The official part of the visit of the delegation led by the management team of the General Directorate for Entrepreneurship and Industry at the European Commission "Mission for Growth" was concluded on Wednesday at the Cape Verde Island Santiago.

In the framework of the intense Tuesday's events the assembled participants were addressed, among others, by the Minister of Tourism, Investments and Entrepreneurial Development, the President of the Government Agency for the Promotion of Investments and Export »Cabo Verde Investimento«, the Ambassador of the European Union, and the President of the Chamber of Commerce there. Mr. Verbič also met the President of the Republic of Cape Verde, Jorge Carlos Fonseco in the Presidential Palace. (VIDEO REPORT TCV from the reception held by the President of the Republic). After the meeting he also attended the organized B2B meetings in the framework of which he carried out 8 business meetings with domestic and foreign representatives of different companies and institutions, followed by the evening gala reception at the EU Ambassador's residence.  

The official part of the delegation's visit was concluded on Wednesday, when members of the delegation visited the headquarters of different companies dealing with energetics, farming and tourism, and at the end the delegation's members were also attending, at the invitation of the organisers, the opening of the resounding 18th International Expo Cape Verde, where they also met numerous high representatives of the Government, diplomatic corps, and business representatives there. The VZMD President discussed the possibilities of the increased cooperation also with the Prime Minister José Maria Neveso. (in the photo together with the Minister of Tourism, Investments and Entrepreneurial development, and the President of the Cape Verde Chamber of Commerce).   

After the additional talks, meetings and after having strengthened personal and business contacts, Mr Verbič is going to continue this tour with his visit to Brussels, and he is also going to attend the award ceremony of the prestigious »European Small and Mid-Cap Awards 2014«, which has been organised by the European Commission, Europeanissuers, and the Federation of European Securities Exchange (FESE).

Otherwise this three-week tour started with the participation of the VZMD representatives at four important conferences which took place across Slovenia. Before visiting the Cape Verde Islands the VZMD Presidents also visited Helsinki, where the International Conference of the European Network of Business Angels (EBAN) took place, and VZMD has been actively cooperating with it since the last year's conference in Vienna (EXCLUSIVE VIDEO REPORT: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DXIsp5N6Ag). In December the VZMD team is going to, as agreed in Helsinki, also actively participate at the »European Business Angels Investment Forum« which will take place in Istanbul.

After this year's successful presentations in Belgrade, Bled, Bratislava, Brussels, Buenos Aires, Copenhagen, Grodno, Madrid, Montevideo, New Delhi, New York, Yaroslavl, Ouagadougou, Paris, Piran, Reykjavik and Tehran, and last year's in Astana, Almaty, Baku, Bled, Brussels, Buffalo, Bucharest, Cape Town, Celje, Dubai, Vienna,  Kiev, Ljubljana, Madrid, Minsk, Moscow, New Delhi, Tokyo, Toronto and Zagreb, the two VZMD international business-investment programmes continue to provide for their partners effective presence and presentations on five continents!  

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