37 Serbian companies in the field of the automotive industry, processing and production of plastic materials, as well as&nbsp;electrical industry, are participating today in the workshop "Sustainable Business with the German market" in order to gain adequate training, and networking skills in order to&nbsp;successfully join international supply chains along with German companies. The training will be followed by bilateral meetings with four German companies and onsite visits to Serbian companies. Four German companies -Körber AG, IFM Electronic GmbH, Amazone Werke H. Dreyer SE & Co. KG, and Easy2PartsGmbH will discuss practical experiences and cooperation with domestic producers.

Building Export Capacities of Serbian Companies  

For the majority of Serbian exporters, the trade fairs are the place where they meet their “first importer, buyer, and customer” and for the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia organization of the National pavilions and trade fair participation is the principal export promotion service. The preparation process begins six months to a year before the trade fair, and it requires a strategic and goal-oriented "project management" approach”, says Bojana Lalović, trade fair expert at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia.
Every trade fair is a "mini" project, says Lalović. It consists of numerous processes, spanning from service design through implementation and follow-up activities which are all directed at opening new markets for Serbian exporters. “Understanding the needs of exporters and being able to provide adequate solutions is the final goal”, says Bojana. The ability to come up with creative ideas and, most importantly, to adapt to change are also important success factors. 
Biofach Fair which is to be held from 26th to 29th of July 2022 in Nuremberg, Germany is&nbsp;a perfect opportunity to meet Serbian companies and discuss business opportunities, trends, and challenges in organic food production, says Lalović. "We are&nbsp;meticulously preparing the presentation of Serbian companies,&nbsp;in cooperation with the Swiss Import Promotion Programme (SIPPO) in Serbia, focusing to provide business leads, market insights, and a successful presentation of what Serbian organic producers and everything that they can&nbsp;offer to the world markets", concludes Bojana.&nbsp;
Momčilo Paunović, the owner of the <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/frutorga/">Company Frutorga</a>, started to export its products and became the first Serbian No.1 organic cherry producer after virtual participation at Biofach in February 2021, organized by the CCIS.&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/11rOVpnvVoqSywFiaDyGvH_rDfvV4XbYq/view">Click here</a>&nbsp;to learn more about his experience.&nbsp;&nbsp;
For further information on the&nbsp;companies that will present their products and services this year&nbsp;at CCIS National Pavillion at &nbsp;Biofach 2022 check our catalog&nbsp;<a href="https://fairs.pks.rs/biofach-2022/" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">https://fairs.pks.rs/biofach-2022/</a>. 
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What Does It Take to Prepare For a Trade Fair?

Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia (CCIS)&nbsp; invites wine producers and wineries from across the region to apply by July 11th to participate in the First International Wine Fair&nbsp; “Wine Vision by Open Balkan”, which is to be held in early September in Belgrade under the auspices of the Open Balkan Initiative.
We are honored and pleased to invite you to "Wine Vision by Open Balkan", the first International Wine Fair organized by the partner countries- founders of the Open Balkan Initiative - Serbia, Northern Macedonia, and Albania, which will be held in Belgrade from the 1st until 4th September 2022.
 
This event is an ideal opportunity for wine producers and wineries from the entire region to present themselves to the widest audience and thus achieve even greater visibility on the market. Also, this is an opportunity for all exhibitors to meet, share their experiences, and network with distributors and representatives of complementary industries.
 
The deadline for exhibitor applications is July 11th, 2022, and you can apply for participation in the Fair by sending the application form to:&nbsp;<a href="mailto:ob-winefair@sajam.rs">ob-winefair@sajam.rs</a>
More information about the Fair and conditions for exhibitors can be obtained via the following phone numbers: +381 11/26 55 239, +381 11/26 55 866, +381 11/26 55 464.
 
All important information, materials, and documentation that will help winemakers to find out more about this unique event and timely register their participation at the fair can be found below:
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 Participate at the „Wine Vision by Open Balkan“ Fair, 1- 4 September, 2022

Economic relations between Serbia and Montenegro are becoming more intense, there are more and more meetings of businessmen and officials discussing joint projects and jobs, which is an excellent signal that economic cooperation is improving which will benefit both the economy and the citizens, it was pointed out today at Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia (CCIS) by Prime Minister of Montenegro Dritan Abazović, and Marko Čadež, president of CCIS.
Abazović and Čadež agreed that more intensive regional cooperation and the Open Balkan Initiative will bring a better future to the Western Balkans.
 
Concluding that companies from Serbia are welcome in Montenegro and get involved in the planned realization of large projects from infrastructure to tourism, the Montenegrin Prime Minister evaluated that the meeting with CCIS President Marko Čadež along with one of the largest companies from Serbia was a sign of resetting and improving relations between Serbia and Montenegro.
 
"We talked today with companies from Serbia about several business projects in infrastructure and tourism, but also about regional cooperation and combating barriers that exist for business, whether they are at the border, in the customs administrations of the two countries, or elsewhere," said Abazović. 
The meeting in CCIS, which, according to him, is a point of gathering for successful businesses, can result in good things and focus the public's focus in both countries on the economy. The Montenegrin Prime Minister is convinced that the business communities of Serbia and Montenegro are eager to improve relations. He emphasized that the Open Balkans initiative is very good and that he personally supported it, but that it should be promoted more.
 
&nbsp;The President of PKS Čadež pointed out that Serbia and Montenegro were very economically aware of each other, which was best reflected in trade relations.
 
"I want to thank you for having a clear vision even before you became prime minister, that we must base the entire region on the future, and not on the past," Čadež said to Abazović.
 
It is important, Čadež pointed out, for the two sides to be in constant communication and to form working groups of the two countries that will deal with topics such as food supply, but also by accelerating the flow of goods and services across the border by simplifying procedures.
 
"Montenegro has great potential to become a tourist and logistics hub of the region. "There is a huge interest of foreign and domestic companies that see this country as an option for solving their logistics problems, but also to improve tourist potentials," said Čadež.
 
President Abazović had separate talks in CCIS with representatives of our companies MK Group, Elixir, and Milšped. The Montenegrin delegation also included the Minister of Finance, Aleksandar Damjanović, Nikola Vujović, the Vice President of the Central Committee of Montenegro, and advisors for foreign policy and legal issues.
 
Serbia is Montenegro's first foreign trade partner.
 
Trade last year was worth 900 million euros, by the end of April 2022 it reached 306.7 million euros, which is 28.1 percent more than in the same period last year. In 2021, 6,132 companies traded with this country, while the total investments of the Serbian economy from 2006 to 2022 are slightly higher than 516 million euros.

Čadež and Abazović: Serbian Companies are Welcomed to Montenegro

Representatives of the Chamber Investment Forum- Regional Chamber of Commerce of the Western Balkans (CIF WB6) at today's session of the Management Board entrusted a new four-year presidency&nbsp;to Marko Čadež, President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia.
Branko Azeski, President of the Chamber of Economy of Northern Macedonia, was re-elected Deputy Chairman of the Management Board of CIF WB 6. 
At the 12th Session of the Management Board of CIF WB6, held online, Azeski pointed out that this Regional Chamber, which represents about 350,000 companies, mostly small and medium enterprises, was recognized as the first voice of the private sector in the Western Balkans, and is recognized on the business map of Europe as the most important voice of the business community in this region. 
CIF WB6 brings together six chambers of commerce in the Western Balkans, which established a cooperation platform in 2017 with the goal of providing a common voice to the business community, strengthening and improving contacts among businessmen by promoting the region as one investment destination. 
The mission of CIF WB6 is to open new opportunities for stronger networking of business communities in the region by removing barriers to the development of regional economic cooperation and improving the business and investment climate.&nbsp;
At today's session, the&nbsp;members of the Board of CIF WB6 invited small, micro, and medium enterprises from the Western Balkans to apply for the MSME Technical Assistance Support Program when applying for EU funds, which envisages the participation of 60 MSMEs from the Western Balkans. Applications are through a specially designed platform for the implementation of this activity and the selection of potential participants in the program at the link&nbsp;<a href="https://wb6cif.talentlms.com/">https://wb6cif.talentlms.com/</a>

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 Marko Čadež Reelected President of the Management Board of CIF WB6

Fruška Gora, 22nd June, 2022The signing of the franchise agreement between the French Accor Group and the domestic Promont group hotel "Fruške Terme" will become the first "Movenpick" hotel in Serbia and will put this spa complex on the tourist map of the world, said the President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia, Marko Čadež.&nbsp;Today, before signing&nbsp;the franchise agreement between the two companies, Čadež&nbsp;pointed out that new investments in Fruska Terme will enable the complex on Fruska Gora, in which the Promont group has invested 70 million euros so far, to become one of the biggest players in the Open Balkan&nbsp;Joint Tourist Offer. He added that it is an important advantage point for obtaining the organization of the specialized world exhibition "Belgrade Expo 2027".&nbsp;"The arrival of the Accor group in Serbia and its entry to Fruške Terme is putting this, one of the largest and most beautiful spa complexes in the region, on the tourist map of the world," said Čadež. The Acor Group employs 270,000 people, has 40 brands and 5,300 hotels in various parts of the world, and is present in Serbia with several brands, such as the Mama Shelter Hotel and Mercure Belgrade Excelsior. "Now, Accor is coming to Serbia in great style. This is a really big thing for the region, Fruška gora, but also for Belgrade and Novi Sad, which are only half an hour, ie 45 minutes away from here. I would like to invite all people from "Serbia and the region to visit Fruške Terme because they can be a phenomenal part of the joint tourist offer of the Open Balkan," said Čadež. He added that the arrival of the French company will significantly affect the Serbian tourism industry. He said that, when one euro is spent on tourism, it brings three additional euros spent in other areas related to tourism, such as construction and food production, and thus various sectors with economic benefit. What is specific about Fruške Terme, as Čadež said, is that the Promont group at the beginning was&nbsp;a small family company that managed to do&nbsp;business, starting from one hotel- Premijer Aqua, and growing to&nbsp;build&nbsp;a large complex of Fruške Terme, which today attracts not only guests from the region but also Europe and the whole world.

The World Biggest Hotel Chain is Comming to Fruška Gora

The South Korean business-state delegation will visit Belgrade in the coming months and discuss direct business and how to improve economic ties in direct talks with Serbian businessmen and officials, Marko Čadež, President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia (CCIS), announced in Paris today. 
Čadež talked with Tatjana Matić, Serbian Minister of Trade, and the representatives of the South Korean delegation, &nbsp;led by Ahn Duk-Geun, Minister of Trade at the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy of South Korea, about cooperation in the production of batteries for electric cars, cooperation between companies in the field of solar panels and systems, and production and export opportunities of pork meat.
 
We have great opportunity to exchange experience, knowledge and concrete jobs in the most advanced technologies with South Korean businessmen, Čadež pointed out.
 
Speaking about the promotion of the candidacy of Serbia and Belgrade for the organization of the Specialized World Exhibition Expo 2027, he stated that we had the most complete concept of all the candidates.
 
In front of the delegates of the General Assembly of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), we presented together Belgrade, our industry and economy, young people who will drive our economy.
 
Great interest was expressed for Serbia as the only country on the European continent and among the 11 countries in the world that have compulsory programming in primary schools. "The second generation of small programmers is ending their school - about 120,000 children who learned to program in elementary school for the last four years and have become literate in the language of the future. This is something that is rare and not many countries have this in the world. In the years to come, those children will move our economy, innovations, the creative industry and will manage our companies," said Čadež. "They need to be given a chance and that was one of the messages we conveyed," the president of CCIS. 
According to Čadež, we have a year ahead of us to fight for the organization of a big event. Every Expo exhibition is a way, not only to present our country but also to become a technological hub because Belgrade is the largest economic center from Ljubljana to Tirana that connects people and businesses, which is the main message of "Belgrade Expo 2027" - &nbsp;Belgrade Expo 2027 -Play together," said Čadež.
 
He emphasized that we live in a world and times that are fast-changing, uncertainties are great and the better we adapt to changes, the better our chances of success. One of our advantages is that we are used to adapting and that is what makes us special, perhaps the best example to deal with the challenges that lie ahead, says the president of the CCIS.

Čadež: Open Doors for Doing Business with South Korea 

Paris, June 20th, 2022


Serbia and Belgrade are ready to be good hosts to the organization of the World Exhibition Expo 2027 with the great support of the business community that brings together about a million domestic and foreign companies operating in our country and region, said Marko Čadež, President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia in Paris. At the 170th General Assembly of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), Čadež, as a member of the Serbian delegation, presented Belgrade's candidacy for the EXPO 2027 organization.
In CCIS President’s words, modern Serbia today is a country of talents, innovative and creative people, and young people who learn the languages of the future with the potential to be leaders and successful entrepreneurs.
 
"These days, the second generation of students will graduate from 8-grade primary school, who, along with other subjects, also had mandatory programming. Together with those who finished primary school last year, we now officially have 120,000 digitally literate children who are playing Python, Scratch, Pay game&hellip;. They learned to program, thus programming their success and their future. "I invite you to give a chance to these young people in 2027 to play together for entrepreneurship and for the future," said the president of the CCIS...
 
He points out that Serbia has other achievements to be proud of when it comes to other prominent sectors as well. " When, In the time of the energy crisis that the world is facing today, you think about the potentials of producing electricity from renewable sources, from wind energy, do you know that every third wind generator built into European windmills, is produced in Serbia," said &nbsp;Čadež. He added that every third raspberry in the markets around the world, and every second in Europe, is produced and harvested in Serbia. Also, in London's Canary Wharf business district, smart, solar benches are a product of the expertise of Serbian startup company Strawberry energy. "
 
Serbia and Belgrade are becoming a new European technological hub in the field of mobility, and the future of the European automotive industry, which focuses on electric cars, is being created in our country too - In R&D centers of European manufacturers that apart from production factories are opening their development centers in Serbia, such as ZTF, Continental, Brose, relying on the intellect and expertise of the local engineers and world-renowned IT experts.
 
The President of CCIS also reminded about the two billion euros of exports of the ICT sector, which attracted 600 percent more investments than in 2020. "Our gaming industry is following in the footsteps of the world industry and is very well known." "Last year alone, Serbian IT creators launched 35 video games," he said.
"We come from the fastest-growing region on the continent, one of the most desirable European destinations for investors. " The day after tomorrow, I will attend the signing of the franchise agreement between Accor hotel chain and one&nbsp;of the most beautiful spa centers in the region," announced Čadež.
 
In his opinion, all these advantages are a sufficient and strong reason for Serbia to play for the future as the organizer of Expo 2027. 
Prime Minister Ana Brnabić, the Minister of Finance Siniša Mali, and Tatjana Matić, the Minister of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications, who is participating in the assembly in Paris, spoke about the advantages and possibilities of Serbia as a candidate in a video address.
 
The status of the candidate of Serbia and Belgrade for the organization of the world exhibition EXPO 2027 was confirmed by the recent submission of the Candidacy Dossier to the representatives of BIE.

Čadež: Serbia and Belgrade are Ready to Host the Organization of Expo 2027, Give Young People a Chance for the Future!

"In the world of digital transformation, data is the new gold and everyone wants to protect it. A special level of security is needed in the health sector because private data is the most sensitive type of data "said Mihailo Vesovic, Director of the Sector for Internationalization of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia at the seminar" Digital Transformation and Data Security - Japan's Experience in Personal Data Protection in Health System ". 
Vesović pointed out that Serbia has done a lot in the digital transformation in the past decade, but further improvement is needed in the field of data protection. "We can learn a lot from the Japanese economy and markets and use their experience in using the most modern technologies," Vesović said. 
"Digitization and data management have become even more important after the outbreak of the Covid19 pandemic. On the other hand, we must take care of data privacy, and that is why it is important to find adequate innovative solutions that will enable the development of digital healthcare. We are ready to transfer our experiences and knowledge in this field, "said Takahiko Katsumata, Ambassador of Japan to Serbia. He pointed out that the seminar was organized in line with the Western Balkan Cooperation Initiative launched by Japan in 2018. The Initiative supports&nbsp;activities aimed at the development of the economies of the Western Balkans and the integration of this region into the EU.
"We want to unify digital processes through various services and technologies to this market that are already being used in the world and are designed to&nbsp;enable safe use of data to end-users. This is our&nbsp;most important goal," said Mrazovac.
The seminar "Digital Transformation and Data Security - Japan's Experience in Personal Data Security in the Health System" was organized by the CCIS in cooperation with NTT Data, the Embassy of Japan, the Japan Foreign Trade Organization and the Japan International Cooperation Agency.

Data Security Is an Imperative of the Digital World

Serbian companies are ready to participate jointly with Egyptian partners in investment projects in the fields of trade, agriculture, metal-processing sector, chemical and rubber industries, transportation, and tourism in Egypt. Also, they are ready to create a strategy for a joint appearance in third markets, especially Africa and the Middle East.
Representatives of the Egyptian business community, from the sector of metal and chemical industry and tourism, expressed great interest in cooperation with our companies at today's meeting at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia, having in mind the extensive plans of the Egyptian Government contained in "Vision 2030", which include serious diversification of Egyptian economy and the implementation of major infrastructure projects.
At the meeting, it was agreed to intensify cooperation with Egypt, in order to start negotiations to find the most suitable mechanism that will alleviate the high customs rates of certain products in export and import. The Egyptian economy, the second strongest economy in the Arab world after Saudi Arabia, relies mostly on tourism as well as on oil and gas exports, as well as on revenues from the Suez Canal.
Data from the Republic Bureau of Statistics show that the total foreign trade with Egypt last year amounted to 79.7 million dollars, which is a decrease of 22.4 percent compared to 2020 when the total trade was 102.8 million dollars. On the other hand, in the first three months of this year, the total trade increased by more than 72 percent, compared to the same period in previous years. Exports from Serbia to the Egyptian market increased by more than 100 percent, as a result of increased exports of the purpose-built industry. Imports also increased by almost 50 percent, which is a consequence of higher imports of urea and calcium phosphate.

Companies from Serbia and Egypt are Planning Joint Projects

In the upcoming period, the focus of cooperation between the Serbian and Austrian economies will be on joint projects in the field of dual education, new partnerships in the field of "green" transformation and energy transition of the domestic economy, and strengthening the region's infrastructure ties with the EU, it was pointed out at the Business Forum between Styria and Serbia.
In order to further strengthen supply chains in the region, which is especially important in the context of global crises, Austrian businessmen are interested in new investments, establishing companies in Serbia, and establishing a new cargo railway line between Serbia and Austria via Zagreb and Graz.
 
"Serbia is becoming more and more interesting for Austrian and other European companies that are thinking about the future of their supply chains, that is, they want to have their suppliers much closer, which is cheaper and safer." "Serbia and the Western Balkans are a strategically important point in Europe," said Mihailo Vesovic, director of the Sector for Strategic Analysis, Services and Internationalization of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia.

Herbert Ritter, Vice President of the Styrian Chamber of Commerce, which brings together 80,000 companies, said it was important for the Austrian economy to become more independent of distant supply chains so that it could continue to grow and trade. In this sense,&nbsp;cargo transport between Serbia and Austria is important for the further growth of mutual trade.
"The current connection via Budapest is overstretched and that is why it is necessary to establish a new traffic connection between Serbia and Austria," Ritter said.
Austria is among the 15 most important foreign trade partners of Serbia when it comes to trade in goods and among the&nbsp;10 most important trade partners&nbsp;when it comes to trade in services, said Stevan Nikčević, State Secretary at the Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications. "As many as 400 Austrian companies have a representative office and are active in Serbia. They employ as many as 22,000 people," said Nikčević.
In 2021, the foreign trade between the two countries amounted to 1.36 billion euros, which is an increase of about 28 percent compared to 2020. According to Nikčević, only last year, 154 million euros of investments from Austria were recorded, mostly in the telecommunications sector.
Erika Teoman-Brenner, the economic advisor at the Trade Department of the Austrian Embassy in Belgrade, points out that trade between Serbia and Austria is becoming more balanced, while Barbara Abinger-Middle, Minister of Economy of Styria pointed out the importance of business cooperation, good cooperation between universities and in the sphere of culture.
Within the business forum, the economic potentials of Serbia and Styria were presented, the professional symposium "Green Energy Day" was held and B2B meetings between companies from Serbia and the Austrian province in the field of IT, and logistics, potential suppliers of Austrian companies in our country. offers of Styria.

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Styrian Businessmen are Looking for New Partners in Serbia

After a two-year break due to the Covid pandemic19, Serbian companies in the food industry will once again present themselves at the PLMA International Brand Fair in Amsterdam, which will be held&nbsp;from May 31st till June 1st. Twentyeight companies from Serbia will promote their export offer at the National Booth&nbsp;under the slogan "Your name, our quality". The Fair presentation is organized and supported by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia and the Serbian Development Agency ( RAS).&nbsp;
Check the Exhibitors&nbsp;<a href="https://fairs.pks.rs/plma-international-2022/">https://fairs.pks.rs/plma-inte...</a>