Online Course: Business in the EFTA Countries

1. To learn to do business in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo
2. To analyse the business opportunities in the Central European Region of the CEFTA
3. To know how to negotiate in the Central European Markets of the CEFTA
4. To understand the importance of the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA) and the influence of the regional Free Trade Agreements (FTA)
5. To analyse foreign trade (Import, Export) and foreign direct investment (FDI) in the CEFTA Markets
6. To design a business plan for the Countries of the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA)

Course intended for all those wanting to specialise in all the related topics to the foreign trade and business in the Central European Markets of the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA) (30 million people).

This course contains exercises that are evaluated, which the student must work out and pass to obtain the Diploma of the Professional Course: “Foreign Trade and Business in the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA) Markets” issued by EENI Global Business School.

Students who have taken this course can validate and register for a Master or Doctorate at EENI.

This course belongs to the following Higher Education Programs taught by EENI:

1. Masters: Business in Europe, International Business, Foreign Trade
2. Masters and Doctorates in International Business for the Students from the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA): Albania, Bosnia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Moldova, Serbia, and Kosovo
3. Doctorate specialisation in European Business

1- The CEFTA Countries and the Orthodox Economic Area (PDF).

1. Major religions of the CEFTA Countries: Orthodoxy (Christianity) and Islam (Albania)

2- Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA)

3- Doing Business in Albania: The third world chromium producer

4- Doing Business in Bosnia and Herzegovina: becoming a market economy

5- Doing Business in Macedonia: one of the fastest growing European economies

6- Doing Business in Moldova: one of the poorest countries in Europe

7- Doing Business in Montenegro: an economy based on the aluminium industry

8- Doing Business in Serbia: an emerging Central European Market

9- Doing Business in Kosovo

10- Economic Relations of the Countries of the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA) with the European Union

1. European Neighbourhood Policy
2. EU Enlargement
3. European Union-Western Balkans
4. Black Sea Synergy (EU)
5. Eastern Partnership
6. EU-Moldova Association Agreement and a Free-Trade Area
7. Ukraine-European Union Association Agreement
8. Stabilisation and Accession Agreements of the European Union with Albania and Montenegro

11- Free Trade Agreements (FTA) and Economic Organisations related to the CEFTA Countries

1. Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC)
2. Central European Initiative (CEI)
3. Adriatic-Ionian Initiative
4. Regional Cooperation Council (RCC)
5. All the Countries of the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA) have free trade agreements (FTA) with Turkey and the EFTA States (Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein):
   1. Albania-European Free Trade Association (EFTA) Agreement
   2. Bosnia and Herzegovina-European Free Trade Association (EFTA) Agreement
   3. Macedonia-European Free Trade Association (EFTA) Agreement
   4. Montenegro-European Free Trade Association (EFTA) Agreement
   5. Serbia-European Free Trade Association (EFTA) Agreement
6. Macedonia has a Free Trade Agreement with Ukraine
7. Moldova has trade agreements with Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, China and the Kyrgyz Republic
8. Moldova has free trade agreements with Ukraine and Russia
9. Serbia has free trade agreements (FTA) with Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan

12- Logistics Corridors

1. Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia (TRACECA)
2. Pan-European Corridor IX (Finland-Russia-Greece)
3. Access to the Trans-Caspian Trade and Transit Corridor (Central Corridor)

13- Business Plan for the Central European Markets of the CEFTA.

The course includes the Market Access Tool:

Other regional institutions related to the EFTA Countries

1. Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
2. Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
3. International Rail Transport Committee (CIT)