July 22^nd, 2010 THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF SERBIAN GOVERNMENT VISITED BELGRADE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

The Vice-president of Serbian Government, PhD Jovan Krkobabic, visited Belgrade Chamber of Commerce. During the meeting, PhD Krkobabic and PhD Milan Jankovic, President of the Belgrade Chamber of Commerce, discussed current economic situation, reform processes and recovery models. Both Krkobabic and Jankovic agreed the monetary policy should be in function of Serbian economic development and fiscal policy must be responsible and effective. They emphasized Belgrade Chamber of Commerce, as well as other associations representing economy should be more involved in decision making and implementation of relevant regulations.

July 5-7^th 2010, Berlin BDA SESSION

The main subject on the session, held in Berlin on July 5 – 7^th, was the presentation of the results of the first semester of 2010. The session was attended by the representatives of state institutions, mayors from 16 regional provinces, more than 150 CEOs and political and economic German elite.
PhD Josef Schlarmann opened the session emphasizing that current crisis will have the far-reaching effects on German economy and that the Government has consequently elaborated the 10 points priority rescue plan.  The new capital needs to be generated in Germany, and it should be invested in development of German economy, particularly in the car industry that gathers significant number of the companies. In global context, Germany can not expect fast growth, due to the Asian competition.
Special attention was paid to the questions on the transformation of EU financing and European support to the Greece and Afghanistan. The participants agreed it is necessary to restructure the loan offer and make it more transparent. When it comes to European currency, German exporters are content with the strong Euro, and its positive effects on profit increase and further to price stability. They also agreed the single currency is EU's most successful project and its stability has to be preserved.
At the opening of traditional "Sommerfest", German Chancellor Angela Merkel invited German people to pursue with the saving program, to invest in the education, especially in natural sciences, and to be disciplined in paying taxes. In return, the State will create more favorable business environment, subsidize developing companies, family businesses above all, and procure education with lower costs. Due to the social market organizational and business model, the state will secure to the individuals to find appropriate job, according to their education level and talents. The President of the Belgrade Chamber of Commerce, PhD Milan Jankovic, met Chancellor Merkel who expressed her full support to Serbia on its way to the EU. 
President Jankovic also visited the House of German Economy (BDA, BDI and Chamber of Commerce of Germany), and reached with his interlocutors the agreement on the cooperation on various projects. German partners offered the support in the field of internationalization of the business of Chamber's members and in linking Serbian business associations with European and German institutions.

BUSINESS FRAUDS JEOPARDIZE STATE BUDGET

The attendees of the Session of the Assembly of Belgrade Chamber of Commerce, held on June 15^th 2010, were informed on most important activities of the Chamber: organization of several international conferences, numerous roundtables, public debates and seminars and cooperation with important number of foreign institutions. The plenary part was followed by the roundtable "Impact of the fraud on the budget of the Republic of Serbia and its companies". PhD Milan Janković, the president of the Belgrade Chamber of Commerce, emphasized the topic of the roundtable clearly shows that the Chamber, on behalf of the business community, initiates important issues and debates, in order to contribute to the creation of more favorable business environment.

June 2–3, 2010 SECOND REGIONAL CONFERENCE "REGIONAL COOPERATION IN TOURISM DEVELOPMENT –           SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, AS PRECONDITION OF COMPETITIVENESS IN TOURISM"

The Conference was organized by the Belgrade Chamber of Commerce, in cooperation with GTZ, with the support of Serbian Ministry of Economy and Regional Development, and with great contribution of countries from the region, as well as UK, Holland and Austria. The key topics of the Conference were: "Integrated tourist products" and "Sustainable development of tourism".

Key speakers at the Conference were Mr. William Infante, the Head of the UN Mission in Serbia, Mr.  Predrag Gluhakovic, Minister of the Trade, Tourism and Services of the Government of the Republic of Srpska and professor PhD Goran Petkovic, State Secretary of the Ministry of Economy and Regional Development of Serbia.

The objectives of the Conference were: to intensify the cooperation between the economies from the region in the filed of tourism, to increase the number of tourists, to attract the tourists from the third countries into the region, to identify and promote the regional tourist products, to enhance the competitiveness of tourist products by conducting sustainable development measures. A special attention was paid to ecotourism, the experiences and best practice cases.