Čadež: Region Ready to Become Part of Single EU Market

Europe should accept, as soon as possible, the fact that the Western Balkans (WB) is not the region of problems and trouble but of potential that no other region in Europe has, said today President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia (CCIS), Marko Čadež.

Speaking at the final conference of the Western Balkan 6 Chamber Investment Forum (WB6 CIF) in Pristina, he said that Europe should take advantage of this fact, especially considering that the European economy imports more than 90 percent of the raw materials it needs from China.

– This region does not only have raw materials and reserves, but also has mines that are operating, and there are processors who can do it – said Čadež.

He emphasized that the countries of the Western Balkans must join the European market as soon as possible and announced that the cooperation between the chambers of the region will continue in the coming period.

– Our focus in the future will be to convince the EU and other members as soon as possible that this region has to be part of the single market and operate under single conditions – Čadež underscored, as said in the CCIS press release.

The CCIS President added that the people living in the WB region have a lot to lose, as he says, “the policy is not very useful”.

According to him, it is very important for business to build an atmosphere so that politics understands that the economy is the one on which everything depends.

– We are the ones who pay taxes, build hospitals, roads, schools, create jobs – said the CCIS President.

Speaking about the results of the project financed by the European Union “EU Support to WB6 CIF”, the total value of which is more than 2.8 million euros, Čadež said that during this project a total of more than 6,000 companies from the entire region underwent the same kind of training, education, and seminars.

– Those companies are successful today and can freely market their products on the EU and world markets – he added.

Privredna komora Srbije

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Western Balkan 6 Chamber Investment Forum

WB6 CIF

Marko Čadež

project of EU support to WB6 CIF

cooperation of economies of the region