CREATING EFFECTIVE LINKS BETWEEN THE NATIONAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY STRATEGY AND THE INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM IN SERBIA
Period of realization: June 2022 – January 2024
BCRR was commissioned by the World Intellectual Property Organization to assess the Serbian national innovation system and review the current national innovation and IP priorities and policies. This assessment includes, among other measures, an evaluation based on the WIPO Global Innovation Index (GII). The goal is to provide analytical insights and policy suggestions in preparation for the next Serbian national IP strategy.
Development of methodology for the sustainable business environment index
Period of realization: June 2022 – January 2024
BCRR was commissioned by NALED to develop methodology and calculate the Sustainable Business Environment Index. SBE index is a composite index consisting of five pillars: Fundamental Prerequisites, Markets, Business-Friendly Regulations, Resilient, Vibrant and Innovative Businesses, and Sustainable and Equitable Development, with 34 underlying indicators used for calculation.
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SUPPORTING CAPACITY BUILDING AND THE CREATION OF LOCAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS
Period of realization: December 2021 – June 2023
Supported by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, and in partnership with NALED and the Public Policy Secretariat (PPS), BCRR implemented the project ‘Supporting Capacity Building and the Creation of Local Development Plans’.
The project aimed to provide assistance and build capacity for ten selected local self-governments. Its focus was on drafting local development plans and selecting local development priorities in a manner that was transparent, inclusive, interdisciplinary, and evidence-based. The local governments included in the project were: Despotovac, the city municipality of Palilula in Niš, Ivanjica, Kladovo, Loznica, Ljig, Smederevo, Subotica, Velika Plana, and Zaječar.
THE IMPACT OF ACCOUNTANTS ON TAX COMPLIANCE AND TAX MORALITY OF SMES
Period of realization: December 2018 – December 2019
Balkan Center for Regulatory Reform with support from USAID CFG Project, conducted a study on the impact of external accountants and accounting firms on tax compliance and tax morality of SMEs. The research team aimed to discern key factors that drive compliant or non-compliant behavior, key practices of accountants that need to be modified and good practices that need to be stimulated, key practices of accountants that can boost tax morale of SMEs and lastly the indicators that tax authorities can look for in accountants for better targeting and more efficient differentiation between high-risk and low-risk SMEs and accounting firms in tax inspections.
ANALYSIS OF OBSTACLES TO SALES OF NON-PERFORMING RECEIVABLES OF SERBIAN MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Period of realization: December 2019 – June 2021
Supported by the SECO BCRR implemented the project ‘Analysis of obstacles to sales of non-performing receibavles of Serbian MSMEs’. The project was focused on the market of distressed debt of the micro, small, and medium enterprise (MSME) sector in Serbia, aimed at preventing and mitigating the consequences of late payments. To analyze the causes and effects of this issue, BCRR conducted an economic and legal analysis of the market for the sale of matured unpaid receivables by MSMEs. The result of the research is a study that includes suggestions for removing barriers to the development of the market for the sale of distressed receivables.
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ANALYSIS OF ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF COUNTERFEITING AND PIRACY IN REPUBLIC OF SERBIA
Period of realization: 2019
BCCR conducted a qualitative and quantitative analysis of counterfeiting and piracy in the Republic of Serbia for the period 2015-2019. The project was undertaken for the needs of the Serbian Intellectual Property Office and was financed by the GIZ. In addition to determining the extent of counterfeiting and piracy by type of goods, the study represents the first step in quantifying product categories with the highest risk of counterfeiting during import into Serbia. By forming the GTRIC-p index for Serbia as part of the project, it enabled comparisons with OECD member countries.
FUNKCIONALNA ANALIZA REPUBLIČKIH INSPEKCIJA SA ANALIZOM KAPACITETA
Period of realization: 2018
U saradnji sa NALED-om, BCRR je za potrebe Ministarstva državne uprave i lokalne samouprave izradilo Funkcionalnu analizu republičkih inspekcija sa analizom kapaciteta. U analizi je procenjen neophodan, odnosno optimalan broj inspektora po oblastima inspekcijskog nadzora, te broj i osposobljenost službenika koji obavljaju analitičke, pravne, administrativne i IT poslove u inspekcijama, uključujući i poslove procene rizika, planiranja, pravne poslove i poslove unutrašnje kontrole inspekcija.
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