The aim of the EMG Second Annual Forum on restructuring and privatization of State-owned public enterprises and local public utility companies is to gather together representatives of the Government of Serbia, public enterprises and local public utility companies, and to find the best possible solutions through a direct dialogue. This will be facilitated by participation of foreign experts, whose experience could be a guidepost for the Government of Serbia, enabling it to avoid mistakes made by other countries in transition.
Effects of the global financial crisis will also be discussed at the roundtable, as the crisis has additionally deepened the problems that public enterprises and local public utility companies in Serbia are facing.
DISCUSSION TOPICS:
· The condition and perspective of public enterprises and local public utility companies in Serbia;
· Key elements of the strategy for restructuring PEs and local public utility companies;
· The institutional framework for public sector reform;
· Price policy;
· Corporatization of PEs and local public utility companies – a basis for increasing efficiency and new management models;
· Financing capital investments;
· Public-private partnership and stimuli for the public sector inclusion;
· The reform of ownership and management structure at PEs and local public utility companies;
· Influence of the crisis on potential strategic partners;
· Privatization – pro’s and con’s;
· Modernization – a job for the State or new private owners;
· Social programs for redundant employees;
· The role of PEs and local public utility companies after privatization – the example of NIS;
· Significance of the public utility sector for Serbia’s economy;
· Experience of other countries.
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