PROGRAM OF GOVERNMENT 2017-2020 ∎ Introduction of support mechanisms for domestically-owned investment projects amounting to maximum 25% of total investment costs and the gross costs of every newly added job. The support will be directed through two channels: a) direct support ranging between 1,000 EUR and 2,000 EUR in Denars, based on the remuneration levels of every newly added job, in cases where employers pledge to give gross salaries over a 2-year period; and b) profit and property tax exemptions over 5 consecutive years. ∎ Facilitating the work of small and medium enterprises in rural areas by financing infrastructure projects. The Government will draft a strategy for development of active tourism due to its high local economic development and new, well-paid job creation potential. To this end, we will implement the Law on Spatial Planning to guarantee the protection of attractive natural resources necessary for this branch of tourism; support clean-up activities in tourist sites; regulate property relations and put children camps and mountain houses in use. Entrepreneurial development will be incited by opening Government-sponsored business start-up centers in all larger municipalities. The Government pledges to provide free-of-charge business space for multiple newly-created companies, including the supporting infrastructure and common services (maintenance, archive work, accounting, etc.). Opportunities for establishing special businesses with minimum capital fund of 1 EUR. These companies will bear specific, clearly-marked signs, so everyone doing business with them will know their capital fund was only 1 EUR. Firms planning to invest, but hindered due to lack of space, will be given tenure over unused lots of publicly owned land. The number of lots given to a single company will depend on the conditions met by each individual entity (size of investment and number of newly created jobs). The Government will propose lifting import taxes on equipment intended for new projects engaging workforce in under-developed municipalities, as well as activities piled up in clusters. In addition, it will provide direct financial support for processing of primary agricultural productions. It will stimulate the association of primary producers as well as processing companies investing in facilities and equipment for production of home-grown raw material produce. The State will support the development of domestic enterprises by launching an appropriate public procurement reform. It will increase their transparency and eliminate pre-arranged tenders for favored companies. Additionally: 7 ∎ Before opening tenders, public institutions will pre-analyze the existing market. In cases where there are products and services offered by domestic companies that can satisfy their needs, the tender will prefer these products and companies. ∎ Put an end to the practice of favoring selected companies that undermine competitions. In this light, the Government will ease the basic criterion (annual turnover) as prerequisite for participation, especially as it was applied for eliminating competition.