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The „GOLD“ project for the new jobs

Gabriel Abraham, the Director of USAID / Sida GOLD Project and Mićo Mićić, the Mayor of Bijeljina attended the launching of the new production facility in the company „Bodaxco Impex“. Purchasing of the new deep freezing shock chambers for bakery products and workers training for its use was part of support for the strengthening of the private sector within the project, funded the US and Sweden development agencies.

Mayor Mićić stated that the cooperation between the City of Bijeljina and GOLD project successfully contributed to job creation in Bijeljina and improved the business environment:

-We hope that with the GOLD assistance will be able to build infrastructure in the Industrial zone II, which will be crucial for attracting investments in the forthcoming period- Mayo Mićić said.

According to Njegoslav Zagorac, the Director of „Bodaxco“, thanks to this donation, the company employed five new workers, while 43 employees improved their skills through trainings:

- The new technology will contribute to increasing the quality of products, above all, reducing the use of additives in the production, but also to better supply markets with bakery products - announced Zagorac.