German entrepreneurs visited Srem - possible investments discussed

Over the last few days, the delegation of German businessmen from the region of Westerveld has been staying in the region of Srem in order to collect the information on local investment opportunities. They first visited Sremska Mitrovica and spoke to Sava Ališić in the headquarters of the administrative region of Srem about possible investments in that region.

In addition to the representatives of the Westerveld Foundation, the delegation of German businessmen also included owners of the companies that produce parts for alternative energy sources, insulation material for residential and business facilities, as well as the companies that deal with waste recycling and civil engineering.

According to the words of the Head of the administrative region of Srem, Sava Ališić, the owners of four German companies are willing to come and invest in Srem, and they are also ready to implement the projects of their companies in that region, with the engagement of local manpower and the use of local raw materials.

- We are interested in accurate information on available resources, transportation network, investment terms... Although we have already heard much about that, we wanted to come and see for ourselves - said Aleksandar Bauman from the Westerveld Foundation, which was founded in Germany with the aim of joint realization of projects in social field and economy.

The CEO of the Roma Inclusion Office, Duško Jovanović, who also attended the meeting with the German delegation, says that this Foundation was founded in order to provide logistic support and investment guarantee in association with aforementioned Office, the Executive Council of Vojvodina, the Srem region, and local self-governments in the region.

- The return visit of German businessmen proves that they find acceptable what we told them in Germany. The entrepreneurs were introduced to Vojvodina's employment measures, and they learned what local self-governments were doing about construction of industrial zones and other infrastructure with the aim of attracting foreign investors - Jovanović explained.

Businessmen from Germany came to Srem at the invitation of the Roma Inclusion Office While in Serbia, they visited Sremska Mitrovica, Irig, Ruma and Šid, and expressed the greatest interest in investments in production of insulation materials, communal waste recycling, and agriculture.

(Note: complete text is taken over from newspaper "Danas" of September 4th, 2009)