The seventh Bled Strategic Forum, which was held from Saturday under the title Europe and the New World Order, ended on Monday. Among over 400 participants from the spheres of politics, business and science from more than 50 countries, the VZMD President, Kristjan Verbič, M.Sc., also participated at the events in the context of the Strategic Forum, and at the business lunch with the Secretary General of OECD, José Ángel Gurría (organized by the Network of Ideas), and presented investo.si – Invest to Slovenia and »investors' Week« - the world's largest international meeting of investors' representatives from the 19th to the 23rd of September in Slovenia (VIDEO INVITATION click on right picture), and international investors' exposition »investo Expo« that will revolve around the main event "EuroFinuse International Investors' Conference on Financial Education"image007 (click for the program of the major happening at Ljubljana Cankar Hall).

Among the eminent guests of this year's Forum were in addition to the Secretary General of OECD, who in his speech relatively sharplyhighlighted many major issues for the Republic of Slovenia and its citizens (click for exclusive VIDEO REPORTAGE) President of the Republic of Slovenia, Danilo Türk, Ph.D., the Secretary General of OSCE, Lamberto Zannier, Prime Minister of Albania, Sali Berisha, Prime Minister of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, President of the EBRD, Suma Chakrabarti, Foreign Ministers of Montenegro, Croatia, Qatar, Kosovo, Macedonia, the Palestinian Authority and Slovakia, and many representatives from the spheres of science and non-governmental organizations .
High participation confirms that with the selection of topical themes and premium speakers Bled Strategic Forum has established itself as one of the major forums in the region to discuss regional and global issues and strengthen contacts between politicians, businessmen and representatives ofprofessional and
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The numerous participants were very enthusiastic about the upcoming "Investors' Week" 2012, which will be hosted by the VZMD through its investo.si – Invest to Slovenia program, and will be taking place from the 19th to the 23rd of September in Ljubljana. It will comprise of almost 100 representatives and over 55 national associations of investors and shareholders, including members of EuroFinuse – European Federation of Financial Services Users, Euroshareholders – European Organization of Shareholders Associations, and the WFI – World Federation of Investors, which together just in Europe embody over 4 million individual investors and shareholders.

(Foto: STA; OECD, Pariz 2011)


Other Notable International Activities:

VIDEO ANNOUNCEMENT – Investors' Week 2012 – Largest Meeting of Investors' Representatives

VIDEO INVITATION to Investors’ Week& investo Expo – Present Your Company or Institution to Over 100 Shareholders' and Investors' Representatives from 55 Countries

BRUSSELS - European Federation of Financial Services Users (EuroFinuse) and VZMD concerned about the reform of the European auditing market regulation that is currently debated at the European Parliament (Brussels, august 2012)

SAO PAULO - the successful visit of a large business delegation led by Vice Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia, Radovan Žerjav M.Sc, representatives of VZMD about integration of Slovenian and Brazilian economy through investo.international and investo.si (Sao Paulo, June 2012)

VIDEO REPORT from the Two-Day International Conference, Knowledge Economy Network (KEN) 2012 – Tremendous Interest for the “investo Expo” (Maribor, June 2012)

Investors' Representatives Discuss the Up-Coming Investors' Week (Ljubljana, May 2012)

WFI President, Jean-Pierre Paelinck, Lectures in Seoul, South Korea (South Korea, May 2012)

VIDEO REPORT - investo.si and VZMD Actively Participate at the Ljubljana Stock Exchange's Slovene Capital Market Day 2012 for the Third Year (Ljubljana, April 2012)

VIDEO REPORT - Kapital 2012 - Active Participation of the VZMD, investo.si, investo.international (Ljubljana, April 2012)

VIDEO REPORT - Prominent Participants of Two Key International Conferences in Bled, India and Slovenia as Business Partners and CloudForum, Show Interest in the Investors’ Week in September in Slovenia (Bled, March 2012)

VIDEO REPORT - International Conference at the Brussels Stock Exchange Stimulated Investors' Representatives and Institutions to Participate at the Investors' Week 2012 in September in Slovenia (Brussels, March 2012)

VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS from the Euroshareholders & VZMD Award Ceremony, Holiday Party, and Announcement of the World's Largest Meeting of Investors' Representatives in 2012 in Slovenia (Ljubljana, December 2011)

VIDEO REPORT - The Arrival of the President of the WFIC - World Federation of Investors Corporation, Who Will Announce the Largest Meeting of Investors' Representatives, Which the VZMD Will Organize Next Year in Slovenia, and the Recipients of the "Most Shareholder Friendly" and "Courageous Market Steps" Awards, Which Will Be Presented to the CEOs of Mercator and Nova KBM at the VZMD Reception Ceremony (Ljubljana, December 2011)

Very Successful Visit of the AEMEC Conference and at the Headquarters of Santander Bank in Madrid (Madrid, November 2011)

EUROSHAREHOLDERS General Assembly - Slovenia voted as Member of the Board; Russia and EFES Accepted as Associate Members; General Secretary, President, and Vice-Presidents Elected to Another Term; Next Assembly to Be Held in Slovenia (The Hague, October 2011)

The World Federation of Investors' Corporation (WFIC) General Meeting in Warsaw - Next Year the WFIC GM Will Be in Ljubljana; The Newly Established Affiliate of investo.si - Invest to Slovenia, investo.me - Invest to Montenegro, Was Elected as a New Association Member (Warsaw, October 2011)

"Slovenian Day at the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE)" Exceptional Interest of Funds, Investors, and the Financial Media for Slovenian Companies and Its Investment Environment - The Introduction of investo.si - Invest to Slovenia's Newly Founded Affiliate, investo.me - Invest to Montenegro (Warsaw, October 2011)


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