Investors' Week, comprising of over 100 representatives of investors from around the world, will be organized by the VZMD – PanSlovenian Shareholders' Association and prominent international organizations, including EuroFinuse – European Federation of Financial Services Users,Euroshareholders – European Organization of Shareholders Associations, and the WFI – World Federation of Investors. This will mark the first time that all three prominent organizations and their members will meet simultaneously.

Fifty-five national associations of investors and shareholders, which together just in Europe embody over 4 million individual investors, along with other numerous eminent international functionaries will meet in Slovenia.

All institutions, companies, and individuals from Slovenia and worldwide are welcome to take advantage of this extraordinary opportunity to expand and realize their interests and business plans.

Cooperation entitles presentations at the two-day investo Expo, where numerous Slovenian and foreign companies, projects, and relevant organizations will be showcased and also actively participate.

They will have the possibility of having their presentations and commercial materials enclosed in the special magazine about investment opportunities and potentials in the Region and broader and their presentations and projects, for which they are seeking partners for, published on the recognized investo.international website.

investo.si program in the last four years represented its members in Belgium, Bulgaria, Brazil, France, Lebanon, Germany, Great Britain, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, and Turkey and has an even more ambitious, active plan for the future, especially in the international investment environment, at investment expositions, conferences, and presentations.

For further information contact VZMD by e-mail at info@invest-to.net, call on + 386 31 770 771 or visit website www.invest-to.net.

Don't miss the opportunity to participate at the event, where the investors' world will meet in Ljubljana!

Centre for eGovernance Development for South East Europe (CeGD) released publication Beyond smart, inclusive, sustainable – Report of the 13^thBled Forum, where among numerous international experts, businessmen and government officials, VZMD representatives actively participated and presentedinvesto.si – Invest to Slovenia. (click to watch the VIDEO)

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 19^th to the 23^rd 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.

This will mark the first time that all three prominent organizations and its members will meet simultaneously. Numerous investors' representatives from many national organizations will visit Ljubljana including the Chairman of the WFI, Roger H. Ganser (USA), the President of the WFI, Jean-Pierre Paelinck (Belgium), the Vice Presidents of the WFI, Frank Fumio Kaneko (Japan), Robert Dannenberg (Brazil) and Aldo Sicurani (France), the Vice President of the Russian Federation of Investors, Aleksey Smirnov, the President of Euroshareholders and EuroFinuse, Jella Benner-Heinacher (Germany), the Secretary General of Euroshareholders, Guillaume Prache (Belgium), the Vice Presidents of Euroshareholders, Günther Mårder (Sweden) and Jan Maarten Slagter (the Netherlands), along with many others.  The VZMD, through its investo.si program and along with other partners, will organize the first-ever" investo Expo", which will be a two-day investors' convention, held in prestigious Slovenian cultural and congress center Cankar Hall in Ljubljana, where a wide range of Slovenian and international industries and products will be presented and promoted with the hope of establishing new relations and capital for the participating guests. Furthermore, at the "investo Expo", conference sessions, discussion groups, and educational workshops will be offered for visitors and guests, providing a proactive approach to gain knowledge from experts.

We cordially invite all companies, institutions, and the Slovenian as well as international community in general to partake and participate at the event. We also warmly welcome your thoughts, suggestions, and ideas to truly make this a memorable experience for all participants who will be attending this event of the year, when the investors' world will meet in Ljubljana. (click to watch the VIDEO INVITATION)

Photo by CeGD – Peter Irman.

EuroFinuse, the European Federation of Financial Services Users, in which VZMD, PanSlovenian Shareholders` Association collaborates as an active member and is represented in the Board of Directors by its President Mr. Kristjan Verbič, M.Sc., is concerned about the reform of the European auditing market regulation that is currently debated at the European Parliament and concerns European financial services’ users and shareholders of the European audited issuers.

EuroFinuse believes that the current economic damage, endured by shareholders of European banks which otherwise had good audit reports, calls for more proper functioning of the audit markets in Europe. This would result in favorable impact on both the European financial industry and audited companies of any kind in Europe.

To read complete Press Release please click on picture on the top.

Don't miss the opportunity to participate at the event, where the investors' world will meet in Ljubljana! Investors' Week- the world's largest international meeting of investors' representatives from the 19^th to the 23^rd of September in Slovenia!

Investors' Week, comprising of over 100 representatives of investors from around the world, will be organized by the VZMD – PanSlovenian Shareholders' Association and prominent international organizations, including EuroFinuse – European Federation of Financial Services Users, Euroshareholders – European Organization of Shareholders Associations, and the WFI – World Federation of Investors. This will mark the first time that all three prominent organizations and their members will meet simultaneously.

Fifty-five national associations of investors and shareholders, which together just in Europe embody over 4 million individual investors, along with other numerous eminent international functionaries will meet in Slovenia.

We welcome all institutions, companies, and individuals from Slovenia and worldwide to take advantage of this extraordinary opportunity to expand and realize your interests and business plans!

Your cooperation entitles you be presented at the two-day investo Expo, where numerous Slovenian and foreign companies, projects, and relevant organizations will be showcased and also actively participate.

·        At the convention, which will be held at the prestigious Slovenian cultural and congress center, Cankar Hall, in Ljubljana, you have the opportunity to display your activities and projects in a booth and to actively participate at various round tables.

·        Your logotype will be printed in all materials and documents related to the event, your promotional materials will be included in a folder with official documents and will also be given to all participants.

·        You will have the possibility of having your presentation and commercial materials enclosed in the special magazine about investment opportunities and potentials in the Region and broader and your presentation and projects which you are seeking partners for published on the recognized investo.international website.

·        Your representatives will attend and participate at all the events.

·        Your promotion materials will be presented at important investors' conferences and meetings, organized with members of national and international investors and shareholders' organizations.

·        You will have the possibility of an exclusive interview, statement, or     presentation on investo.tv and for the annual affiliation fee of the investo.si program, which in the last four years represented its members in Belgium, Bulgaria, Brazil, France, Lebanon, Germany, Great Britain, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, and Turkey and has an even more ambitious, active plan for the future, especially in the international investment environment, at investment expositions, conferences, and presentations.

For further information on the opportunities for cooperation contact us by e-mail at info@investo.international, call us on + 386 31 770 771 or visit our website www.invest-to.net.

Don't miss the opportunity to participate at the event, where the investors' world will meet in Ljubljana!

Sao Paulo, 15. – 20. 6. 2012  

During the past week a delegation, led by Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Development and Technology of the Republic of Slovenia, Radovan Žerjav M.Sc., and successfully organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia, visited Sao Paulo, Brazil. Among delegates – the Director General for Tourism and Internationalization, Marjan Hribar M.Sc, CEO of SID Bank, Svilan Sibil, CEO of the Iskra Avtoelektrika, Edvin Sever, Director of International Relations at the Slovenian Chamber of Economy, Aleš Cantarutti, Sales Manager at the Port of Koper, Sara Morato, and many other representatives of 26 Slovenian companies and institutions – were also President of PanSlovenian Shareholders' Association (VZMD), Kristjan Verbič M.Sc., and Secretary General of VZMD, Sarah Kavšek.

Representatives of VZMD took the opportunity of the visit especially for the integration of Slovenian and Brazilian companies at the international investors' exposition and "investo Expo" conference, that will be organized within the "investors' Week" and the investo.international network – which is part of the VZMD program investo.si, and held on 20 and 21 September in Ljubljana Cankar Hall (VIDEO PROJECTIONS by clicking on the image to the left).

During a number of bilateral meetings and conferences Mr. Verbič and Mrs. Kavšek arranged reestablishment of the direct connection among investors' exposition and conference "investo Expo" and the largest investors' exposition in Latin America "Expo Money", which is going to take place in September in Sao Paulo. Among other things, they conducted conversations with representatives of several major Brazilian investment funds and institutions, and met with the director of the Federation of Industries of the State of Sao Paulo (FIESP) and Deputy Director for International Affairs and Foreign Trade (DEREX), Newton de Mello, the Director of investment agency of Sao Paulo INVESTE SP, Serbio Rodrigues Costa, the Director of Foreign Relations at the SENAI SP, Roberto Monteiro Spada, the Representative of the Agency of Sao Paulo to promote investment and competition, Renata de Barros, the Director of world-renowned Institute Butantan, Jorge Kalil, the Director of the Scientific Foundation of the State of Sao Paulo (FAPESP), prof. José Humberto Brito Cruz, etc..

In addition, the two representatives of VZMD attended the reception at the famous Slovenian-Brazilian family Hlebanja, where the delegation members met with a number of Slovenian businessmen in Brazil and Brazilian businessmen to cooperate with Slovenia, and with Mr. Žerjav visited a brand-new showroom of Gorenje, which was established by a renowned Slovenian businessman Drago Urankar or Urankar Brasil company and his colleagues on the elite Avenida Brasil.

OTHER NOTABLE INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES:

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

VIDEO ANNOUNCEMENT – "investors' Week" 2012 – Largest Meeting of Investors' Representatives – Invitation for Presentations and Direct Contacts With Over 100 Shareholders' and Investors' Representatives From 55 Countries (Ljubljana, 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)

www.vzmd.si – More on the VZMD – PanSlovenian Shareholders' Association

www.vzmd.tv and www.investo.tv – Over 230 videos from VZMD.TV

www.investo.si – More on the investo.si – Invest to Slovenia Program

www.euroshareholders.eu/eurovote – More on the EuroVote system

This year the representatives of the VZMD again, as last year, actively partook at the two-day international conference, Knowledge Economy Network (KEN) 2012, which was held on the 11th and 12th of June at the Hotel Habakuk in Maribor, Slovenia.  At the conference, the many, participating international experts, economists, businessmen, representatives of institutions, and opinion leaders welcomed the forthcoming international investors' conference and convention, investo Expo.  The investo Expo, which will be on the 20th and 21st of September at the prestigious Slovenian cultural and congress center, Cankar Hall, will be focal point of the Investors' Week, which will run from the 19th to the 23rd of September.  Both international events will be organized through Invest-to.net, the network of fifty-five national organizations of shareholders and investors, which the VZMD's (PanSlovenian Shareholders' Association) international investors program, investo.si – Invest to Slovenia, and its media, investo.tv, are also a part of.  We look forward to seeing you this September in Ljubljana, where the investors' world will meet.

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Other Notable International Activities:

VIDEO ANNOUNCEMENT – Investors' Week 2012 – Largest Meeting of Investors' Representatives – Invitation for Presentations and Direct Contacts With Over 100 Shareholders' and Investors' Representatives From 55 Countries (Ljubljana, 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, invest-to.net (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)

Invest-to.net is the network of fifty-five national organizations of shareholders and investors, which the VZMD's (PanSlovenian Shareholders' Association) international investors program, investo.si – Invest to Slovenia, and its media, investo.tv, are also a part of.  This year from the 19th to the 23rd of September, invest-to.net through its program will be organizing the Investors' Week that will revolve around its main event the investo Expo, which will be on the 20th and 21st at the prestigious Slovenian cultural and congress center, Cankar Hall.  This will mark the world's largest international meeting of investors' representatives, which will comprise of over 100 representatives 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.  This will mark the first time that all three prominent organizations and its members will meet simultaneously.

We invite you to view the Video Announcing Investors' Week, in which many prominent investors' representatives and European institutions expressed their anticipation and interest for Investors' Week.  Following, we have also included some relevant VZMD.TV and investo.tv video reports about the intensive, international activities of the VZMD and the invest-to.net program.

We welcome you to participate and present your company or institution at the investors' convention, investo Expo, on the 20th and 21st of September, where a wide range of not only Slovenian but also international industries, institutions, and products will be presented and promoted with the hope of establishing new business relations, opportunities, and capital for participating guests and partners. Furthermore, at the investo Expo, conference sessions, discussion groups, and educational workshops will be offered for visitors and guests, providing a proactive approach to gain knowledge from experts.

Please contact us to become a part of this memorable event, where the investors' world will meet in Ljubljana.

Other Notable International Activities:

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)