In the last few months, the news from the municipality of Indjija mainly refers to the announcement of new investments and the completion of important infrastructure projects.
With the construction of infrastructure and the opening of new production plants, Indjija became the first municipality in Serbia to face labor shortages. According to the data of the Municipal Administration, the data show that 13 new investments were realized in the past four and a half years. 1,493 people are registered as unemployed in the municipal records, and with the new investments, the need for labor is up to 1,500 workers.
Speaking about how Indjija managed to become so attractive for investors, the mayor Vladimir Gak states that the key lies primarily in equipping industrial zones with complete infrastructure, which is the first, but also one of the most important steps in talks with investors.
– From 2016 to 2017, our industrial zone is fully equipped. Electricity, water, sewage, telecommunications and that is a key prerequisite to talk to investors in general. Maybe it used to be possible to talk to investors “come on, we’ll build,” but that can’t work today. You must be ready to fulfill every request, and every condition required by the investor, such as the Japanese Toyo Tires, which are the most demanding negotiators – said Gak as a guest on the central news show of Radio Television Vojvodina.
Speaking about the administrative capacities of the municipality, Vladimir Gak said that he is available to potential investors at all times in order to do the job as efficiently as possible.
– My phone is available to investors 24 hours a day, just like the phone of my associates. This is very important for an investor. If we look at the construction site of the Toyo Tires factory, it is so demanding with 200 and a few thousand square meters to be built. In some parts, the height of their buildings goes up to 40 meters. That’s 13, 14 floors. In less than 24 hours, we issued a building permit for this facility. For that, you had to have the strength and an organized system to tell the investor that he would get a building permit in a maximum of three days. Behind that result are dozens of people, all directors of public companies, all heads of services who prepare the necessary documentation – said Gak.
He also underlined the great importance of the construction of road infrastructure for attracting investors, such as the realization of the road Novi Slankamen – Surduk.
– One of the conditions to attract investors is the arrangement of roads. Without road infrastructure you have nothing to tell anyone. When an investor comes and sees that the road infrastructure is not arranged, he writes a big minus – concluded Vladimir Gak, adding that in Indjija, a section is reconstructed every month or two, eKapija reports.
