DUŠAN VUJOVIĆ, PRESIDENT OF NALED SCIENTIFIC COUNCIL
The Grey Book Is An Authentic Reflection Of Our Business Environment
In 2020, only two out of 100 Grey Book recommendations were fully implemented, and only 11 were partially. Although institutions were working in extraordinary circumstances caused by the pandemic, the main challenges are essentially the administrative system’s lack of readiness and ability to implement the recommendations
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he Grey Book is a great contribution to shaping public policies to improve the business environment and reduce the cost of administrative procedures. It transforms economic necessities into specific recommendations to the Government of Serbia, starting from the authentic viewpoint of various economic entities working under the existing legal and institutional environment at all levels of executive powers. Recommendations
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for changes come from a wide variety of economic entities differing both in size and scope of activity. They include small, medium-sized and large enterprises in almost all areas of production and services, in all parts of Serbia. This ensures the recommendations are reliable, objective and empirically obtained. When suggesting complex solutions, we should pay attention to effects they may have on the economy and the whole
of society, and the objective limits within which the country functions. That is the role of NALED’s Scientific Council, which is dedicated to understanding the true nature of the issues and corresponding recommendations, as per its mandate. The Council analyses the aims of economic initiatives from a suitable theoretical and analytical viewpoint and points to the systemic nature of certain changes, i.e. identifying deep and complex
