The SERDA Business Incubator was officially opened in May 2005 with the aim of establishing the appropriate infrastructure and creating favourable
business climate for support to SMEs. The incubator is located in Sarajevo and has 1,000 m² of office space for the disposal including the educational
centre with 2 IT classrooms, conference hall for 100 people. The project “business incubator” is a result of partnership between Sarajevo Economic Region Development Agency (SERDA) and Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (AECI), Barcelona Aktiva and the Municipality of Barcelona. The value of the project was EUR 688,000. The cofinancing from Spanish donators was concluded in 2007 and the project has been financed by the SERDA funds since August 2007. 18 enterprises (88 employees) are currently located in the incubator, which are using incubator’s office space (up to 3 years) and consulting and educational services. Within its educational centre, the incubator provides its internals and also external clients variety of seminars, workshops and
lectures: e.g. language courses (English, Spanish), European Computer Driving License (ECDL), seminars for potential entrepreneurs, introduction to
ISO Standards, IT, project cycle management, HACCP courses, and courses for unemployed people.

Contact person:

Sanela Dzevlan, Senior manager
E-mail: sanela@serda.ba

Further contact details are provided below.