International Business Forum of Sarajevo Canton 2014 to be held 11-12 June

“International Business Forum of Canton Sarajevo 2014”, which will be held on 11-12 June at the Congress Center Terme Ilidza, will bring together the most eminent economic and financial experts from the country and abroad, representatives of foreign and domestic companies from different sectors of the economy, among which are construction, electro/metal sector, agriculture/food sector, IT sector, trade and tourism. 

The objective of the forum is to present Sarajevo Canton as a potential investment destination, and enable people from politics and economics to look at how to take advantage of globalization in light of the potential for economic development in the region, as well as to enable experts from the region who are engaged in same business to get better acquainted, discuss and exchange information about the business challenges of today.

In addition to the Ministry of Economy of KS, organization of this forum was joined by the British Council in BiH, which will put an emphasis on the implementation of European and international standards in education so that participants could have better access to employment and education markets of Europe and the world.

Business Forum will be attended by domestic companies, among which are Sirbegovic Group, Standard, Prevent Sarajevo d.o.o. Visoko, but also Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Bosnia and Herzegovina and EU Special Representative in BiH Peter Sorensen, Head of Operations of the EU Delegation in BiH Holger Schroeder, head of the Local Development Project of USAID Amir Sarajlic, prof Marko Hocevar from the Faculty of Economics in Ljubljana, prof Svetlana Cenic, representatives of the Turkish state agency for International Cooperation (TIKA), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF), who will talk about today's business challenges, economic development, exports to European markets, priority of implementation of European standards and European Union funds.