Got a great business idea? If so, you might be in need of support and networking opportunities to help get it off the ground. In Serbia, female entrepreneurs, who still form a minority in the business world, often turn to the Belgrade-based Association of Business Women in Serbia (ABW) for such assistance. Established in 1998, this women-run organisation promotes female entrepreneurship within the community and among policy-makers, and also helps its members find the technical support they might need to make their business a success.
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“This is the first time that we’ve ever gone to school as our mother didn’t allow us to go to school. She was always afraid that someone would kidnap us and each time the school year started, she would take us somewhere else. The police and social workers would come to our door, but she would hide us away each time. She died three years ago, and we got our second chance at an education.”
Serbia’s position within the Balkans, at the crossroads of European and Asian trading routes, brings it many social and economic benefits. It has also brought problems, most of them stemming from the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s. During these difficult years, a breakdown in the rule of law, political instability, high unemployment, corruption and porous borders all created the ideal environment in which organised crime groups could operate.
Prior to beginning of accession talks with the European Union, some 200 Serbian public and civil servants from central and local administrations have been trained in best European practices, so to share with their colleagues and be ready to adjust in the country’s integration process.
The European Union’s Nobel Peace prize money will fund four projects under the EU Children of Peace initiative and details of the projects were announced today by Jose Manuel Barroso, the President of the European Commission.
It is important to open the debate on the Nobel Peace Prize not only in the European Union but in Serbia too, as it is very important country for the EU, the Head of the EU Delegation to Serbia, ambassador Vincent Degert said on December 10th, opening the debate “EU as (un)finished project: Nobel Peace Award – Prize or Consolation”.
Key messages from Nobel Peace Prize Lecture delivered by President Van Rompuy and President José Manuel Barroso in Oslo on 10 December 2012.
On the occasion of the ceremony of 2012 Nobel Peace prize awarded to the European Union, the EU Info Centre with the support of the EU Delegation to Republic of Serbia and in cooperation with the European Movement in Serbia’s (EMINS) Novi Sad branch, organises a debate on whether the European Union is an (un) finished project and whether the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to the EU is really a prize or more like a consolation.
The EU’s most important achievement, according to the committee, has been the successful struggle for peace and reconciliation and for democracy and human right.
“The Fruit drier managed by the Association is currently in trial mode and next year it will be fully engaged in new packaging and product placement in foreign markets, thanks to the project Garden of Serbia.”