Western Balkans 6 Investment Conference
Ljubljana, Hotel InterContinental, November 22nd 2022
09:30 – 10:00 Registration
10:00 – 10:30 Opening remarks
Moderator of the event: Aleksandar Medjedovic
• Marko Cadez, Western Balkans 6 Chamber Investment Forum – President of the Managing Board
• Pranvera Kastrati, Regional Cooperation Council – Coordinator of the Common Regional Market (CRM)
Joint presentation of the WB6 investment potentials – joint video material
10:30 – 10:50 – Investor’s insight I
Testimonials of the lead investors from WB6 focusing on experience gained – what is positive in their experience and how can business conditions be improved in order to make the most of the region’s potential synergy in attracting foreign investments
• NLB Group, Antonio Argir, Member of the Managing Board
• KOLEKTOR CCL, Predrag Zoric, Managing Director
10:50 – 11:50 Panel discussion: Western Balkans in light of new global and regional developments
Key issues of the regional economic development under current global circumstances and trends position of WB6 governments in light of new global and regional developments and how are the respective WB6 governments responding to the opportunities that are unfolding
Moderator: Regional Cooperation Council
• Investment Development Agency, Tirana, Edit Duro, Coordinating Director
• Foreign Investment Promotion Agency, Sarajevo, Slavica Korica, Assistant Director for Promotion and Analysis
• Ministry of Economy, Pristina, Getoar Mjeku, Deputy Minister
• Ministry of Economic Development and Tourism, Podgorica, Svetlana Stijepovic, Independent Advisor
• Ministry of Economy, Skopje, Razmena Cekic – Durovic, State Secretary
11:50 – 12:10 – Investor’s insight II
• ATLANTIC GRUPA, Ivan Misetic, Secretary General
• SOL GROUP / TGS TEHNICKI GASOVI, Aleksandar Cadikovski, CEO
12:10 – 13:10 Panel discussion – FDI in the Western Balkans 6
Current state of play of the FDI in the WB6 region – the main advantages, challenges and risks
Moderator: Tatjana Sterjova Dushkovska, Western Balkans 6 Chamber Investment Forum – General Secretary
• Foreign Trade Chamber of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Vjekoslav Vukovic, Vice–president
• European Investors Council, Emrush Ujkani, Executive Director
• Montenegrin Investment Agency, Mladen Grgic, Director
• Directorate for Technological Industrial Development Zones North Macedonia, Jovan Despotovski, General Manager
• Serbian Development Agency, Nikola Janković, Director for International Cooperation
• World Bank, Harald Jedlicka, Head Investment Climate Office Vienna
13:10 – 13:30 – Investor’s insight III
• SIGAL UNIQA GROUP AUSTRIA, Fation Ceka, Manager of Sigal Invest
• MIKROELEKTRONIKA, Sanja Prastalo, Marketing manager and WB6 CIF Business Council member
13:30 – 14:30 Joint networking event
