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Identification details
Official title of the project Enhancing Competitiveness of Wood Industry
Website www.sumarska.edu.rs /
Region/City Raska, Moravica
Sector(s) Regional Development, Engineering, Human Resource
Budget / EC contribution 479,284.00 €
Implementation period 01 January 2010 - 01 January 2013
Expected results
  • Establish cooperation and consolidated resources – Network of wood processors in Raski and Moravicki Districts
  • Enhance business/management skills towards innovative business improvements in 30 wood processing companies
  • Certification of the quality of products and processes (ISO, FSC) in 30 wood companies
  • Increased professional competences in wood industry craftsmanship
Beneficiary Forestry School Kraljevo
Partners Regional Development Agency of Raški and Moravički Districts; Regional Chamber of Commerce Kraljevo
Contact details
  • Petar Jeknic
  • Project Manager
Summary
Summary of the project
(up to 1500 characters) 		Raski and Moravicki districts in Central Serbia are lagging behind in development and suffer from high unemployment and poor living standards. Forest based industries overall are fairly labor intensive, and this implies that even small increases in productivity could result in high employment opportunities. The Project has opted to tackle complex multi-factor processes of economic growth/employment and the overall objective of this project is to contribute to competitiveness of wood industry and thus job creation and safeguarding of employment in Raski and Moravicki District. The Action is mostly oriented towards private sector and specific objective is to increase productivity and market performance of 50 wood processing companies in Raski and Moravicki District.
Main goal of the project
(up to 800 characters) 		To contribute to competitiveness of wood industry and thus job creation and safeguarding of employment in Raski and Moravicki Districts.
Specific objectives
(up to 800 characters) 		To increase productivity and market performance of 50 wood industry companies in Raski and Moravicki Districts.