Boris Tadic, presidential candidate of the Democratic Party (DS), put forward his five-point plan aimed at creating an economically developed Serbia able to complete the accession talks for five years.

Speaking at the 13th forum of managers in Belgrade, Tadic underlined that in the next five years, Serbia will be facing major challengers, so the state should be governed by a person who has a clear development strategy until 2017.

1. The first point of Tadic's plan refers to the EU integration process, and envisages that the entry talks will commence by the year's end, and finish in five years, during which the reform process in all domains of society should also be completed.
2. The second point covers the economic development based on agriculture, re-industrialization, foreign investments, and exports.Expressed in figures, Serbia should double the share of exports in the gross domestic product in the next five years.
3. The investment in education, as the third point of Tadic's plan, is part of Serbia's economic recovery. As a result, the number of highly educated people should also double for five years, he added.“Education is a precondition for development, our goal is 6 percent of GDP for education,” Tadic said.
4. The fourth point implies the completion of the fight against organized crime, and the implementation of comprehensive measures for combating corruption which means that all legal cases from the past must be settled, and the privatization process completed, and all dubious privatizations reviewed until 2017.
5. The fifth point is the resolution of the frozen conflict in Kosovo-Metohija in cooperation with the international community.By accepting the situation of frozen conflict, we cannot progress. Having this in mind, I proposed the four-point plan, which implies neither partition nor recognition,” Tadic said.
   He said that this plan envisages a special status for northern Kosovo, a special status for Serbian churches and monasteries, wide local self-government and special security guarantees for the Serbs south of the Ibar River, as well as the resolution of issues related to the Serbian private and public assets that were taken away.
   
   According to the organizers, Tadic was invited to the panel organized by the Serbian Association of Managers as the person who deserves the most credit for foreign investments that Serbia has attracted in recent years.