A festive awards ceremony of high-level recognitions, awarded by the International Institute for Middle-East and Balkan Studies, IFIMES, took place in Bled at the end of last week.
Dr Torhan Mufti, the Iraqi Minister of Provinces and the Acting Minister of Communications of the Republic of Iraq, was awarded for his contribution to the progress and development of the provinces in Iraq; Mr Erdal Trhulj, the Minister of Energy, Industry and Mining for the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, was given a recognition for his special contribution to development of energy sector and economy of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina; Dr Božo Dimnik, the Honorary Consul of the Republic of Croatia, and the President of the Slovene-Croatian Friendship Society, was awarded for a special contribution to the development of the Slovene-Croatian relationships; Dr Gregor Virant was given a recognition for a special contribution to the battle against organised crime and corruption. The peak of the formal part was, of course, Lifetime Achievement Award given to Budimir Lončar, a doyen of diplomacy and international relations.
Besides many esteemed guests from the field of economy, diplomacy and politics, the President of the Pan-Slovenian Shareholders' Association (VZMD), Mr Kristjan Verbič, M.Sc., also attended the festive awards ceremony and the gala feast. Mr Verbič also used this opportunity to talk about the coming activities and endeavours of the international business-investment programmes Invest to Slovenia - investo.si and International Investors` Network – invest-to.net.
In the framework of the two international business-investment programmes, Mr Verbič, departed on Wednesday for Madrid, to attend the conference of the Spanish Association of Minority Shareholders (AEMEC) and of the European Federation of Financial Services Users (EuroFinUse). Afterwards Mr Verbič is, with a stop in Brussels, departing for Burkina Faso, where he is going to attend West-Africa Business Forum Africallia 2014, which will take place in the capital Ouagadougou.
After last year's successful presentations of companies, institutions and investment projects in Astana, Almaty, Baku, Brussels, Buffalo, Bucharest, Cape Town, Dubai, Vienna, Kiew, Ljubljana, Madrid, Minsk, Moscow, New Delhi, Tokyo, Toronto and Zagreb, VZMD have this year intensified their activities, and they are planning to be actively present and to organise presentations on five continents.
VZMD kindly invites those wishing to secure their business interest by taking part in their activities to contact the VZMD investo.si programme coordinator by phone 031 770 771, or e-mail tratar@investo.si.
Other Related International Activities:
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO REPORT about the week of the MOSCOW-VIENNA-CAPETOWN conferences involving the following: active participation of the international business-investment VZMD programmes, signing a memorandum with the Russian Federation of Investors, and protection of rights of the Slovene and European shareholders at the Viennese conference »The Financial Repression of Savers and Investors« (Moscow, Vienna, Cape Town, October 2013)
MOSCOW – At the Slovenian Embassy about a joint investors’ conference in the fall – an arrangement between the Russian Federation of Investors, VZMD and the Slovenian Embassy (Moscow, June 2013)
KAZAKHSTAN – a successful visit of the Slovenian business delegation in Kazakhstan – strong interest displayed in the international investors’ programs of the PanSlovenian Shareholders’ Association (VZMD): investo.si and investo.international (Astana, Almaty, June 2013)
WORLD BANK – President of VZMD and EuroFinUse Board Member speaker of the first panel at the international conference about audit reform and the importance of audit committees (Bucharest, June 2013)
VIDEO REPORT – Variegated happening at the 19th financial fair KAPITAL 2013 at Cankar Hall, along two-day presentation of the international investors’ programs and the lecture of VZMD President (Ljubljana, April 2013)
INDIA – visit of Slovenian government and business delegation – on the basis of Memorandum between ICPE and VZMD international investors' programs investo.si and investo.international also present (New Delhi, February 2013)
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO REPORT of “International Conference on Benefits and Challenges of Public Private Partnerships for improving Energy Efficiency” – key statements of prominent participants (Ljubljana, October, 2012)
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO REPORT from Slovenian - Azerbaijani Business Forum in Baku (Baku, January, 2013)
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO REPORT - Investors' week and the view of business potentials and investment opportunities during the visit of distinguished international guests at the Slovenian coast (Postojna, Koper, Piran, September, 2012)
VIDEO REPORT "Ljubljana declaration" – historic decision on unification of 50 organizations of shareholders and investors under one association and VZMD award »Polet« for »Model corporate governance in multinational corporation« to Gorenje company (Ljubljana, September 21, 2012)
Gala reception and dinner before International Conference on financial education and investors` exposition »investo Expo« (Ljubljana, September 19, 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)
"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)
www.vzmd.si – More on the VZMD – PanSlovenian Shareholders' Association
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www.invest-to.net – More on the network of 55 national organizations of shareholders and investors – invest-to.net
