SARAJEVO BUSINESS FORUM 2012 WAS OPENED

 

The 3^rd International Investment Conference Sarajevo Business Forum 2012 was opened on 16^th May in Sarajevo and will last until 18^th May.

137 projects worth 8.5 billion Euros have been applied for this year's Sarajevo Business Forum, and most project applications were received from the area of tourism – 35 of them, then civil engineering with 25 and agriculture with 24.
18 companies and individuals reported projects in the energy sector, while the industry sectors will participate with 16 ideas.

Investors from around the world will be presented with 10 projects in the field of infrastructure, five from the financial industry and four projects in the field of education.
According to the organizers' announcements, arrival at Sarajevo Business Forum 2012 was announced by 350 foreign investors from the most solvent markets in the world, among which are the major investment houses such as Al Baraka, then people from the Forbes list, Bin Haooudah Group, presidents of banks in Dubai, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, and representatives of investment funds.

Arrival at Sarajevo Business Forum 2012 was also announced by the owner of a Large Indian Fund, who is originally from England, then a number of delegations from China and Japan, and a significant number of investors from Turkey.

Besides the large number of investors and businessmen from 25 countries around the world, arrival at this year's Sarajevo Business Forum was also announced by a number of world and regional leaders, and it is expected that the first day of the Forum will be attended by Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey Ali Babacan and Turkish Minister of Agriculture Meuhammed Mehdi Eker.

Arrival was also announced by ministers of Macedonia, Slovenia, Serbia, Croatia and all structures and parts of B&H.

Organizers of this year's Sarajevo Business Forum are Bosnia Bank International (BBI) and the Islamic Development Bank (IDB).