SERDA and GMKA signed cooperation protocol

Director of the Sarajevo Regional Development Agency (SERDA) Sefkija Okeric and Governor of Municipality Canakkale from Turkey Ahmet Cinar signed in Sarajevo Protocol on Cooperation between SERDA and the Regional Development Agency of South Marmara Sea (GMKA), which covers the territory of the municipalities of Balikesir and Canakkale. 

“By signing this protocol, we will link our small and medium enterprises with companies from the region of South Marmara. It is well known that the Turkish small and medium sized businesses are booming in the economic, technological, and any other form and we want to use their experience,” Okeric said.

He added that the goal is that domestic enterprises export to Turkey, and that the interest of Turkish companies is to invest in BiH.

Cinar said that the signing of the Protocol aims at strengthening the historical ties between the two nations through new economic relations.

“SERDA has experience in accessing EU funds through various projects and we want to take advantage of that experience, while GMKA has experience with the strengthening and development of entrepreneurship and creating jobs for foreign companies,” Cinar said.