A plan of reindustrialization of the Serbian economy will be finished by April, Vice President of the National Council for Economic Recovery Branislav Grujic told Tanjug on Wednesday.
“The plan is to work with the Ministry of Economy, experts and all interested and relevant parties in the Serbian economy, to define a basic strategic plan to start the process of reindustrialization,” said Grujic, who is the president of PSP-Farman.
A meeting of the National Council for Economic Recovery was held ahead of the Kopaonik Business Forum to discuss reindustrialization.
“We are working actively on the issue. It is visible that this meeting brought about a certain change in the way of thinking of the participants, one that turns us towards a new development model called reindustrialization, which cannot be done overnight. It is a long-term task we need to work on in the next 15-20 years,” Grujic noted.
It involves a change in the way business in Serbia has been done over the past 20 years, he stated.
“The prime minister has implied it, and our leading economists suggest a change in that direction, which will take a long time. It is a painful process, but we have no other way to overcome the crisis,” Grujic remarked.
The most important thing is that the new government understands that and is turning a new leaf towards a new direction of development, he stressed.
The Wednesday message from the Kopaonik Business Forum, which will last until March 15, is important not only for the Serbian public, but for foreign investors and international financial institutions as well, he concluded.
Source Tanjug
