OPEN DAYS 2015 LOCAL EVENTS COUNTRY LEAFLET REPUBLIC OF SERBIA

OPEN DAYS 2015 LOCAL EVENTS COUNTRY LEAFLET REPUBLIC OF SERBIA

INDEX I. Regional Partnerships Official Partners of the OPEN DAYS 2015 Region of South East Serbia 3 Vojvodina 4 II. Independent partner other organisation/association organising a local event The City of Belgrade, the Belgrade Chamber of Commerce and the Central European Development Forum (CEDEF) 5 The Regional Development Agency Backa 7 2

I. Regional Partnerships Official Partners of the OPEN DAYS 2014 Region of South East Serbia (Adriatic-Ionian Macroregion) " " Nis Organisers: Target groups of participants: 3

Vojvodina (Regions 4 Innovation) "European Quality Week with the motto: Quality Emotion Inspiration" Regions open for business Novi Sad Mid-November 2015 International conference Organisers: European Organization for Quality (EOQ), Belgium United Association of Serbia for Quality (UASQ), Serbia European Affairs Fund of Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Serbia Representatives of UASQ Representatives of University of Novi Sad Representatives of UASQ Representatives of University of Novi Sad Representatives of University of Belgrade Representatives of European Affairs Fund of Autonomous Province of Vojvodina Representatives of University of Banja Luka Representatives of the Provincial Government Experts in the field of quality from the whole region The conference European Quality Week is aimed at public awareness raising, promotion and demonstration of the advantages and importance of quality to competitiveness in Europe. Given Serbia s EU integration process, special attention is given to quality improvement, which is a most important and current issue. It gets a new dimension and becomes growingly the basis of the organization's survival in the market. The main objective is to provide an international forum for the exchange of know-how, experience, research results and information about different aspects of the state-of-the-art and future development of quality management/integrated management system (IMS) and total quality management (TQM)/business excellence (BE). The event involves philosophical, scientific and practical concepts related to research, development and application of quality management-based approaches and IMS. Experts in the field of quality have been invited to send their contributions on relevant topics. The conference will attempt to provide answers from technical, scientific and research point of view regarding the development of quality management, as well as to showcase some best practices in regional projects which could contribute the development of quality management. Target groups of participants: Representatives of the provincial government, local authorities, universities, regional development agencies, local authorities, quality control enterprises, NGO, media. www.vojvodinahouse.eu 4

II. Independent partner other organisation/association organising a local event The City of Belgrade, the Belgrade Chamber of Commerce and the Central European Development Forum (CEDEF) "Belgrade Investment Days" Regions open for business Belgrade 21-22 September 2015 Forum is a unique business platform for economic cooperation, which will bring together companies, investors, banks, funds, Chambers of Commerce, the diplomatic corps, branch associations, cities, regions and clusters of Southeast, Central and Western Europe, Russia, the Caspian basin, China and the Middle East. Special interest in investing in Serbia exists in the fields of industry, agriculture, renewable energy (Energy and Ecology), information technology, real estate and health tourism, which will be the central theme of this forum. Apart from the promotion of Belgrade and Serbia, the goal of this event is to gather a large number of foreign investors and investment funds that are interested in investing and to introduce large number of new investment projects. Organisers: The City of Belgrade, the Belgrade Chamber of Commerce and the Central European Development Forum (CEDEF) City of Belgrade, CEDEF, Belgrade Chamber of commerce. Representatives of partners institutions who will be chairing at conference programme will be confirmed City of Belgrade, CEDEF, Belgrade Chamber of commerce. Representatives of partners institutions who will be chairing at conference programme will be confirmed Belgrade Investment Days is a unique platform that links international investors and attractive projects in Serbia and Southeast Europe. The Inaugural Conference will be held on 21-22. September 2015 in Belgrade and it will bring together over 300 representatives of the investment community from Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia, Russia, China and Turkey. The focus of investors are large infrastructure projects of the City of Belgrade, the projects of public institutions and other local governments, investment and cooperation opportunities in the private sector as well as companies in the privatization process. Belgrade is on the investment map now. It plays centerstage as the preferred focal point where all the actors of economic growth in the region will be meeting. It is a strategic crossroads location and the natural connecting point of East and West, North and South, right at the confluence of two European rivers: Danube and Sava. Investors, banks, investment funds, public and private companies, technology vendors, utility operators, project developers and national and local government will be meeting on this event. Establish direct contacts and hold numerous meetings with relevant parties. Discuss investment opportunities in the fields of energy, infrastructure, manufacturing, ITC, tourism, agribusiness and plenty more. 5

Target groups of participants: Representatives from the business and financial community, Investors, banks, investment funds, public and private companies, Chambers of Commerce, technology vendors, utility operators, project developers and national and local government, representatives of the investment community. http://www.belgradeinvestmentdays.org.rs/en/ 6

The Regional Development Agency Backa "Danube Tisa Danube canal chance for a comprehensive development of Tourism, Transport infrastructure and rural areas of Backa Region" Beocin 18 September 2015 Regions open for business Organisers: Conference and workshop The Regional Development Agency Backa Destination Management Organization Danube Government of Vojvodina Province Faculty of Sport and Tourism Morning session: Mr Srdjan Vezmar, Director of the Regional Development Agency Backa Afternoon session: Mr Ivo Mulec PhD, Slovenia Maribor, Faculty for Sport and Tourism Workshop session: Mr Ivo Mulec PhD, Slovenia Maribor Morning session: MSc Srdjan Vezmar - Director of the Regional Development Agency Backa Mr Miroslav Vasin - Vice president of Government of Vojvodina Mr Michael Dooms PhD, Free University of Brussels Prof Pavel Marcok, Mayor of Backi Petrovac Afternoon Session: Ivo Mulec PhD - Faculty of Sport and Toursim Jasmina Beljan Iskrin - Destination Management Organization Danube Milan Vučinić, Kluster of Transport and Logistics Ivana Pajić - Regional Development Agency Backa, Sector of rural development Subject of this conference will be Canal Danube Tisa Danube as a important resource for future development of Tourism, Transport Infrastructure and Rural development in less developed parts of Backa Region. We are expecting that this conference will bring some new common ideas about possible new project which will initiate comprehensive socio-economic development of Backa Region. Target groups of participants: Local and regional government, Representative from the University of Novi Sad, Tourism Sector, local selfgovernments. www.rda-backa.rs/en 7