In the Serbian economy there is a need for the development of knowledge and innovation-based competition. At the same time, Serbia is facing a decline in the working-age population due to emigration and aging of population. Additional challenges, facing local communities in particular, are posed by migration flows of third-country nationals, which Serbia has increasingly been facing since 2015. Moreover, having in mind the estimates of the size of the Serbian diaspora, increasing circular migration and the prevailing working-age population among third country migrants, there is a potential that needs to be exploited as much as possible for the purpose of development. Based on these premises, this research has been conducted for the purpose of estimating the private sector’s capacities, motivation and readiness to contribute to achieving Serbian migration policy goals.

This report was produced within the project IOM-UNDP Global Programme on Making Migration Work for Sustainable Development, implemented by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC).