MICROFILMING DOCUMENTATION AND SETTING UP AN ELECTRONIC ARCHIVE OF THE REGISTERS OF THE SERBIAN BUSI

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MICROFILMING DOCUMENTATION AND SETTING UP
AN ELECTRONIC ARCHIVE OF THE REGISTERS OF THE
SERBIAN BUSINESS REGISTERS AGENCY (SBRA)


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Area/ Sub-area/ Project type/ Functional sector
Economy and Regional Development / Economy /
Development / General Public ServiceProject
Context Serbian Business Registers Agency
(SBRA), that began operating on 4 January 2005,
running currently 3 major state registers -
Business Entities Register (including Companies,
Entrepreneurs, Branch offices of Foreign legal
entities, Annual financial reports) Financial
Leasing Register and Movable Assets Pledge
Register., all in the form of single centralized
public electronic database.SBRA implements the
reform of the business registration system in
Serbia, projected to bring the state
administration management closer to the standards
of the European Union, and to be important part
of E-government initiative, based on Serbian and
EU strategic documents.Project Objective The
elimination of paper archives from daily use of
the Agencys registers. As a part of the second
phase of the reform, to complete the job of
archiving all existing documents, both generated
in the SBRA and taken over from the commercial
courts. In addition, improving quality of SBRA
services and internal business processes, freeing
considerable space.Results and activities
Simultaneous scanning and microfilming of all
existing documents (from all SBRA registers) and
proper storage and archiving Improved
productivity and reduced costs, based on
re-designed business processes Public
availability of electronic versions of all
documents Possible dislocation of the great part
of the archives generated in all the registers,
etc.Beginning / Duration 1.10.2009 24
monthsBudget 2.950.000,00 EURNeeded /
External funds 2.800.000,00 EUR Secured /
Own funds 150.000,00 EURTargeted Donors
(Sweden SIDA, major donor to SBRA in its first
phase of development)
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MICROFILMING DOCUMENTATION AND SETTING UP AN
ELECTRONIC ARCHIVE OF THE BUSINESS ENTITIES
REGISTER OF THE SERBIAN BUSINESS REGISTERS
AGENCY (SBRA)Area/ Sub-area/ Project type/
Functional sector Economy and Regional
Development / Economy / Development / General
Public ServiceProject Context Serbian Business
Registers Agency (SBRA), Business Entities
Register including Companies, Entrepreneurs,
Branch offices of Foreign legal entities, Annual
financial reports) as a single centralized public
electronic database.Project Objective As a
major part of the second phase of the reform,
setting up the process of archiving all existing
documents, generated in the Register. It will
improve quality of the related services and
internal business processes in the Register,
freeing considerable space.Results and
activities Simultaneous scanning and
microfilming of existing documents in the SBRAs
Business Entities Register , proper storage and
archiving. Improved productivity and reduced
costs in the Register, based on re-designed
business processes Public availability of
electronic versions of the scanned documents
Possible dislocation of the part of the archives
generated in the Register, etc.Beginning /
Duration 1.1.2008 6 monthsBudget
350.000,00 EURNeeded / External funds
300.000,00 EUR Secured / Own funds
50.000,00 EURTargeted Donors 1. The United
Nations Development Programme (UNDP), 2. The
Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA),
major donor to SBRA in its first phase of
development.
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SIMULTANEOUS MULTIPLE ELECTRONIC
BUSINESS REGISTRATION IN THE SERBIAN BUSINESS
REGISTERS AGENCY (SBRA)

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Area/ Sub-area/ Project type/ Functional sector
Economy and Regional Development / Economy /
Development / General Public ServiceProject
Context Serbian Business Registers Agency
(SBRA), Business Entities Register including
Companies, Entrepreneurs, Branch offices of
Foreign legal entities, Annual financial reports)
as a single centralized public electronic
database.Project Objective As a major part of
the second phase of the reform, the enactment of
the provisions of the Law on Business
Registration related to the electronic
registration of companies and entrepreneurs. In
addition to the full implementation of the
Electronic signatures, it is needed to improve
SBRA relations with clients who need to file
multiple registration applications for several
business entities. It will contribute to
reforming Serbian state administration and
developing a stimulating business environment for
foreign investors and the SME sector.Results and
activities Modernized procedure of simultaneous
filing of multiple registration applications in
the SBRAs Business Entities Register, as a
complete service (client and server software,
installation and support). Pilot project and BPR
included.Beneficiaries of this service will be
SBRAs clients who need register several business
entities at the same time, such as law offices,
bookkeeping agencies, administrative service
agencies, and similar.Significant upgrading of
the quality of SBRAs services in the field of
electronic registration Improved operating
procedures in SBRA for electronic registration
Reduced costs and operating risks.Beginning /
Duration 1.10.2007 3 monthsBudget
80.000,00 EURNeeded / External funds
70.000,00 EUR Secured / Own funds 10.000,00
EURTargeted Donors 1. Swedish International
Development Agency (SIDA) as SBRAs major donor
in the first phase of its development and2.
United States Agency for International
Development (USAID) as SBRAs donor in the first
phase of its development.)