Twenty-four young and perspective entrepreneurs from Bosnia and Hercegovina arrived today to Slovenia to attend the PODIM conference that will take place in Maribor, tomorrow, on Wednesday, 13.4. and on Thursday, 14.4.2015. PODIM - this year in its 35th year - is one of the largest and leading conferences on entrepreneurship and innovation in the Alpe - Adria Region. It annually offers two days of intensive courses and networking opportunities. PODIM 2015 will focus on the topic “Collaboration between start-ups and established companies.” Each successful large company has a need for constant innovation that requires it to be a start-up company in a way, and each start-up company must wish to become as successful and magnificent as the leading company in the industry. Collaboration between big and small companies can lead to even greater success.

Participants will attend the conference as a part of a project that Centre for European Perspective designed for promotion of entrepreneurship in BiH in cooperation with initiative Start up: Slovenia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia and British Embassy from Ljubljana. Main aim of the project is to inform young about start-ups, present the support environment in Slovenia and UK and encourage them to develop and realize their ideas.

Attendees needed to prepare a few minute presentation of their business idea and selection committee selected the most interesting and perspective ones that were invited to Slovenia. They will be able to present their ideas to perspective investors at the PODIM conference.

On Friday, 15.5.2015 project will continue at Jable castle, where interesting guests will present Slovene supporting environment for entrepreneurs, while a non-ministerial department UK Trade & Investment (UKTI), will introduce investment options and support that entrepreneurs can expect in the United Kingdom. Training will conclude with visits of Poligon Center and Technology Park Ljubljana.

The project is part of the CEP programme activities funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia with funds for international development cooperation.

NAPOVED: Pričetek usposabljanja 'Spodbujanje podjetništva med mladimi v BiH'

Danes bo v Slovenijo prispelo 24 mladih in bodočih podjetnikov iz Bosne in Hercegovine, ki se bodo jutri, v sredo, 13.4. in četrtek, 14.5.2015 udeležili konference PODIM v Mariboru.  PODIM, letos že petiintrideseta, je največja in vodilna podjetniška konferenca v regiji Alpe-Adria. Vsako leto ponudi dva dni intenzivnega programa in priložnosti za mreženje. Letošnja konferenca se bo osredotočila na temo »Sodelovanje med startupi in uveljavljenimi podjetji.« Vsako uspešno veliko podjetje mora biti zaradi potrebe po nenehnem inoviranju na nek način tudi start-up podjetje in vsako start-up podjetje si mora želeti postati uspešno in veličastno kot vodilno podjetje v panogi. Sodelovanje med velikimi in malimi pa lahko vodi k še večjim uspehom.

Sodelovanje na konferenci je del projekta, ki ga Center za evropsko prihodnost pripravlja z namenom spodbujanja podjetništva v sodelovanju z iniciativo Start up:Slovenija, Ministrstvom za zunanje zadeve Republike Slovenije in Veleposlaništvom Velike Britanije. Glavni namen usposabljanja je informirati mlade podjetnike iz BiH o start-up podjetništvu, predstaviti podporno okolje v Sloveniji in spodbuditi mlade, da razvijajo svoje podjetniške ideje.

Mladi so morali za sodelovanje pripraviti nekajminutno predstavitev svoje podjetniške ideje, natečajna komisija pa je nato izbrala najbolj perspektivne in najbolj zanimive ideje, ki jih bodo lahko mladi v Mariboru predstavili tudi potencialnim investitorjem.

V petek, 15.5.2015 se bo usposabljanje nadaljevalo na gradu Jable, kjer bodo zanimivi gosti predstavili slovensko podporno okolje za podjetništvo v Sloveniji ter investicijske možnosti in podporo, ki jih ponuja Velika Britanija preko vladne organizacije UK Trade & Investment (UKTI). Usposabljanje se bo zaključilo z obiskom in spoznavanjem centra Poligon in Tehnološkega Parka Ljubljana.

Projekt je del programskih aktivnosti CEP, ki jih financira Ministrstvo za zunanje zadeve iz sredstev za mednarodno razvojno sodelovanje.