Tisa Catchment Area Development

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• Tisa Catchment Area Development
• TICAD
• Centre for Strategic Economic Studies Vojvodina
  CESS selected projects
• Valentina Ivanic
• International conference
• Tisza Hotel
• Szeged
• 24-25 March, 2011
• www.southeast-europe.net/en/

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Content

• About CESS
• mission
• vision
• Activities
• macreconomic research
• project management
• Selected projects
• Promoting Coherent Cross-Border Development of
  the Tisza River Economy
• Study Competitiveness of the Economy of
  Vojvodina

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Centre for Strategic Economic Studies Vojvodina
CESS
An empirical and social research institute using
quantitative and formal methods for solving
policy and business related tasks.
Two sectors

• Macroeconomic research
• Empirical research in the field of socio-economic
  development
• Modeling of economic and regional development of
  the region
• Forecasting instruments
• Realization of sectoral and regional analysis
• Evaluation of economic development in APV

• Project management
• Generating project proposals for organs of the
  regional government and for own purposes
• Implementation of EU projects
• Trainings for municipalities on generating
  project proposals
• Evaluation and impact assessment of EU funds for
  economic and regional development

Since 2007 CESS is one of the measures supported
by the donation of ADA which resulted in
cooperation with the Institute for Advanced
Studies IHS and the Vienna Institute for
International Economic Studies WIIW
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Macroeconomic research
Number of delivered documents 8

• Strategy of regional development
• Strategy of business incubators of Vojvodina
• Strategy of export of Vojvodina
• Stabilization and association process
• Labor market in Vojvodina
• Business barometer
• Guide for municipalities in the process of
  joining the EU
• Economic forecast 2010/11

Number of delivered documents 5
Number of delivered documents 3

• Study Competitiveness of the economy of
  Vojvodina
• Economic forecast for 2010/11
• - Guide for planning local development
• Socio-economic profile of Vojvodina
• Economic mirror

Number of delivered documents 3
Number of delivered documents 5

• Operative Programme for the Development strategy
  of Zitiste
• Overview of EU programmes and funds for Serbia
• Overview of the implementation of priority
  measures of the IRDP

• Updated ex-post analysis of IRDP
• Analysis of the SME sector in APV
• Analysis of large industrial systems

• CESS Magazine
• Development strategies for Senta, Zitiste, Nova
  Crnja, Sid, Temerin

2005-2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
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Project management
Projects under implementation 1. Absorption
Capacities of Vojvodina for EU Funds
beneficiary (2010-2011) Total budget 6 500
EUR Donator FOS 2. Food Production and Renewable
Energy Sectors Clustering Potentials in the
Cross-Border Area project partner
(2010-2011) Total Budget 127 804 EUR Programme
IPA CBC 3. Through Training to Employment
project partner (2010-2012) Total Budget 715 289
EUR Programme IPA RSEDP II Projects under
evaluation 1. Improving Trade Cooperation in
the Cross-Border Area project partner
(2011-2012) Programme IPA CBC Total budget 128
815 EUR Programme IPA CBC 2. Joint Urban and
Agglomeration Network project partner
(2011-2012) Total budget 99 565 EUR Programme
IPA CBC 3. Coordinated Development and Knowledge
Exchange on Spatial Planning Methodology
project partner (2011-2012) Total budget 99 450
EUR Programme IPA CBC
Total number of projects 6 Total budget of
projects 1 177 423
Total number of projects 3 Total budget of
projects 965 179 EUR
Total number of projects 3 Total budget of
projects 2 639 000
Implemented projects 1. Promoting Coherent
Cross-Border Development of the Tisza River
Economy project partner (2007-2008) Total
Budget 101 709 EUR Programme CARDS 2. Health
Insurance Without Borders external management
(2007-2008) Total budget 44 452 EUR Programme
CARDS 3. Higher Education Learning Partnership
project partner (2009-2011) Total budget 819 018
EUR Programme TEMPUS
Implemented projects 1. MATRIOSCA in kind
partner (2005-2007) Total budget 854 000
EUR Programme INTERREG IIIB 2. SMART Region
in kind partner (2005-2008) Total budget 1 050
000 EUR Programme INTERREG IIIB 3. Strategic
partnership in support of the IRDP beneficiary
(2007-2012) Total budget 735 000 EUR Bilateral
donation
2005-2007
2008-2009
2010-2012
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- Economic mirror (monthly)- CESS Magazine (5
issues)- Business barometer (quarterly)-
Macroeconomic model (2 times per year)-
Strategy of rural development (occasionally) -
Strategy of industrial development of Vojvodina
(occasionally)- Project Absorption capacities
of Vojvodina for EU funds- Project Food
Production and Renewable Energy Sectors
Clustering Potentials in the Cross-Border
Area- Project Through Training to Employment
Activities in 2011
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Promoting Coherent Cross-Border Development of
the Tisza River Economy
Project
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Framework for the project

• - The project has been approved in the framework
  of the Second Call for Proposals of the Hungary
  Serbia Neighbourhood Programme 2004 2006.
• The Tisza catchment area is a specific European
  region with its northern part in Hungary and its
  southern part in Vojvodina.
• The need for the project has been identified
  according to the priorities of
• Integrated Regional Development Plan of Vojvodina
• Spatial Plan of the Republic of Serbia
• DKMT Strategy
• Local development strategies of municipalities
  along the Tisza
• Strategy of Development of the Tisza River Region
  in Hungary (Vásárhelyi-terv)
• Strategy of Development of South Plain 2007 - 2013

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Territory encompassed by the project
The project was aimed at an integrated
development of the Tisza catchment area, which
incorporates four Counties in Hungary and ten
municipalities in Vojvodina.
Encompassed municipalities in Vojvodina Kanjiža,
Novi Kneževac, Coka, Senta, Ada, Becej, Novi
Becej, Žabalj, Zrenjanin, Titel
Encompassed counties in Hungary Bács-Kiskun,
Csongrád, Hajdú-Bihar, Szobolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
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Main idea of the project
Identifying priorities and possibilities for
cross-border economic cooperation with the aim to
enhance sustainable development of the Tisza
region based on a Socio-economic Development Plan
and an Action Plan for Tourism Development in the
Tisza area.
Main target groups 1. SMEs in the Tisza
region 2. Municipalities in the Tisza
region 3. Business associations 4. Local
non-profit organizations.
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Project Partners

• Partners in Serbia
• Applicant
• Provincial Secretariat for Privatization,
  Business and SMEs
• Partner
• Centre for Strategic Economic Studies
  Vojvodina-CESS
• In kind partner
• Municipality of Kanjiža.

• Partners in Hungary
• Applicant
• Tessedik Sámuel College

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SWOT analysis of the Tisza region
Strengths Weaknesses
Developed regional cooperation Multiculturalism and urban tradition Good conditions for agricultural production Rich water endowments Depopulation and ageing population High unemployment Frequent floods Low entrepreneurial spirit Old infrastructure Absence of sustainable development strategies Insufficient exploitation of tourism resources
Opportunities Threats
Available funds for the development of SMEs Development of a multifunctional production Foreign investment into infrastructure, agriculture and tourism Better cooperation of universities and business Better cooperation between business and non-government organizations - Slow economic development, unstable political situation and poverty Lack of availability of Structural Funds Lagging behind neighbouring regions in Hungary and Romania
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Recomendations for the development of the Tisza
river region

1. Development of the road infrastructure
2. Improved water management
3. Protection of nature and the environment in
   settlements
4. Development of agriculture production of
   healthy foods
5. Development of touristic activities and receptive
   tourism
6. Cross-border cooperation and development of the
   SME sector

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Areas of action for the sustainable development
of tourism in the Tisza region

1. Regular monitoring of touristic heritage and
   environment
2. Defining touristic markets
3. Touristic content (accommodation, nautical
   tourism, hunting and fishing, manifestations,
   spas, rural tourism)
4. Local communities and citizens
5. Marketing approach and promotion

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Results of the project

1. Socio-Economic Development Plan of the Tisza
   Region (500 copies in Hungarian and Serbian
   languages) distributed to municipalities, NGOs,
   regional governments
2. Action Plan for the Development of Tourism in the
   Tisza Region (500 copies in Hungarian and Serbian
   Languages) distributed to municipalities, tourist
   organizations, NGOs
3. Bilingual project web site project activities.
   The web site was transferred for administration
   by the ICR in Kanjiza
4. Centre for River Based Business Development in
   Kanjiza. The Centre functioned as part of the ICR
   in Kanjiza, financed be the local government,
   which later became the Centre for Information and
   Development of the Tisza Region (ICR Tisza
   Region).

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Effects and sustainability of the project

• ICR Tisza Region
• In harmony with the official development strategy
  of the municipality of Kanjiza and the overall
  development strategies of the region aims to help
  and facilitate the development of the
  municipality.
• Services of ICR Tisza Region
• Grant monitoring and information dispersal
• Professional advisory services
• Writing projects
• Trainings, workshops and presentations
• Translations (English, Serbian, Hungarian)
• Other professional services (accountancy, writing
  business plans)

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Effects and sustainability of the project

• ICR Tisza Region activities overview
• Encompasses 7 municipalities (Kanjiža, Novi
  Kneževac, Senta, Ada, Coka, Becej, Novi Becej
  representing more than 160.000 citizens)
• 5 full time employees and 14 external employees
  (2 from each municipality)
• Financed by the Municipality of Kanjiza and from
  project activities
• Over 607 partners from the region to whom it
  serves information about open calls for
  proposals, EU funds, public procurements,
  national development programmes
• Organizing training for SMEs
• Preparing and implementing IPA CBC projects
• Organizing ECDL and EBCL training
• Coordinating efforts of Kanjiza, Novi Knezevac
  and Coka regarding energy efficiency
• Coordinating a tourism development project of
  Kanjiza, Novi Knezevac, Becej and Novi Becej

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Study Competitiveness of Economy of Vojvodina
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Structure of the Study
Investment
Energy
Foreign trade
Economic entities
Survey on competitiveness factors
Demography
Agriculture
Legal framework of APV
Findings and recommendations
The competitiveness of Vojvodina was analyzed
both in relation to the economy of Serbia as a
whole and in relation to other countries and
certain regions up to the extent possible in
terms of available data.
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Objectives and target groups
The objective of the Study was to determine
cometitive advantages of Vojvodina, its unused or
insufficiently used potentials and production
resources, as well as to determine measures of
economic policy which could influence an increase
in competitiveness of the economy of Vojvodina.
Target groups
Policymakers on regional level
Enterprises in Vojvodina
Policymakers on local level
Most of the observed data covers the period from
1990 up until 2008, before the economic crisis.
Official statistical data presented the basis for
the analysis.
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Foreign trade
Commodity exchange of AP Vojvodina with foreign
countries
Import has been rising a lot faster than export
after re-integration of the country into the
international community.
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Foreign trade
Specialization index of import and export of APV
Smaller countries should have a lower level of
import specialization and a higher level of
export specialization.
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Foreign trade
The share of selected countries in foreign trade
of APV in
The EU is by far the most important market for
conducting foreign trade exchange of Vojvodina
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Foreign trade
Degree of openness of the economies of Serbia and
Vojvodina (import export) / GDP
There is a noticeable increase in the openness of
the economy after 2000 which represents a
positive trend.
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Economic subjects
Structure of enterprises in Vojvodina and Serbia
according to size, 2007
Medium
Large
In the structure of enterprises according to
their size, small companies dominate while there
is a clear insufficiency of medium size
enterprises.
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Agriculture
Real potentials for accelerated development of
agriculture in Vojvodina and strengthening of its
competitive position are seen in the
multifunctional development. Multi-functionality
denotes total non-conventional agriculture
(manufacture of healthy food organic
production) and conventional agriculture
(agriculture carried out in a traditional manner
and for traditional purposes manufacture of
food and inputs for manufacturing sector), and
non-conventional purposes (biomass for energy
generation). Different quantitative
restrictions are more and more in use in the
form of technical barriers implementation of
ISO standards and HACCP methods for determining
quality, quantitative and other restrictions as
basic instruments of the agrarian protectionism
measures.
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Agriculture
Export of agricultural products from Vojvodina
2001-2005 in mil. USD
trend line
Average annual export in the period 2001-2005
reached 254.8 million USD, showing a positive
trend, at an average rate of 36.8 per annum.
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Agriculture

• Comparative advantages of Vojvodina agro-industry
  must be fully utilized in the forthcoming period
• Favorable agro-ecological conditions for
  production of wheat, oilseed crops, fruit and
  vegetables
• Available manufacturing sector capacities (edible
  oil plants, sugar plants, dairy plants, abattoir
  plants, industries for cereal grain, fruit and
  vegetable processing)
• Skilled personnel in both production facilities
  and research institutions
• Export potentials of Vojvodina agriculture
  include
• Sugar and confectionary products
• Edible sunflower oil
• Wheat and corn, mercantile and seed
• Soya and sunflower seed
• Quality fruit, raw and processed
• Quality vegetable, mostly raw
• Beef cattle for slaughter, beef meet, lambs for
  slaughter, lamb meet
• Beer, non-alcoholic beverages, mineral water, wine

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Factors of competitiveness
The analysis was conducted by a survey method on
301 companies from the entire territory of
Vojvodina.
Business climate in Vojvodina in 2009, based on
the attitudes of entrepreneurs
Entirely unfavourable 6
Entirely favourable 14.3
Unfavourable 6.6
Partially unfavourable 20.6
Partially favourable 27.6
Most of the entrepreneurs consider the business
climate in Vojvodina to be favourable.
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Factors of competitiveness
Competitiveness factors of APV, based on the
attitudes of entrepreneurs ()
Entrepreneurs believe that geographical position
of Vojvodina is the main competitive advantage,
since 92.4 of entrepreneurs agree with that
thesis.
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Factors of competitiveness
Competitiveness factors at the company level ()
The market of Vojvodina is at a low level of
sophistication because quality is looked at as
the main category that needs to be achieved and
secured.
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Factors of competitiveness
Competitiveness factors at a branch level ()
Even at the branch level, we can see that the
important factors are the ones that are self
evident in developed national economies.
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Thank you for the attention!
Centre for Strategic Economic Studies Vojvodina
CESS www.vojvodina-cess.org office_at_vojvodina-cess
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March 25, 2011.