The Minister of Finance in the Government of the Republic of Serbia, Sinisa Mali, chaired the session of the Capital Investment Commission today.
It discussed the dynamics of the implementation of ongoing capital projects, the Ministry of Finance announced.
Minister Mali, as the Vice President of the Commission, said that the most important thing is to respect the dynamics of works and the agreed deadlines, and warned that it is necessary to pay more attention to project management. He pointed out that some of them were defined as projects of national importance.
He emphasized that the list of priority projects is being expanded by two, and that it refers to the construction of the railway Sobovica – Luznice – Krak Batocina in Kragujevac, as well as the construction of access roads for the railway station Prokop in Belgrade.
It was agreed that the next meeting would be held in about ten days, by which time possible shortcomings would be identified, in order to approach their solution in the right way.
Mali mentioned that the priority is the economic growth of Serbia, which is why the focus is on public investments, which contribute the most to the growth of gross domestic product (GDP).
He reminded that 2.7 billion euros from the budget for 2021, ie 5.5 percent of GDP, is planned for capital investments, and concluded that the inviolable goal is the growth of living standards and the growth of the Serbian economy of six percent by the end of the year, B92 reports.
