Between 11th and 13th of May 2016, 50 young people, 30 from BiH and 20 from Kosovo, have participated at Podim conference in Maribor, as part of the training for young entrepreneurs. Participants were selected based on an application in which they presented their start-up, while a group of experts has assessed the originality of the idea and its presentation. 10 teams from BiH and 8 from Kosovo were chosen to participate.
An international conference Podim has concluded by selection of a start-up of the year, which 45HC.com has been chosen to be. One of our young teams, which we brought from BiH and Kosovo as part of the “Empowering BiH and Kosovo’s young entrepreneurs” has made it to the semi-finals. Team HUM – Zag App did a great job. Podim itself has been rated as extremely successful, bringing new knowledge and as a great opportunity for their entrepreneurial idea.
After the official end of the conference 50 young entrepreneurs left for Ljubljana, where today, on 13th of May 2016 an interesting programme has waited for them at Jable castle and ABC Accelerator of Slovenia. Participants were initially greeted by Nina Čepon, project manager, who welcomed the participants and shortly presented the work of CEP. Further on, dr. Gorazd Justinek CEP Executive director, greeted the participants and showed his appreciation of pro-activity and self-initiative of the participants. Programme continued with short presentation made by Peter Grk from MFA, coordinator for Western Balkans, who clarified Slovenian activities in the Western Balkans as part of the Positive agenda for youth and also presented the idea of opening a Regional office for youth in Tirana, which will serve for knowledge and information exchange for youth.
After the formal agenda participants got a chance to discuss things in a more informal setting. A fruitful debated emerged regarding the importance of participating at such conferences, especially for those people that come from less developed environment and have less opportunities for meeting with potential investors.
After lunch participants left for ABC Accelerator, where they learnt about their work and what kind of advantages being part of this kind of organizations brings, while possibilities of becoming a part of it was also presented.
The project is funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia in the framework of its International Development Cooperation.
Mladi s Kosova in iz BiH na mednarodni konferenci Podim
Med 11. in 13. majem se je 50 mladih, 30 iz BiH in 20 s Kosova udeležilo konference Podim v Mariboru, kot del usposabljanja za mlade podjetnike. Mladi so bili za udeležbo izbrani na podlagi predhodne prijave v kateri so predstavili svoj start-up, ekipa strokovnjakov pa je ocenjevala originalnost ideje ter samo predstavitev le-te. Izbranih je bilo 10 ekip iz BiH ter 8 ekip s Kosova.
Mednarodna konferenca Podim se je zaključila z izborom najboljšega start-up-a, za katerega je bil izbran 45HC.com. Med polfinaliste se je uvrstila tudi ena izmed ekip, ki smo jih v okviru projekta »Empowering BiH and Kosovo's young entrepreneurs« pripeljali iz BiH in Kosova. Ekipa HUM – Zag App se je odrezala odlično. Dogodek pa so naši udeleženci iz BiH in Kosova označili kot izjemno uspešnega, poučnega ter koristnega za njihovo podjetniško kariero.
Po zaključku Podim konference se je 50 mladih odpravilo proti Ljubljani, kjer jih je danes, 13. 5. 2016, čakal zanimiv program tudi na gradu Jable ter v ABC pospeševalniku Slovenije. Udeležence je uvodoma pozdravila Nina Čepon, vodja projekta, ki je na kratko predstavila CEP in njegovo delovanje. Nadaljeval je dr. Gorazd Justinek, izvršni direktor CEP, ki je udeležence na kratko pozdravil ter izrazil zadovoljstvo nad proaktivnostjo ter samoiniciativnostjo udeležencev. Program se je nadaljeval s kratko predstavitvijo koordinatorja za Zahodni Balkan z MZZja Petra Grka, ki je na kratko orisal dejavnosti Slovenije v Zahodnem Balkanu v okviru Pozitivne agende za mlade ter predstavil idejo odprtja Regionalne pisarne za mlade v Tirani, ki bo namenjena povezovanju ter lažjemu širjenju informacij med mladimi.
Po uradnih nagovorih so udeleženci imeli priložnost postavljati vprašanja v bolj neformalnem okolju. Razvila se je živahna razprava o pomembnosti udeležbe mladih na takšnih konferencah, predvsem takšnih, ki prihajajo iz okolja z manj priložnostmi ter jim možnost spoznavanja investitorjev predstavlja pomemben mejnik pri razvoju inovativne ideje.
Po kosilu so se udeleženci odpravili proti ABC pospeševalniku, kjer so se poučili njihovem delu, prav tako so jim bile predstavljene možnosti vključevanja v pospeševalnik konkretno za njihove ideje.
Projekt je financiran iz sredstev za mednarodno razvojno sodelovanje Ministrstva za zunanje zadeve.
