SMEs represent a real source of wealth for one
  nation, standing out for their
• vigour, vitality, flexibility, creativity,
  industry and soundness
• SMEs are paving the way for new relations in
  areas such as the central / eastern European
  region

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PROBLEMS OF CEI COUNTRIES

• Complex administrative procedures
• High taxes (labour, profit)
• Still existing obstacles in getting credits on
  favorable conditions
• Obstacles in new market approach (lack of
  information networks)
• Lack of educational programms for SMEs ( to
  learn HOW )

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SOLUTIONS ?
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• DIALOGUE MECHANISM
• CAREFUL SELECTION OF THE COUNTRY OBJECTIVES
• FOCUS ON THE CRITICAL PROBLEMS
• ADDRESSING THE MAIN CAUSES

HOW TO ACHIEVE THIS GOALS?
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Priority expectations
from LDN to deal with

• Articulating with the existing initiatives and
  efforts of a country and building on their
  Strengths
• Integration and growth in the region
• Training
• Information
• Support activity
• Productive structures

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CONCLUSIONS
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• LDN as an effective tool
• for countriescandidates for EU
• INTEGRATION MEANS
• Maximising the welfare of the countries people
• Political security
• Economic benefits
• Guaranteed access to all markets
• Stability attracts FDI

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EU INTEGRATION BRINGS

• More certainty in regulatory framework
• Open markets in EU
• Stronger flows of FDI
• More dynamic environment for well-managed
  companies
• Cooperation with foreign companies
• More competition on domestic markets
• Major changes in the domestic legal environment
  for companies
• Elimination of state aids
• Open public procurement
• Higher costs (health, safety at work) balanced
  savings (lower costs or input costs)

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How to raise awareness of policy makers of
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