April 7, 2008
Embassy of the United States of America
Belgrade

USAID Supports 3rd International Agriculture Fair in Bujanovac

On April 7th-9th, 2008 in Bujanovac, over sixty agriculture companies and food producers will exhibit their products at the 3rd Bujanovac International Agriculture Fair. The fair is organized under the auspices of the municipality of Bujanovac, in cooperation with the Presevo and Bujanovac Development Agency (PBDA) and USAID’s Economic Security program. Ms. Marilynn Schmidt, USAID Deputy Mission Director, and Mr. Nagip Arifi, Mayor of Bujanovac municipality will open the fair. Mr. Michael Pillsbury, USAID’s Economic Security program Director and Mr. Nenad Djurdjevic, Director of Coordination Body for South Serbia, will also address the public.

The purpose of the fair is to create and foster new business links and strengthen the cooperation between agricultural producers in the region, which in turn will help local businesses promote and expand to new markets, grow their businesses and create new employment opportunities. The region is mostly oriented around agriculture production, which makes the organization of this event even more important for local economic development. USAID is supporting the fair through the provision of marketing materials and promotional activities, as well as on-site training sessions for local farmers and agriculture entrepreneurs, tackling the topics of farm management and business planning. On April 9th, three awards will be handed out -- for the most visited booth, the best decorated booth and the most representative booth. Additionally, two new “student companies", established under the Junior Achievement program, from the Bujanovac high school "Sezai Surroi" and the secondary school "Sveti Sava", will also be exhibiting at the fair.

USAID’s Economic Security program helps businesses grow and thereby create jobs in vulnerable municipalities throughout Serbia. It takes an enterprise development approach, operating under the principle that the most stable economy is one with a thriving private sector. The program is being implemented in seven municipalities: Novi Pazar, Bujanovac, Kraljevo, Kursumlija, Medvedja, Presevo, and Prijepolje. It is in these vulnerable areas of central, southwestern and southern Serbia that unemployment rates are the highest.

Journalists interested in covering the event are kindly invited to be at the Sports Center “Mladost”, Branka Radičevića 2, Bujanovac, on Monday, April 7 at 10:45 a.m.

For further information about this event please contact Jasmina Debeljak Maljković, Media Specialist, at 063 209 469, jasmina_maljkovic@dai.com or Rexhep Ilazi, Field office Manager at (017) 405 360, rexhep_ilazi@dai.com. For more information about USAID programs in Serbia please visit http://serbia.usaid.gov

Press Conference; from left to right: Mr. Michael Pillsbury, USAID’s Economic Security Program Director; Ms. Marilynn Schmidt, USAID Deputy Mission Director; Mr. Nagip Arifi, Mayor of Bujanovac; Mr. Nenad Djurdjevic, Director of the Coordination Body for South Serbia

Konferencija za stampu; s leva na desno: Majkl Pilsberi, direktor USAID Programa ekonomske sigurnosti; Merilin Šmidt, zamenica direktora Misije USAID-a; Nagip Arifi, predsednik opštine Bujanovac; Nenad Djurdjević, Direktor Koordinaciong tela za jug Srbije

Official opening of the fair; from left to right: Mr. Nenad Djurdjevic, Director of the Coordination Body for South Serbia; Mr. Nagip Arifi, Mayor of Bujanovac; Ms. Marilynn Schmidt, USAID Deputy Mission Director

Svečano otvaranje sajma; s leva na desno: Nenad Djurdjević, Direktor Koordinaciong tela za jug Srbije; Nagip Arifi, predsednik opštine Bujanovac; Merilin Šmidt, zamenica direktora Misije USAID-a

7. april, 2008
Ambasada Sjedinjenih Američkih Država
Beograd

USAID podržava 3. Međunarodni sajam poljoprivrede u Bujanovcu

Od 7. do 9. aprila 2008, u Bujanovcu, održaće se 3. Bujanovački Međunarodni sajam poljoprivrede, na kome će svoje proizvode predstaviti preko šesdeset poljoprivrednih preduzeća i prehrambenih proizvodjača. Generalni pokrovitelj Sajma je opština Bujanovac, a organizaciju ove manifestacije pomogla je Razvojna agencija za Bujanovac i Preševo i USAID-ov Program ekonomske sigurnosti. Sajam će svečano otvoriti g-đa Merilin Šmidt (Marilynn Schimdt), zamenica direktora Misije USAID-a u Srbiji i g. Nagip Arifi, predsednik opštine Bujanovac. Skupu će se obratiti g. Majkl Pilsberi (Michael Pillsbury), direktor ovog USAID programa, i g. Nenad Djurdjević, Direktor Koordinaciong tela za jug Srbije.

Cilj Sajma je uspostavljanje i širenje novih poslovnih veza i jačanje saradnje između proizvođača poljoprivrednih i prehrambenih proizvoda u regionu, što će pomoći lokalnim kompanijama da promovišu svoje proizvode i osvoje nova tržišta, unaprede svoje poslovanje i stvore nova radna mesta. Kako je region orjentisan na poljoprivrednu proizvodnju, organizacija ovog Sajma predstavlja veliki podsticaj za razvoj lokalne privrede. USAID podržava organizaciju Sajma kroz niz promotivnih aktivnosti i marketinških materijala, kao i troškove radionica tokom trajanja Sajma za poljoprivredne proizvođače i preduzetnike na temu poslovnog planiranja i upravljanja poljoprivrednim gazdinstvima. Na Sajmu će se predstaviti i dve „učeničke kompanije“ iz srednjih škola u Bujanovcu u okviru programa Dostignuća mladih: srednja škola "Sezai Surroi" i srednja stručna "Sveti Sava".

USAID-ov program ekonomske sigurnosti pomaže razvoju malih i srednjih preduzeća i time stvaranju novih radnih mesta u ugroženim područjima Srbije. Sveobuhvatni pristup Programa je podrška preduzetništvu, rukovodeći se principom da je najstabilna ekonomija ona sa jakim i stabilnim privatnim sektorom. Program se realizuje u sedam ciljnih opština: Kraljevo, Kuršumlija, Bujanovac, Medvedja, Preševo, Novi Pazar i Prijepolje. Ove opštine se nalaze u područjima južne, jugozapadne i centralne Srbije, i imaju najvišu stopu nezaposlenosti.

Mole se novinari zainteresovani za ovaj događaj da dodju u Sportski centar “Mladost”, Branka Radičevića 2, Bujanovac, u ponedeljak, 7. april, u 10:45 časova.

Za dodatne informacije o ovom događaju molimo Vas kontaktirajte Jasminu Debeljak Maljković na 063 209 469, jasmina_maljkovic@dai.com, ili Rexhepa Ilazi, šefa regionalne kancelarije u Vranju (017) 405 360, rexhep_ilazi@dai.com. Za više informacija o USAID programima molimo Vas da posetite http://serbia.usaid.gov

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