20. December 2010.

The central office of the RS Development Fund was moved officially to Niš according to the R decision of the RS Government of establish this particular institution outside the Serbian capital city. The official opening of the new premises was attended by RS Minster of Economy and Regional Development Mladjan Dinkić, the RS Development Fund Sladjana Backović and Niš City Mayor Miloš Simonović.

On this occasion the opening of the branch offices in Kraljevo, Novi Pazar, Zaječar, Užice and Zrenjanin was announced. New central office will engage 20 to 30 people while 3 to 5 employees will be working in the branch offices.

Minister Dinkić said that the available funds for credit lines provided by institution will be increased for 4,2 billion dinars making the total available funds of 22 billion dinars for the year 2010. The development of the small and medium enterprises is the precondition for the economy development and moving the Fund outside Belgrade will facilitate easier access to the favorable credit lines for the entrepreneurs from all over Serbia. The new branch office in the future will make this process even easier.

On the occasion of the official opening of the RS Development Fund central office in Niš, Niš City Mayor Miloš Simonović said that it was the first important institution which was moved from the capital. He reminded everyone that 80% of Serbian citizens lived outside the capital city and that it was necessary to relocate central office of the national institutions to cities inside of Serbia.

Source, www.ni.rs