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The training “Empowering BIH’s Young Entrepreneurs” concluded today. The main purpose of the training was to inform young entrepreneurs from Bosnia and Hercegovina on start-up entrepreneurs, to present them such a supportive environment in Slovenia and to encourage young people to develop their business ideas.

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.

Three day Short-Term Election Observation course (STEOC), organized by the Centre for European Perspective in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, concluded successfully today.

19 participants of the STEOC were familiarized with the work on a short-term election observation mission, working conditions, which may face, and how to care for their health and safety when on mission. In addition, procedures for application and selection of candidates for the OSCE and the EU Election Missions, which in Slovenia are coordinated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, were presented to them.

On the first day of the Course, H.E. Ambassador Leon Marc, Head of Strategic Studies and Analysis from MFA and dr. Gorazd Justinek, Executive Director of CEP welcomed all the participants. Tamara Otiashvili, from the office ODIHR (Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights) presented basic principles and rules of election observation within the OSCE. The experiences from the Core Team member from OSCE observation missions werre presented by Aleška Simkić.

Practical implementation of election observation was presented by Katja Gönc, who has extensive experience with long-term observation missions. She also prepared interesting simulation for the participants, where they were put in the roles of observers on Election Day.

Last day of training was manly devoted to safety and security in the observer mission. Katja Križnar Urbanc, from the MFA familiarized all the participants with the details of the selection process and the application process on election observation mission.

Certificates on the completion of the Course were awarded by Sanja Štiglic, Director General for Global Issues and Multilateral Political Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

PRVO USPOSABLJANJE ZA KRATKOROČNE OPAZOVALCE VOLITEV V SLOVENIJI USPEŠNO ZAKLJUČENO

Danes, 7. maja 2015, se je na gradu Jable uspešno zaključilo tridnevno usposabljanje za kratkoročne opazovalce volitev, ki ga je Center za evropsko prihodnost v sodelovanju z Ministrstvom za zunanje zadeve RS prvič organiziral v Sloveniji.

Na usposabljanju je sodelovalo 19 udeležencev, ki so spoznali delo posameznika na opazovanju volitev in se pripravili na razmere za delo s katerimi se lahko soočijo na misiji, naučili pa so se tudi kako poskrbeti za svojo varnost in zdravje. Seznanili so se tudi s postopkom prijave in izbire kandidatov za OVSE in EU misije opazovanja volitev, ki jih v Sloveniji koordinira Ministrstvo za zunanje zadeve.

Prvi dan usposabljanja sta zbrane pozdravila veleposlanik Leon Marc, vodja Službe za strateške študije in analize ter dr. Gorazd Justinek, izvršni direktor Centra za evropsko prihodnost. Tamara Otiashvili iz pisarne ODIHR (Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights) je udeležence seznanila s temeljnimi načeli in pravili opazovanja volitev v okviru OVSE. Svoje izkušnje kot članica temeljne ekipe (angl. core team) pri OVSE misijah je predstavila Aleška Simkić.

Praktično izvedbo opazovanja volitev je predstavila Katja Gönc, ki ima bogate izkušnje z dolgoročnih opazovalnih misij. Za udeležence je pripravila zanimive simulacije, kjer so se udeleženci preizkusili v vlogi opazovalcev na dan volitev.

Zadnji dan usposabljanja je bil posvečen predvsem temi varnosti in zaščiti na opazovalni misiji, Katja Križnar Urbanc z Ministrstva za zunanje zadeve pa je vse zbrane seznanila s podrobnostmi izbirnega postopka in postopkom prijave na misije za opazovanje volitev.

Certifikate o opravljenem usposabljanju je udeležencem podelila Sanja Štiglic, generalna direktorica za globalne zadeve in politično multilateralo na Ministrstvu za zunanje zadeve.

Short-term election observation course will start tomorrow at Jable Castle, which is the first training of that kind in Slovenia, prepared by Centre for European Perspective in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Republic of Slovenia.

The main purpose of the training is to familiarize the participants with the work on short-term election observation mission, prepare them on the working conditions, which may face, and teach them how to care for their health and safety, when on mission. In addition, procedures for application and selection of candidates for the OSCE and the EU Election Mission, which in Slovenia are coordinated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, will be presented to them.

Basic principles and rules of election observation will be presented by Mrs. Tamara Otiashvili from the office ODIHR (Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights), which operates within the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). Mrs. Aleška Simkič will present her experience from the OSCE election observer missions that she attended as a Core Team memeber and Mrs. Katja Gönc will present practical implementation of election observation missions. All experts have extensive experience of long-term and short-term observation missions in Europe, Aisa and Africa. Some tips for the safety and protection will be presented by Mr. Matej Brajnik, who participated in several missions of the EU, as police officer and is also an active member of the Mountain rescue Association.

Training will conclude on Thursday, 7 May 2015.

USPOSABLJANJE ZA KRATKOROČNE OPAZOVALCE VOLITEV PRVIČ TUDI V SLOVENIJI

Jutri se bo na gradu Jable pričelo usposabljanje za kratkoročne opazovalce volitev. Gre za prvo tako usposabljanje v Sloveniji, ki ga Center za evropsko prihodnost pripravlja v sodelovanju z Ministrstvom za zunanje zadeve RS.

Glavni namen usposabljanja je udeležencem približati delo na kratkoročnem opazovanju volitev, jih pripraviti na razmere za delo, s katerimi se lahko soočijo ter jih naučiti kako poskrbeti za svojo varnost in zdravje. Dodatno jim bodo predstavljeni postopki prijave in izbire kandidatov za OVSE in EU misije za opazovanje volitev, ki jih v Sloveniji koordiniral Ministrstvo za zunanje zadeve.o na gradu Jable pričelo usposabljanje za kratkoročne opazovalce volitev. Gre za prvo tako usposabljanje v Sloveniji, ki ga Center za evropsko prihodnost pripravlja v sodelovanju z Ministrstvom za zunanje zadeve RS.

Temeljna načela in pravila opazovanja volitev bo predstavila gospa Tamara Otiashvili iz pisarne ODIHR (Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights), ki deluje znotraj Organizacije za varnost in sodelovanje v Evropi (OVSE). Z izkušnjami iz OSCE misij opazovanja volitev jo bo dopolnila ga. Aleška Simkič, praktično izvedbo opazovanja volitev pa jim bo približala ga. Katja Gönc. Vse strokovnjakinje imajo številne izkušnje iz dolgoročnih in kratkoročnih opazovalnih misij v Evropi, Aziji in Afriki. Nekaj nasvetov za lastno varnost in zaščito bo predstavil g. Matej Brajnik, ki je kot policist sodeloval na več misijah EU ter je tudi aktiven član Gorske reševalne zveze.

Usposabljanje se bo zaključilo v četrtek, 7.5.2015.