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The Oscar of Quality awarded to the best companies

"Quality is a key component of success in today's business world, and business excellence is the foundation of competitive advantage. Through this forum, we have the opportunity to familiarize ourselves with the latest trends, experiences, and best practices in this field. This will help us improve our organizations, increase efficiency, and enhance competitiveness in the market," stated Slobodan Cvetković, the Minister of Economy in the Serbian Government, at the Quality and Business Excellence Forum "Oscar of Quality" held today at the Chamber of Commerce of Serbia, marking World Quality Day and the European Quality Week in Serbia.

"Serbia is dedicated to supporting the development of quality and business excellence. Through various initiatives and programs, we are working to create a favorable economic environment. This will make us more competitive in the global market and have a multifaceted contribution to the social community," said Minister Cvetković.

 

He pointed out that companies participating in the competition for the "Oscar of Quality" have achieved excellent results, especially in improving quality and business excellence. He expressed hope that these companies will serve as examples of good practice in the future. He also emphasized that the Ministry of Economy is making significant efforts to create an economic environment conducive to integration into the European and world economy by harmonizing with EU technical legislation and improving the work of quality infrastructure institutions.

 

Acting Assistant Minister of Economy, Nikola Vitas, stated that the Ministry of Economy, in the previous period, has established a stable legal and institutional framework in the field of standardization, metrology, accreditation, and conformity assessment.

 

In collaboration with the Development Agency of Serbia in 2023, the Ministry of Economy, besides many incentives for businesses, is implementing a program for co-financing the costs of services in the field of quality infrastructure (for conducting conformity assessment procedures of products with the requirements of Serbian and foreign technical regulations, including safety assessment of cosmetic products; for organizing business in accordance with the requirements of internationally recognized standards of management systems (preparation/implementation of standards with the first certification or recertification); for the purchase of Serbian standards from the Institute of Standardization of Serbia). The goal of this financial support is for businesses to increase the use of standards throughout all phases of design, production, and product control and to organize their business processes.

 

Minister of Economy, Slobodan Cvetković, congratulated the companies participating in the competition for the "Oscar of Quality" and business excellence.

 

The winners of the "Oscar of Quality 2023" are Generali Insurance Serbia (Champion of Excellence 2023) and the director of this company, Dragan Filipović (Leader of Business Excellence 2023), as well as the Center for Medical Biochemistry at the University Clinical Center (Champion of Excellence 2023) and the director of the mentioned center, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sanja Stanković (Leader of Business Excellence 2023), while Hutchison Ltd. Ruma and the Institute of Public Health Šabac achieved excellence in the areas of leadership, process technology, and employee satisfaction.