SLAVICA SAVIČIĆ, STATE SECRETARY AT THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE
We Are Fully Committed To The Well-Being Of Both Industry And The Public I think we have managed to alleviate the consequences of the pandemic and to save our economy and employment, but also the health and lives of our people. I am proud to have been part of the economic crisis headquarters of the Government of Serbia
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lavica Savičić, State Secretary at the Ministry of Finance, is the winner of NALED's annual recognition for an outstanding contribution to improving the regulatory framework for business and economic measures to support the economy during Covid-19. She also played an important role in carrying out some of NALED’s key recommendations to combat the grey economy, including preparing a legal framework for digital fiscalization and electronic invoicing. What was your role in preparing the aid package to preserve the economy and jobs? Last year was very challenging for the Ministry of Finance, as we faced a serious health and economic crisis full
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of unknowns. I think that at that time, when we knew little about what awaited us, we did everything very quickly and efficiently to allay the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic. I can now see that as part of the economic crisis headquarters I had the opportunity to participate in a process of rapid and efficient decisions that preserved the vitality of the Serbian economy, the health of our people and employment. My role was to formalize all the decisions, to prepare a legal framework with my colleagues on the basis of the measures to be implemented. A further challenge was designing procedures to implement the measures. I must point out that throughout the pandemic, we have had very good cooperation between
all ministries, so we worked together on all assistance measures, both generally and by sector. Furthermore, during the pandemic the government and all institutions were absolutely committed to a successful adoption of all the measures. The biggest challenge was devising how to ensure that all the measures were carried out quickly and efficiently, so that the burden on companies and the public was as light as possible, but also so that aid beneficiaries were less exposed to epidemiological risks. You have also made a great contribution to enforcing the measures of the National Program for the Suppression of the Grey Economy - what are the results?
