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WHY INVEST IN BLACE? December 2019 LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE BRIEF OVERVIEW OF BLACE AND AREA 10.651 (85.115) 6.525 (54.760) 1,272 (10.460) Area Area Area Registered Unemployed Number of Inhabitants Working Age Population (October 2019) (est. 2017) (est. 2017) 306 (2.623) km2 354 (384) Area 96 Number of Business Area € Enterprises Average Net Salary (Jan-June 2018) Note: Blace Area includes Prokuplje, Kursumlija and Brus Source: Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia; National Employment Agency: Business Registers Agency LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE WELCOME TO BLACE! LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE CONNECTIVITY Distance from Corridor X 55km, distance from the route of the future Nis-Merdare-Pristina 11k km. BLACE LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE CONNECTIVITY Blace accessibility: Accessibility overview: Highway A1 ( 55 km away) Prokuplje – Merdare (11km) Belgrade, Serbia (256 km) Niš, Serbia (63 km) LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE CONNECTIVITY Destination Distance from the Blace (km) Estimated Travel Time (h) Belgrade International Airport Nikola Tesla 256 km 3h 04min Niš Airport Constantine the Great 57km 1h 11min Budapest, Hungary 616 km 6h 44min Vienna, Austria 851 km 8h 59min Treviso, Italy 990 km 10h 25min Munich, Germany 1.176 km 12h 02min Bratislava, Slovakia 808 km 8h 33min Ljubljana, Slovenia 770 km 8h 06min Port of Koper (Slovenia) 870 km 8h 49min Port of Rijeka (Croatia) 788 km 8h 02min Timisoara, Romania 350 km 4h 52m Skopje, Republic of Macedonia 234km 2h 51min Sofia, Bulgaria 220km 3h 12min Port of Thessaloniki, Greece 437 km 4h 57min LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE CONNECTIVITY – NIS AIRPORT . International Airport Constantine the Great is the second largest airport in Serbia and it is one hour away form Kursumlija . The expansion in traffic began in 2015 when low-cost airlines Wizz Air and Ryanair lounched their flights . After these events airport experienced triple-digit growth in passenger traffic, exceeding the previous record figure . In addition, there are charter cargo flights operating as well . Airport in Nis will continue to develop, and the Government plans further investments Airline companies Destinations from Airport Eindhoven, Dortmund, Basel, Memmingen, Viena (from Wizz Air (offers 5 direct flights) 17.11.2018) Ryanair (offers 5 direct flights) Berlin, Milan, Bratislava, Dusseldorf, and Stockholm offer flights to Zurich “SWISS” LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE CONNECTIVITY – NEW INFRASTRUCTURE PLANS • One of the important highways for Serbia is the Nis one that will conect city of Nis with Prisitina (Nis- Blace Merdare-Pristina) • This general scope of the overall project is to conenct Nis with Albania and the Adriatic/Ionian Sea and their ports Plocnik • New highway will ensure much faster and better Prokuplje connectivitiy between Kosovo and the other parts in Serbia Kursumlija • Municiplaitites such as Blace, Merosina, Prokuplje, Kursumlija will have a better connectivity with faster acess to Corridor X • The works on the first part Nis-Plocnik (39,5 km) will start at the end of the 2019 and the deadline is 3 years i.e 2023 LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE Doing Business in Blace LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE 1 2 3 4 5 Industrial Available Competitive Available High Priority Heritage Qualified Operating Locations Government Labor Force Location Costs LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE • Municipality of Blace was a developed industry center, that after a long period of time under sanctions and the general economic crisis greatly deteriorated • The dominant industries were - textile, metal industry, agricultural and tourism which they employed about 1.300 people • Today, the dominant industry is still agricultural, agro-industry, textile, rubber and metal processing and there is an increased interest from foreign investors Number of Current Current Company Name Products Manufactured Employees in Number of Status 1980s Employees Production of yarns, fabrics twill, damask, gauze, cloth, diapers, HTZ Textile industry Blace 422 / Not operating equipment and garments Manufacture of attachment machines for agriculture and forestry, Metal processing hammer mills, tractor mills, tillers, harrows, haymakers, mixers, carts, 225 / Not operating industry „5. December“ fertilizer spreaders The Vuksanović Production and processing of rubber, thermogum and polyderm, rubber- 180 / Not operating brothers company technical goods, rubber soles and gumolan. Agricultural Cooperative Primary agricultural production, fruit production, grapes, milk processing 200 / Not operating Toplica 250 seasonal Frutto Fruit and vegetable processing plant / Not operating workers Kopaonik Tourism and catering trade company 69 / Not operating TOTAL 1.346 LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE ECONOMY TODAY BLACE, REGISTERED EMPLOYED, 2018 AREA, REGISTERED EMPLOYED, 2018 Registered employment 2,325 Registered employed 21,710 Manufacturing 785 Manufacturing 7,560 Human health and social work 157 Human health and social work 1,979 Public administration and social 161 Wholesale and Retail 2,468 security Public administration and social 1,840 Wholesale and Retail 231 security Education 297 Education 1,678 Transportation and storage 67 Transportation and Storage 675 Other 627 Other 5,510 0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 Source: Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia; Area refers to Blace + municipalities within 35 min drive- Kursumlija, Prokuplje and Brus LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE ECONOMY TODAY-COMPANY IN FOCUS . Lazar Ltd - production of dairy products . Medium-sized enterprise, processes 60,000 liters of milk a day, owns a cow farm in the village of Gornja Draguša with a capacity of REVENUE IN 2018 (M EUR) 1000 heads 12,05 . Directs its activities towards increasing the amount of raw milk. Conservation and expansion of livestock stock, introduction of new production lines and export to EU EMPLOYEES IN 2018 countries 224 LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE ECONOMY TODAY-COMPANY IN FOCUS . Telekomunikacija Ltd is one of the leading companies dealing with infrastructure constructions and engineering in the field of telecommunications, electric and gas systems, water supply systems, sewerage systems, REVENUE IN 2018 (M EUR) buildings, steel truss structures and ecology. 9,5 . Telekominikacija Ltd is fully committed to keeping its activities at the highest level by investing in technical and technology resources. The company also focuses on developing the infrastructure of its own staff, particularly in the areas of management, EMPLOYEES IN 2018 constantly striving to approach potential customers - small and medium enterprises as well as large corporations. 210 Source for revenue and employees: APR for Finacial Statements 2018 LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE Available Qualified Workforce LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE AVAILABLE QUALIFIED LABOR FORCE Secondary Schools Blace- Fields Total Enrolled Students Gymnasium (general education) 128 Agricultural production and food processing 143 Trade, catering and tourism 31 TOTAL 302 Universities Faculties Total Enrolled Students Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture Faculty of Economy/ Faculty of Electronic Engineering Faculty of Mechanical Engineering University of Nis 20,000 Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics/ Faculty of Law Other (Occupational Safety, Fine Arts, Medicine, Philosophy) Various colleges Business, Technical sciences 2,500 TOTAL 22,500 Note:Higher education institutions are located in the city of Nis, which is 55 km away LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE AVAILABLE QUALIFIED LABOR FORCE-BLACE UNEMPLOYED BY AGE GROUPS AND GENDER, UNEMPLOYED BY EDUCATIONAL LEVEL OCTOBER 2019 400 175 318 350 341 317 14 % 25 300 65% 255 244 250 206 200 167 144 150 150 133 135 122 61 115 100 % 100 8% 56 59 50 774 Primary School Education 0 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 68%Secondary School Education Total Women Men Higher and High Education LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE AVAILABLE QUALIFIED LABOR FORCE-AREA UNEMPLOYED BY AGE GROUPS AND GENDER, UNEMPLOYED BY EDUCATIONAL LEVEL OCTOBER 2019 3,000 1,135 2,634 2,678 3,988 2,500 11% 1,965 2,019 2,000 1,639 38% 1,500 1,396 1,164 1,238 1,099 1,020 1,039 999 1,000 866 51% 547 617 500 0 5,337 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 Primary School Education Total Women Men Secondary School Education Higher and High Education Note: Area refers to Blace and neigbouring municipalities within 30 min drive (Kursumlija, Prokuplje and Brus) LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE Competitive Operating Costs LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE COMPETITIVE OPERATING COSTS – LABOR COST Labor Cost, Blace Amount Average Net Salary 354 € Blace Area Serbia Contributions and Taxes (Employee) 133 € Contributions and Taxes (Employer) 87 € 354 € 384 € 466 € Total Contributions 220 € Average Net Salaries 2019 Average Gross Salary (Total Cost) 574 € WATER SEWAGE ELECTRICITY 0,92 EUR/m3 0,95 EUR/m3 0,067 EUR/kwh All prices are average and include VAT Source: Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia; RAS calculations LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE Available Locations LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE MUNICIPALITIES WITHIN 30 MINUTES DRIVE FROM BLACE Distance: 33min drive Working age population: 9,678 Distance: 31min drive Unemployed: 1,765 Working age population:26,886 Total Salary Cost: 583 € Unemployed: 5,073 Total Salary Cost: 647 € Distance: 27min drive Working age population:11,671 Unemployed: 2,386 Total Salary Cost: 564 € LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE READY TO GO PROPOSED LOCATION