Bijelo Polje Commited to Sustainable Growth

One of Bijelo Polje’s greatest strengths lies in the stability of its local finances, which ensures efficient governance and continuous development. The municipality regularly fulfills its obligations to employees, suppliers, and contractors, while also channeling significant resources into infrastructure projects and support programs for the local economy—especially in agriculture. This is one of the reasons why the Municipality of Bijelo Polje has successfully completed the BFC SEE process, reaffirming its position as a reliable partner for investors and a community dedicated to transparent, sustainable development.

Another key advantage is the municipality’s strategic and planned approach to development. Bijelo Polje has adopted and actively implements a series of important planning documents, including the Strategic Development Plan, Capital Investment Plan, Employment Strategy, and Local Environmental Protection Plan. These documents are prepared in a transparent and timely manner, ensuring continuity and providing a solid foundation for annual planning and implementation.

The certification process also highlighted the strength of human capacities within the local administration. Process Evaluators noted the dedication and professionalism of municipal staff across all departments, with particular recognition for the proactive role of the Local Economic Development Office (KLER) and the IT sector, whose contributions significantly supported the process. The municipality’s certification team, working closely with colleagues from various services, demonstrated commitment, responsibility, and a clear ambition to continuously improve services and processes for both citizens and businesses.

The ambition of making Bijelo Polje a business friendly community is also set in the Mayor Petar Smolović’s vision: “Bijelo Polje is a city that, on the foundations of traditional, multi-ethnic and multi-confessional harmony, acquired the contours of a modern urban environment and strengthened its position as the regional, administrative and cultural center of the north of Montenegro. The municipality achieved great results in the fields of infrastructure development, work transparency, raising the level of cultural life, caring for marginalized groups, developing conditions for better education at all levels and better conditions for health care.

In the previous period, the municipality of Bijelo Polje started the implementation of the most important development projects: the Bjelasica Ski Center Project and the Đalovića Cave Project, which represent two great potentials of the north of Montenegro, and the implementation of their valorization has already come a long way. By implementing these projects, we will create great opportunities for the development of winter and summer tourism, agricultural production, increasing the number of employees and generally improving the living standards of the local population. Bijelo Polje is the first city in Montenegro with defined decisions to stimulate business with 6 newly formed business zones and several companies with the most significant European awards for the development of entrepreneurship, so Bijelo Polje is recognized as a place for foreign investments in the region.

Bijelo Polje is the holder of the BFC SEE certificate and strives to obtain a new certificate. Bijelo Polje is a city of rich culture with already established cultural manifestations known outside of Montenegro. Ratković's Poetry Evenings, the Festival of Dramatic Amateurs of Montenegro, the International Festival of Tambura Orchestras, the Bjelopolska Art Spring, the Stari Most Art Colony, gather a large number of art lovers. The overall human and natural potential of Bijelo Polje can be an incentive for all the municipalities of the northern region and support their development and the entire country.

We are convinced that the economic and tourist potential of the municipality of Bijelo Polje is a good basis from which to improve local economic growth with a high-quality development policy, which, in addition to the construction of the highway, will attract investors and strengthen the economy in the north of Montenegro in general.”

By earning the BFC SEE certificate, Bijelo Polje has once again proven its determination to create a favorable business climate, strengthen investor confidence, and provide a stable foundation for long-term economic growth and quality of life.

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