After the seventh Board meeting at the German Heidelberg Institute in Skopje, as a practice of regular coordination between the President, Prof. Dr. Ulrich Zeitel and our board members: Prof. Dr. Ronald Gleich, Head of the Controlling Department at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, Dr. Brigitte Spielmann, director of „Welde“; and Prof. Dr. Mike Schulze, Vice Dean of CBS International Business School, Mainz, Germany,
an initiative was supported for a regional event “BALKAN BUSINESS WEEK”, which will be held from 7 – 11 JUNE 2021, in cooperation with the Academy of Banking and Information Technology | ABIT.
If you are from the financial or banking sector, or you coming from business (small, SME or large enterprise) this conference will be the right place for you to hear the experience of many successful people who successfully deal with the new challenges of today in running a business. Germany, as a strategic economic partner in the Balkans, will selflessly share its experience and expectations for greater development of cooperation through senior officials. This event will contribute to increasing the outlook for the economy in the EU and the Balkans 2021-2022, opportunities and perspectives for the same.
We are especially pleased if we have the honor if you take part in this event which will enrich it with your experience in the field.
“ECONOMIC SITUATION IN EU – ESPECIALLY IN GERMANY AS A PARTNER IN THE BALKANS”
Аt the event are invited to take part with their own speech:
- Prof. Dr. Karl A. Lamers, Deputy Chairman of the Defense Committee of the German Parliament and the President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly;
- Prof. Dr. Ulrich Zeitel, IBMHS President Heidelberg, (Germany);
- Fatmir Bytyqi, Deputy Prime Minister in Charge of Economic Affairs at Government of the Republic of North Macedonia;
- Fatma Dirkes, President of the European Association of Banking Training EBTN (as a part of European Banking Federation) and Deputy President, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management;
- Andi Aranitasi, Head of North Macedonia at European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD);
- Otto Graf, Deputy German ambassador in North Macedonia;
- Ana Brnabich, President of Government of the Serbia;
- Alexis Tsipras, Ex-President of Government of the Greece;
- Diomidis Nikoletopoulos, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Stopanska banka AD Skopje (member of the Nacional Bank of Greece group);
- Zdravko Marich, Minister of Finance of Croatia;
- Milojko Spajić, Minister of Finance and Social Welfare, (Montenegro);
- Walter Deffaa, High Level Economic Policy Advisor to the Primeminister of North Macedonia giz Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH;
- Frank Aletter, Director and Executive Member of the Board of Directors of AHK Serbia;
- Prof. Dr. Fatmir Besimi, Minister of Finance of North Macedonia;
- Branco Azeski, Economic Chamber of North Macedonia;
- Patrick Martens, Director, AHK Delegation of the German economy in North Macedonia;
- Daniela Arsovska, Macedonian Chambers of commerce;
- Nebi Hoga, OEMVP – Economic Chamber of North West Macedonia;
- Prof. Dr. Vladimir Gligorov, The Vienna Institute for international economic studies (Austria);
- Zivko Mukaetov, President of the Board, Alkaloid AD Skopje;
- Stanislava Zadravec Caprirolo, General Manager of The Bank Association of Slovenia;
- Prof. Dr. Dejan Šoškić, Former Governor of the National Bank of Serbia;
- Prof. Dr. Zoran Grubishic, Voce-dean at Belgrade Banking Academy BBA, (Serbia);
- Nina Nedanoska, President of Management board at Ohridska Banka AD Skopje (member of ERSTE group);
- Sophia Ziakou, Special Advisor of the Hellenic Banking Institute at Hellenic Bank Association (Greece).
Agenda:
13:00 – 13:45 – PANEL 1
- ECONOMIC SITUATION OF THE BALKANS 2021 – 2022 (POSSIBILITIES AND PERSPECTIVES)
13:45 – 14:30 – PANEL 2
- ECONOMIC SITUATION IN EU 2021 – 2022 (POSSIBILITIES AND PERSPECTIVES)
14:30 – 15:10 – PANEL 3
- ECONOMIC COMPARATION NORTH MACEDONIA VS. GERMANY AS A MOTOR OF FURTHER DEVELOPMENT
15:10 – 16:00 – PANEL 4
- THE BALKANS FINANCIAL SECTOR AS AN ACCELERATOR OF ECONOMIC GROWTH
NOTE:
Price: 120eur
(second participant at the Conference of the same organization (company) gets a 50% discount. The third participant of the same organization (company) gets a gratis participation.)
Language of the Conference:
At the end of the conference each participant receives a Certificate of attendance. The conference will be held in English.
