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Semi-Annual Report #13 ECONOMIC SECURITY PROJECT SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT #13 APRIL 1 – SEPTEMBER 30, 2012 1 2 Economic Security Project SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT #13 APRIL 1– SEPTEMBER 30, 2012 October 11, 2012 DISCLAIMER The author’s views expressed in this report do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Agency for International Development or the United States Government. Development Alternatives Inc. Vase Pelagica 15 11000 Belgrade, Serbia Phone: (381) 11 363 99 00 Fax: (381) 11 363 99 50 Under Contract: DFD-I-00-05-00250-00 Task Order #1 3 4 Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY................................................................................................................................................. 9 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................................... 11 Business Support Activities ....................................................................................................................... 11 Youth Support Activities ............................................................................................................................. 13 PROJECT INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................................................... 15 BUSINESS SUPPORT ................................................................................................................................................... 19 Business Support Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 21 Macroeconomic Context ............................................................................................................................................. 23 Timeline of Businesses Support Implementation ............................................................................................ 25 BUSINESS SUPPORT: IMPLEMENTATION ....................................................................................................... 26 Reporting Period Highlights ..................................................................................................................................... 26 I. TRAININGS: STRENGTHENED BUSINESS SKILLS ........................................................................................ 29 II. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE: PREPARING TO EXPORT ................................................................................. 30 A. Computer-Driven Resource Planning .............................................................................................. 30 1. Computer-Driven Resource Planning: Cohort One Update .......................................... 30 2. Computer-Driven Resource Planning: Cohort Two Update.......................................... 31 B. International Standards: ISO and Halal .......................................................................................... 32 1. ISO – 9001 Standards ..................................................................................................................... 32 2. Halal Certification ............................................................................................................................ 34 C. New Marketing Materials ……………………….………………….…………………………………………33 D. Business Cluster Update …………………………..………………………………………………………….36 III. EXPANDING SALES AND ENTERING NEW MARKETS: Trade Fairs and Trade Missions ......... 39 A. Trade Fairs and Trade Missions April – September 2012 ....................................................... 41 B. Trade Fair Updates .................................................................................................................................. 47 BUSINESS SUPPORT: IMPACT ............................................................................................................................... 49 A. New Market Entry – Trade Fairs and Trade Missions ................................................................ 49 B. Sales Data Analysis .................................................................................................................................... 52 General Findings ………………….……..………………………………….…………..…..……………. 54 Export Sales and Jobs: Key Finding ……………...………..………….…..…………………..….. 56 5 YOUTH SUPPORT ……………………….…………………………………………...……………………………………….. 59 Youth Population in Serbia ........................................................................................................................................ 60 YOUTH SUPPORT INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................... 61 Macro-Economic Context for Serbian Youth ...................................................................................................... 62 YOUTH SUPPORT: IMPLEMENTATION ........................................................................................................... 64 Timeline of Youth Support Implementation ...................................................................................................... 64 I. Support of Youth Entrepreneurship through Youth Offices ................................................................... 65 A. Youth Offices – Training Youth Entrepreneurs ............................................................................................ 65 B. Youth Offices – Youth Entrepreneurship Action Plans (YEAP) ............................................. 66 YEAP Continued Implementation Support ............................................................................ 68 YEAP 2012 Implementation Results ........................................................................................ 68 II. Support to Younth Entrepreneurs..................................................................................................................... 71 A. Development of Modern Business Skills ......................................................................................... 71 1. Management and Sales Training .......................................................................................... 71 2. Marketing Training .................................................................................................................... 72 B. Improving Marketing Material, Labeling and Packaging .......................................................... 73 C. Access to Start-up/ Capital Funds ....................................................................................................... 73 D. Integration with Well-established Businesses .............................................................................. 74 III. Strategic partnerships .......................................................................................................................................... 75 A. State University in Novi Pazar Career Center (SUNP) ................................................................ 75 B. Presevo High School – Local Business Partnership: Internships and Jobs ....................... 76 C. Economic Faculty, University of Subotica – Bujanovac Career Center ................................... 76 D. Cooperation with HELP .......................................................................................................................... 77 E. JAS Implementation .................................................................................................................................. 77 YOUTH SUPPORT: IMPACT .................................................................................................................................... 79 A. Who starts a new business? ................................................................................................................... 80 B. Business Start-up and Sustainability: Accessing Credit .............................................................. 81 C. YEAPS: Solving youth unemployment at the local level ............................................................. 82 D. Base Tier Business: Sales Results ....................................................................................................... 88 E. Career Counseling Centers: Linking students and employers ................................................. 89 F. Junior Achievement Serbia Institutional Support ......................................................................... 91 6 ANNEXES .......................................................................................................................................................................... 93 A. Performance Monitoring Plan Tables ................................................................................................. 97 B. Workplan Progress Gantt Chart ........................................................................................................... 107 C. JAS list of Donors 2011-2012 ................................................................................................................ 115 D. Communications Activities 2012 ........................................................................................................ 119 E. Business Profiles ........................................................................................................................................ 120 Bratislav Djordjevic, Stefi Komerc, Vranje ……………………………….……….…….. 127 Nusret Zornic, Zornic Dairy, Tutin …………………………………………………………. 129 F. Youth Business
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