Within the project "Norway for You" a job was provided in the Protection Workshop for three persons with disabilities

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Details: 14 December 2020

Three persons with disabilities will start working in February in the Protective Workshop "Golden Hands", within the project "Norway for you", which in the past six months, in cooperation with local government and the Municipal Association of Paraplegics, implemented by the UN Office for Project services (UNOPS).

The goal of the project was the economic empowerment of women with disabilities, and those who successfully completed the training were awarded certificates today. Armen Čekić, coordinator of the "Norway for You" project, said that three people with disabilities would get jobs.

"The activities of the project, which is focused on awarding grants for various topics in the field of economic development, in the municipality of Bijelo Polje, started at the beginning of last year. As a result, today we have concrete employments, but also a large number of people with disabilities who are, in a certain way, able to function independently on the labor market. I believe that this cooperation will be continued in the future as well" Cekic emphasized.

Milka Stojanović, President of the Association of Paraplegics for Bijelo Polje and Mojkovac, thanked UNOPS and the local self-government for their support and successful cooperation. "It is extremely important to us that from February 1, three women with disabilities will be employed as confectioners in our workshop. We also received two fully equipped specialized machines for making work uniforms, so I hope that with quality work with strength and modern equipment in the coming period to be more competitive in the market and achieve the sustainability of the only Protective Workshop in Montenegro, "said Stojanovic, thanking the representatives of MS-educo, who conducted the training.

Samedin Agović, project coordinator for Bijelo Polje, said that they were satisfied with the results of the project, which enabled more equal treatment of persons with disabilities in the labor market.

"The Secretariat has applied for a call issued by the UN Office for Project Services (UNOPS). Four specialized industrially adapted machines for people with disabilities have been procured. A contract for the procurement of repro materials has been signed, and production of HTZ equipment, deficient Also, within the project, we have successfully implemented other activities, and the administrative ones are still ongoing, "said Agovic.

The project "Norway for You" is funded by the Government of the Kingdom of Norway, through the Embassy in Belgrade, which is also responsible for Montenegro.The Office for Local Economic Development of municipality Bijelo Polje (KLER) monitors project activities and provides support in its implementation.

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Municipal Decision on tax reliefs

Article 4

Companies and entrepreneurs referred to in Article 3 shall be introduced and identified the following financial incentives:

exemption from payment of communal fee for construction land,
exemption from payment of the fee for the use of municipal roads,
exemption from payment of surtax on personal income tax,
exemption from paying tax on real estate above 0.1% of the market value of the real estate.

Article 5

The tax exemption from Article 4 item 1 investor (company and entrepreneur) is realized in the amount up to 7,000.00 euros per one newly employed worker, or newly opened workplace, and can be used only if by investing, it increases the number of employees for 5 or more employees.

The incentives referred to in Article 4 item 2, 3 and 4 of this Decision shall also apply to existing companies and entrepreneurs in the area of the Bijelo Polje municipality for the extension of the economic activity referred to in Article 3 of this Decision, and can only be used if the expansion increases the number of employees for 5 or more workers and is valid for a period of 3 (three) years.

Note: The new Regulation on Business Zones was adopted on December 13, 2016 and was published in the Official Journal of Montenegro, No. 77/2016.

The municipality is obliged to until 21.06.2018, in accordance with the Government Regulation, adopt a new Business Zone Decision.

We are also referring to the Decision on the fee for communal equipment for construction land that was published on 29.12.2015. in the "Official Journal of Montenegro - Municipal Regulations" No. 48/15.

Tax reliefs – New Government Regulation on business zones

Article 15

For employed people working in a business zones, the business zone user does not pay:

1) Contributions for compulsory social insurance for salaries (contributions for pension and disability insurance, contribution for health insurance, unemployment insurance contribution) and contributions for the Labor Fund;

2) Personal income tax;

The amount of the relief referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article can not exceed the maximum allowable aid intensity of 60% for medium and 70% for small companies, in accordance with the regulations governing state aid.

The user of the business zone may use the incentives referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, for a maximum period of five years from the date of employment of persons in the business zone.

For the employee referred to in paragraph 1, item 1 of this Article, the user of the business zone calculates, suspends and pays the employee from the earnings of the employee: the contribution for the pension and invasive insurance at the rate of 15,0% contribution to health insurance at a rate of 8.5% and contribution to insurance against unemployment at a rate of 0.5% upon payment of earnings.

The basis for calculating the contribution referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be gross employee earnings.

The user of the business zone pays the calculated surtax of income tax.

In addition to the relief referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, the beneficiary of the business zone shall also exercise the right to other incentives in accordance with the law and special regulations governing state aid, although they must not exceed the maximum allowable amount of incentive in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article.

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