| COSM-E-TRAIN, Third Meeting of the Steering Committee | 17.4.2011 | | 
On March 14th – 15th, the Third Meeting of the Steering Committee for the COSM-E-TRAIN project, No 2009-1-BG1-LEO05-01629, which is a part of the "Lifelong Learning" Program, subprogram "Leonardo da Vinci, took place in Trani, Italy. All of the partners attended the meeting and participated actively in the process of taking decisions.
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| Bulgaria to Host the Second Module of the Regional Program for ICT Companies | 13.5.2010 | Sofia |
SOFIA, May 13th, 2010
– the second module of the Regional ICT Top Class started with a Business
Networking Event among participants, mentors and Bulgarian IT companies operating
locally.
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| The first regional program for ICT companies has started in Slovenia | 24.4.2010 | Ljubljana | April 2010 marked a special event for development of the ICT cooperation within the region of Southeast Europe, namely the beginning of “CEED Regional Top Class” program. The latter is the first educational program designed specifically for ICT companies that want to expand their businesses regionally and internationally. Ljubljana had the honour of hosting the first module of the program and also more than 70 of its attendees from Slovenia, Serbia, Macedonia, Kosovo and Bulgaria. The next modules will take place in the following months, each time in one of the aforementioned countries’ capitals.
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| Opening Event for the 4th Season of CEED’s Entrepreneurship Programme: “The Boldness of Leadership – During Growth, the Crisis and While Having Coffee with Co-Workers” | 1.10.2009 | Ljubljana, Slovenia | With the opening event that took place on 30 September in the Cankarjev dom club, CEED’s entrepreneurial network has started its 4th season of CEED programmes. The introductory address at the event entitled “The Boldness of Leadership – During Growth, the Crisis and While Having Coffee with Co-Workers” was delivered by the world-renowned expert in the management of change, Dr Ichak Adizes. Afterwards, two generations of entrepreneurs (veteran and young) shared their views on current issues.
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| CEED Entrepreneurial Centre Hosts Prominent Slovenian Entrepreneurial Figures at the Top Class Programme Graduation Ceremony | 30.6.2009 | Ljubljana, Slovenija | At the closing entrepreneurial event that took place on 29 June, the CEED Entrepreneurial Centre hosted prominent figures from the Slovenian entrepreneurial sphere, among them Bogdan Pušnik, Rudi Bric, Branko Drobnak and Zoran Janković. Sponsored by the Ljubljana Municipality, the attendees gathered at the Ljubljana Castle along with sixty-odd successful young entrepreneurs, all members of CEED’s education programme.
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| Regional CEED Conference "Connect, Innovate and Grow"- Belgrade, Serbia | 8.5.2009 | Bucharest | CEED Regional Network Centers and Small Enterprise Assistance Funds (SEAF) organized CEED Regional Conference on June 5, 2009 in Belgrade, Serbia.
CEED was proud to provide in its 3rd Regional Conference Mr. Charles Leadbeater, a leading authority on innovation and creativity, a reputable advisor of companies, cities and governments around the world on innovation strategy and the author of the international bestseller “We think” on the subject of collaborative innovation and how it can be catalyzed and managed to fuel the company’s growth.
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| Top Class met with Ms Sasha Bezuhanova, Director Public Sector CEE for HP | 6.4.2009 | | On March 13, 2009 Top Class met with Ms Sasha Bezuhanova Director Public Sector CEE for HP.
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| The New Winner of the Elevator Pitch is Štefan Furlan | 19.3.2009 | Ljubljana, Slovenia | On Thursday, 19 March, an interesting CEED event took place, this time in partnership with the RGS Kapital Company and the Technology Park Ljubljana and in collaboration with Start:up Slovenija: the third consecutive Elevator Pitch or how to present oneself to investors in one minute.
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| ‘What Helps the People Helps the Business’ | 19.2.2009 | Ljubljana, Slovenia | On Thursday, 19 February, the founder of the Studio Moderna Company shared with us his vision of the concept of integrated solutions. Mr Sandi Češko has, in his own words, always been a rebel, as he could never really come to terms with the things that were supposed to be taken for granted. He wanted to disassemble them, understand and make something better and different. Even today, this visionary spirit still pushes him forward.
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| Challenges and opportunities during an economic downturn | 12.2.2009 | Bucharest, Romania | CEED Romania participated to the event “Challenges and Opportunities during an economic downturn - a practical guide in the Romanian market”, held on February 12, 2009. The event’s main components included presentations and a business fair.
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| The forth training event “Entrepreneurial finances” of the Top Class program was held in Skopje | 12.2.2009 | Skopje, Macedonia | The participants in this event had an opportunity to get more information and to expand their knowledge from three experts as guest speakers on this event: Ms. Lidija Nanus – Delloite, Mr. Dragan Dimitrov – Stater Bank and Mr. Dejan Kalinikov – SEAF Macedonia.
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| Top Class training event - “Human resources and Team management” | 22.1.2009 | Skopje, Macedonia |
The third training for the second generation of Top Class participants “Human resources and Team management” was held on January 22, 2009 in the Diplomatic Hall of Skopje Fair, Skopje. Guest speakers on this event were: Ms. Jelica Ivanovska, HR – Jonson Controls, Mr. Polikarp Arsenovski – Wrigley Representative Office Skopje and Mr. Toni Petreski - INet, Skopje.
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| The Mentorship Meeting has ‘Cast a Net’ on Everyone Present | 7.1.2009 | Ljubljana, Slovenia | On Wednesday, 7 January, the Atrium Club of Ljubljana’s Mons Hotel hosted a special evening, organised by CEED Slovenia: the mentors of the new generation of the Top Class Programme first met with their mentorees for 2009.
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| The Challenges of Internationalisation and the Hermes SoftLab Success Story | 18.12.2008 | Ljubljana, Slovenia | On 18 December 2008, the last CEED event before the New Year was held at the premises of the Hermes SoftLab Company, which presented an excellent best practice case on how to successfully implement the internationalisation of a high-tech company.
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| CEED Macedonia and Cisco Entrepreneur Institute started delivering courses in Macedonia | 14.12.2008 | Skopje, Macedonia | CEED Macedonia, the official Cisco Entrepreneur Institute Training Center for Macedonia and YES Incubator, the first Local Institute, in cooperation with the Municipality of Gazi Baba, have started a joint project for training of the unemployed people from Gazi Baba in business and entrepreneurial skills. The project is co-financed by the USAID Macedonian Local Governance Activity Project.
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| Awarded the best entrepreneurs in 2008 | 11.12.2008 | Skopje, Macedonia | FX3X, Market Vision, Donitex and Republika are the companies awarded as the best entrepreneurs of the year 2008. Beside the statuette, the best entrepreneurs will receive award – voucher that can be used for advertising and promotion, in value of 2.000 euro for the first place, and 1.000 euro for the second place.
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| The second training event of the Top Class program was held in Skopje | 11.12.2008 | Skopje, Macedonia | The objective of this training event was to enable the participants in the Top Class program to exchange experiences with other managers and professionals who have experience in creation and implementation of business strategies, as well as to discuss the benefits of using this tool.
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| The first training for the new generation of CEED Top Class program was held in Skopje | 20.11.2008 | Skopje, Macedonia |
The first training “Entrepreneurial Leadership” for the members of the second generation of the Top Class program was held at the Diplomatic Hall of Skopje Fair in Skopje.
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| SEEPEA Conference “Fueling Healthy Growth - adding value through Private Equity in SEE” | 12.11.2008 | Novotel Hotel, Bucharest | South Eastern Europe’s Private Equity Association hosted in Bucharest its second annual conference, entitled “Fueling Healthy Growth - adding value through Private Equity in SEE”.
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| Team Building for the participants of the second generation of the Top Class program held in Strumica | 6.11.2008 | Strumica, Macedonia | The first meeting for introduction and team building of the members of the second generation of the Top Class program was held in the hotel Sirius in Strumica on November 7th and 8th, 2008.
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| CEED Romania participated to Project Management Forum | 4.11.2008 | Radisson Hotel, Bucharest | CEED attended the 5th edition of the Project Management Forum, “Connect to excellence in project management” organized by CODECS and PMI Romania Chapter in Bucharest.
The event discussed the benefits brought to companies by sound, professional project management.
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| EU Funds in Romania: Absorption Issues and Economic Impact | 30.10.2008 | Bucharest, Romania | The Executive Director of CEED Romania, Mrs. Cristina Manescu participated to the discussion sessions of the fourth edition of the Conference „Structural Funds in Romania”, organized by FinMedia in Bucharest.
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| Join our new Top Class Plus program | 9.10.2008 | Skopje, Macedonia | Top Class Plus program is a new and unique nine month Advanced Learning Programme for Top Class Participants and other advanced young managers/entrepreneurs who are currently in leadership roles or who are aspiring to become leaders.
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| Promotion of the new CEED Top Class Programs | 8.10.2008 | Skopje, Macedonia | Today with ceremony held in the hotel Alexandar Palace in Skopje, CEED Macedonia officially promoted the new Top Class programs for 2008/2009 and awarded with certificates the first generation of Macedonian entrepreneurs and managers who participated in the Top Class program last year.
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| The follow-up visit to Iasi, Bacau and Vaslui counties after the Rural Financial and Leadership Development Program’s closure in 2007 | 30.9.2008 | Bucharest, Romania |
On September 30, 2008, Ms. Elizabeth Bradley, the owner of a traditional cheese company came from Ireland to Romania following the business contacts established during Rural Financial and Leadership Development Program, which was the first major project that CEED Romania had implemented.
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| 2nd SEE Financial Services Forum | 28.9.2008 | Sofia, Bulgaria | The 2nd SEE Financial Services Forum is a follow-up of the last year’s Development of Capital Markets in SEE event.
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| Opening Event with Ichak Adizes | 25.9.2008 | Ljubljana, Slovenia | CEED Slovenia hosted eminent guests for its season opening event: Dr Ichak Adizes, acclaimed management consultant, the U.S. Ambassador to Slovenia, Mr Yousif B. Ghafari and Top Class mentors Zoran Janković and Matjaž Gantar.
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| Promotion of the new CEED Top Class Plus program | 25.9.2008 | Skopje, Macedonia | On October 8, 2008 at 13:45, in the hotel Alexandar Palace Skopje, CEED Macedonia shall promote the new program for managers and entrepreneurs named Top Class Plus. At the same time, we shall announce the start of the Top Class 2008/2009 program. In this occasion, the members of the first generation of the Top Class program shall receive their certificates for successfully completed managerial program.
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| CEED Romania's Participation to the AmCham 15th Anniversary Celebration | 23.9.2008 | Bucharest |
CEED Romania was invited to a special anniversary event on Tuesday, September 23, 2008 at 6 p.m., at the Romanian Athenaeum. On this occasion H.E. President Traian Băsescu, H.E. Prime-Minister Călin Popescu- Tăriceanu and H.E. U.S. Ambassador Nicholas F. Taubman addressed the audience. The 15th anniversary of the AmCham Romania brought together member companies, business partners and other authorities.
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| New Top Class Plus program | 13.9.2008 | Skopje, Macedonia | The promotion of CEED Macedonia's new Top Class Plus program for entrepreneurs and managers will be held on October 8th 2008 at 11:00am in the hotel Alexandar Palace in Skopje.
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| Join the second generation of the CEED Top Class program | 1.9.2008 | Skopje, Macedonia | The selection process for participants in the second generation of the Top Class program begins today!
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| Conference on Consultancy Services | 30.6.2008 | Constanţa, Romania | The conference on consultancy services - Constanţa 2008 took place in Mamaia, at Iaki Hotel, on the 26th of June 2008 and CEED Romania was invited to take part in this event.
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| Top Class pre-summer event | 19.6.2008 | Ljubljana, Slovenia | Top Class mentors and young entrepreneurs met to evaluate mentorship program.
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| Elevator pitch | 29.5.2008 | Ljubljana, Slovenia | CEED Slovenia organized 2nd simulation of »Elevator Pitch – Convince an investor in one minute«… | 10 - Yes | |
| Elevator pitch event in Slovenia | 29.5.2008 | Ljubljana, Slovenia | CEED Slovenia organized 2nd simulation of »Elevator Pitch – Convince an investor in one minute«…
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| Financing growth | 28.5.2008 | Ljubljana, Slovenia |
On the 27th and 28th of May 2008, CEED Slovenia organized a two day entrepreneurial workshop on different ways of financing entrepreneurial growth and training on elevator pitch.
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| 3rd Regional Competitiveness Conference in Southeast Europe | 20.5.2008 | Budva, Montenegro | Between May 20 and May 22, 2008 in Przno (Budva), Montenegro USAID, Bureau for Europe and Eurasia, Economic Growth Office’s Regional Competitiveness Initiative (RCI) invited regional stakeholders from Eastern Europe and the Caucasus to share best practices in tourism and agribusiness, business service delivery mechanisms, esolutions that enhanced competitiveness, and investment attraction.
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| 2nd CEED Regional Conference | 19.5.2008 | Sofia, Bulgaria | CEED brought to Sofia a number of regional entrepreneurs and investors who provided their practical perspective on what it takes to find capital.
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| The 2nd CEED Regional Conference- "Finding Capital and Driving your Business Forward" | 19.5.2008 | Sofia, Bulgaria |
For the first time in Southeast Europe, the Center for Entrepreneurship and Executive Development brought you a conference designed to help you find the capital you need to significantly grow your business.
CEED brought to Sofia a number of regional entrepreneurs and investors who provided their practical perspective on what it takes to find capital. Over 100 participants had the opportunity to hear real stories from successful entrepreneurs from throughout the region who had "taken their companies to the next level" by working with Venture Capitalists and Private Equity companies. Participating SME entrepreneurs heard what these investors were looking for.
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| 7th Training of Top Class program | 8.5.2008 | Skopje, Macedonia | Participants in this event had a chance to learn about different kinds of partnerships that may exist between companies and to learn about different experiences, both international and domestic, from successful and unsuccessful mergers and acquisitions.
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| Expanding internationally | 24.4.2008 | Ljubljana, Slovenia | On the 6th CEED entrepreneurship workshop we were joined by Robert Hisrich, internationally renowned professor for global entrepreneurship from business school Thunderbird and Sandi Češko, founder of the multinational company Studio Moderna.
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| The power of two | 18.4.2008 | Ljubljana, Slovenia | The event brought together entrepreneurs and mentors of CEED Top Class program and IEDC Alumni. The topic of the evening was “The power of Two: How Smart Companies Create Win-win Partnerships to outperform the Competitors.”
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| 6th Training of Top Class Program | 16.4.2008 | Skopje, Macedonia | In the first part of the event, representatives from different financial institutions presented their companies to the participants in the Top Class program, emphasizing the differences and benefits compared to other sources of capital and answered to questions from the participants.
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| CEED Bilateral Meeting with Macedonia | 14.4.2008 | | | 10 - Yes | |
| CEED Top Class opening in Bulgaria | 14.4.2008 | Sofia, Bulgaria | CEED Bulgaria launched successfully its Top Class program! Selected young entrepreneurs met for the first time with mentors - successful entrepreneurs.
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| Preparation, writing and management of projects for EU IPA Funds | 3.4.2008 | Stip | CEED Macedonia together with the Association for Slovene-Macedonian Friendship organized two-day Workshop “Preparation, writing and management of projects for the European IPA Funds”.
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| B2B Event - CEED Macedonia & AmCham Kosovo | 26.3.2008 | Pristina, Kosovo | Fourteen young enterpreneurs - members of CEED Top Class Programe 2007/2008 attended the B2B meeting with the members of the American Chamber of Comerce in Kosovo held at the hotel Grand in Prishtina.
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| Financial optimization | 21.3.2008 | Korte, Slovenia | On the 5th CEED entrepreneurship training we were joined by Matej Čer, director of Avant car and Martin Šifrer, tax consultant from Protokorp.
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| 5th Training of Top Class Program | 18.3.2008 | Skopje, Macedonia | Participants had a chance to learno more about human recources management, team management, and other organizational trends from different speakers.
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| Non-bank Corporate Finance: Methods and Success Stories | 18.3.2008 | Romania | CEED Romania organized a seminar to support dynamic entrepreneurs to find best solutions for accessing capital to sustain their companies’ growth.
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| Non-bank Corporate Finance: Methods and Success Stories | 18.3.2008 | Bucharest, Romania |
Successful entrepreneurs need money to pursue their business ideas and develop their companies. The course “Non-bank corporate finance: methods and success stories” organized by CEED Romania aimed at supporting dynamic entrepreneurs and find the best solutions for accessing capital in order to sustain their companies’ growth.
Two significant IPO case studies were presented: a public utility company, Transelectrica, who plays a key role in the Romanian and Central&South-Eastern electricity market, and an important private ITC retail firm, Flamingo International. Representatives of both companies presented the success story of the Initial Public Offering (IPO) process they have experienced and how it helped the companies’ development.
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| SMEs Info- Funding Opportunities Seminar and Fair | 12.3.2008 | Bucharest, Romania |
CEED Romania participated to the SME Funding Opportunities Event organized by the American Chamber of Commerce in Romania on March 12, 2008. During the SME Fair, over 100 companies visited CEED Romania’s booth and the participants were very much interested in the Center’s training and advisory services.
In an interview granted to the Business Magazine of the Romanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Executive Director of CEED Romania, Mrs. Cristina Manescu provided a detailed presentation of the Center’s accomplishments, its regional network, and the cooperation opportunities it offers to the Romanian SME community.
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| New director of CEED Slovenia | 3.3.2008 | Slovenia | As of 1st of March 2008 Barbara Bregar-Mrzlikar was appointed as director of CEED Slovenia.
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| 4th Training of Top Class program | 21.2.2008 | Skopje, Macedonia | Participants had a chance to learn more about cash flow, time value of money, investments evaluation form different speakers.
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| Bilateral with CEED Macedonia | 20.2.2008 | Ljubljana, Slovenia | Entrepreneurship centre CEED Macedonia, which launched Ceed Top Class program in autumn 2007, visited Slovenia on the 14th and 15th of February 2008 with a group of 20 young entrepreneurs and mentors of its program.
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| Bilateral meeting of business communities from Macedonia & Slovenia | 14.2.2008 | Ljubljana, Slovenia | Participants in the CEED Top Class program in Macedonia had a chance to meet this year’s and last year’s participants in the CEED Slovenia Top Class program and had interesting business meetings with representatives from several Slovenian companies
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| Sales and negotiations | 13.2.2008 | Ljubljana, Slovenia | On the 4th CEED entrepreneurship workshop we were joined by Igor Kastelic, director of P&G Slovenia and Blaine Callard, director of Harvey Norman Slovenia. The lecturers in a practical way presented different approaches to sales and negotiation.
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| 3rd Top Class program | 17.1.2008 | Skopje, Macedonia | In the first session, the participants had a chance to hear different experiences from work on international markets shared by Mr.Andreja Tasevski, Mako Market, Mr.Blagoja Samakoski, Mikrosam, Ms.Tatjana Bosevska, Login Systems, and Mr.Blagoj Doncev, ADING, all mentors in the Top Class program, as well as the experience of Mr.Koca Boshku, Sales Manager in Seavus.
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| Corporative management "Institute of directors" | 27.12.2007 | Skopje, Macedonia | Kiril Nejkov from IFC introduced the participants of Top Class with the corporative management and the existing Institutes of directors.
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| Download Rural Romania Brochure | 14.12.2007 | | | 10 - Yes | |
| 2nd Training of Top Class program | 13.12.2007 | Skopje, Macedonia | The purpose of this training was to help the participants in defining precise strategy for growth for their companies. CEED Macedonia strives to help in strategy creation to those participants who have no one or who need to create a new one.
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| Strategies for maximizing profit in 21st century | 28.11.2007 | Skopje, Macedonia | Strategies for maximizing the profit in 21st century was the topic of the conference where the Top Class participants had an opportunity to learn more and exchanged experience with Brian Tracy, one from the world –known gurus and writer in the fields of sales strategies, maximizing the sells and profit, superior management and maximum achievement.
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| Study Tour in Bulgaria | 27.11.2007 | Sofia, Bulgaria | CEED Bulgaria has successfully completed a Study Tour for business and representatives and government officials from Kazakhstan.
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| CEED Promotes Partnerships for an Efficient Absorption of European Funds | 26.11.2007 | Bucharest, Romania | Development of institutional capacity, cooperation among authorities, networks functionally integrated at national level, as well as the development of public-private partnerships are key factors for an effective absorption of EU funds available in the period 2007 - 2013.
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| Cross-border Cooperation | 21.11.2007 | Stipe, Macedonia | The first from the three meetings from the initiative Cross-border Cooperation Bulgaria - Macedonia was held.
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| Opening of CEED Macedonia entrepreneurship center | 24.9.2007 | Skopje, Macedonia | The official opening of the new CEED Macedonia entrepreneurship centre (Centre for Entrepreneurship and Executive Development), being opened in partnership with the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.S venture capital fund SEAF will take place on Monday, 24 September 2007 at 1:00 p.m. at the hotel Holiday Inn, Skopje.
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| CEED Macedonia makes its debut | 14.9.2007 | Skopje, Macedonia | CEED (Center for Entrepreneurship and Executive Development) in partnership with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.S. Investment Firm SEAF is opening its CEED Macedonia branch.
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| First Regional CEED Conference- “Building a Successful Multinational SME” | 21.5.2007 | Rogaska Slatina, Slovenia | The first regional conference of the CEED network was organized in Slovenia, Rogaska Slatina resort, on 19th of May 2007.
The event brought together a group of over 80 selected high growth SMEs from seven countries from the East and South East European region.
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