EUROMED Invest Academy Serbia 25-27 March 2015 Belgrade, Serbia Vera Veljanovski, Project Manager
EUROMED Invest Academy in Serbia Cooperation - Complementarity between the South Mediterranean and the Western Balkans Project presentation 25-27 March 2015 Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia Belgrade, Serbia
EUROMED Invest Academy Serbia - Organizer
EUROMED Invest a three-year regional project for investment and business partnerships promotion in the Euro-Mediterranean area Budget: 5 million Supported by 79 affiliate partners from 26 countries Agencies in charge of investment and economic development, Export agencies, Business support associations, Federations of employers, Chambers of Commerce and Industry In 19 EU countries and 7 South ENPI countries In synergy with 7 international institutions as associate partners The ultimate goal: Boost private business and investments within the Euromed area Contribute to an inclusive economic development of the region
EUROMED Invest - Instruments 1. Euro-Med Business Roadshow in Southern Mediterranean countries - 12 events 2. Euro-Med Business Roadshow in Europe - 9 events 3. Master Class for young entrepreneurs - 10 events and 5 webinars 4. Mentorship programme for entrepreneurs - 20 events 5. Cooperation and mentorship programme for Business support organisations -20 6. EUROMED Invest Academy, in Europe and Mediterranean - 9 events Find here the calendar of EUROMED Invest operations resulting from the first call
Academy Goals, focus EUROMED Invest Academies are training programmes for BSOs to improve their overall capacity/management and the quality of services provided to their members networking between BSOs and to exchange experience/best practices Focus: Development of business and investment opportunities between the South Mediterranean and the Western Balkans countries through two components: Benchmarking between both regions on their relations with the EU Better understanding between both regions to improve business and investment opportunities
Academy Participant Business Support Organizations (BSOs) from the Southern Neighborhood, the European Union, the Western Balkan and Turkey investment and export promotion agencies chambers of commerce and industry development agencies clusters technology park institutes innovation agencies technology transfer center associations of women entrepreneurs etc.
Academy Participant 100 participants from 18 countries Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Egypt France FYROM Macedonia Germany Greece Italy Lebanon Montenegro Serbia Slovenia Spain Syria Tunisia Turkey
Academy Sessions Convergence towards the Small Business Act for Europe "Economic benchmark & business and investment opportunities Case study: Turkey: a bridge between the Mediterranean region and the WB Regional integration EBRD investment in the Balkan and SEMED Region Opportunities for EU Funding Institutional Benchmark: Dialogue at BSO level Session 1a Support to Investment (presentations of BSO from IPA and EU neighborhood countries) Session 2a Commercial mediation/arbitration Session 1b Support to SMEs (presentations of BSO from IPA and EU neighborhood countries) Session 2b Concrete opportunities for future cooperation: Business matchmaking, Economic observatory
Academy Speakers Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia Ministry of Economy R. of Serbia Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications of Serbia Delegation of the EU to the R. of Serbia DG GROW, European Commission EBRD in Serbia ANIMA Invetment Network, France EUROCHAMBRES, Belgium Euro-Arab Business Council (EABC) Egypt The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI), Egypt Enterprise Greece, Tunisian Foreign Investment Promotion Agency (FIPA) Tunisia, Serbian Investment and Export Promotion Agency (SIEPA) Invest in Turkey (ISPAT) Tecnology Park Ljubljana, Slovenia GIZ International, Germany OCO Global, France The Institute for the Promotion of Arbitration and Mediation in the Mediterranean, (ISPRAMED), Italy
Academy - Photos 25 March
Academy - Photos 26 March
Academy - Award ceremony
Study tour - Belgrade Waterfront & Guide Tour www.belgradewaterfront.com/en/
Academy Webinar EUROMED Invest Academy Serbia 1 st Webinar Matchmaking complementarity analysis between Balkan and Mediterranean countries 27 th May 2015, 09:30 AM CET Speaker: Olivier MARTY, International Trade Center EUROMED Invest Academy Serbia 2 nd Webinar Matchmaking complementarity between Balkan and Mediterranean countries 08 th June 2015, 10:00 AM CET Speaker: Emmanuel NOUTARY, ANIMA Investment Network
EUROMED Invest web-site www.euromed.eu
EUROMED Invest Academy Serbia web-site www.pks.rs/euromedinvestacademyserbia
Thank you for your attention! Vera Veljanovski Project Manager web-site: www.pks.rs/euromedinvestacademyserbia e-mail: euromed.invest.serbia@pks.rs e-mail: vera.veljanovski@pks.rs