The Map of the Regional Development Measures and Incentives Register (RegRDMI Map) has been published today by the Serbian Business Registers Agency. The Map contains the semi-annual data for 2024 and displays sets of information on state investments, economic development, and economic potential, providing a comprehensive overview of the development of the domestic economy.
The investment of the state and its institutions in the development of the economy and non-profit sector, i.e. regional development incentives, are presented on the RegRDMI Map according to purpose, users and implementers, as well as the type of financial incentive and territorial allocation of funds.
Moreover, the RegRDMI Map contains key data on the economy and non-profit sector (structural indicators, indebtedness, illiquidity and financial performance), as well as basic data (area, population, average salary, GDP, number of employed and unemployed, etc.), in total and by territory, for the current and previous three years, in tabular and graphic form. The above data have been integrated from other registers maintained by the Agency with the data taken from other state bodies and organizations.
The data on the RegRDMI Map show that the implementers of regional development incentives in the first half of 2024 realized incentive funds in the total amount of RSD 126.8 billion, of which RSD 118.9 billion (93.7%) refer to grants. Compared to the same period of the previous year, an increase of incentive funds by 72.5% was recorded.
Of the total realized incentives, the largest part was directed to the economy, i.e. RSD 49.9 billion (39.3%) to companies and sole proprietors, RSD 36.4 billion (28.7%) to agricultural households, RSD 20.0 billion (15.7%) to institutions in the field of education and science and RSD 14.6 billion to local self-government units (11.5%).
According to the purpose of investment, 87.8% of the total realized incentives (RSD 111.3 billion) were directed to: encouraging agriculture (RSD 36.7 billion); traffic infrastructure (RSD 24.5 billion); education, science, culture and sports (RSD 24.2 billion); encouraging manufacture (RSD 12.9 billion); environment protection (RSD 6.9 billion) as well as energy infrastructure (RSD 6.1 billion). The largest increase in investment compared to the first half of the previous year was recorded in the area of encouraging agriculture and energy infrastructure.
The information presented on the RegRDMI Map, where all municipalities in the Republic of Serbia is a particularly useful source of information for potential investors in the Republic of Serbia. Prior to investing in a particular territory, they are interested in obtaining and reviewing, both the characteristics of the achieved economic development and the potentials for the development of the selected territory, starting from the size of the territory, population, information on the unemployment rate by qualification level, as well as other elements of the territorial development. It is also useful for regional development entities in the process of making decisions on incentive investments aimed at strengthening the economy of a particular territory and raising the level of competitiveness of the economy in that territory, all with the aim of reducing uneven regional development.
All data published on the Map is available to users free of charge. By performing the appropriate search, they can obtain data in the form of data sets for all four territorial levels (the Republic of Serbia, regions, districts, and municipalities).