Educational level: Continuing education / Executive education programs.
Course summary (Doing business in Serbia)
Serbian Economy. Since 2000, Serbia has attracted inversions over $20
billion (FDI). The Economist Int. Unit forecasts that will make the largest
improvement in the business environment in Eastern Europe through 2013.
PricewaterhouseCoopers ranked Serbia as the 3rd most attractive manufacturing
and 7th most attractive services FDI destination among emerging economies.
Internally, with 7.5 million people, the Serbian market is the 2nd largest in
South East Europe.
Belgrade, the capital, has been awarded as the City of the Future for
Southern Europe 2007 by the fDi Magazine. Over 40% of Serbia's GDP is generated
by the city, which also has 31,4% of Serbia's employed population.
The overall foreign trade in the Republic of Serbia, for the period of
January - December 2010 amounted to EUR 20.0 billion, which was a 14.6%
decrease, compared to the same period in 2009.
Serbia is a member of the Central European Free Trade
Agreement (CEFTA). Serbia is the only country outside of the
Commonwealth of Independent
States that enjoys a Free Trade Agreement with Russia. Serbia has Free Trade
Agreements with Turkey, EFTA members, Belarus, and Kazakhstan. Added to this are
duty-free exports to the European Union and the United States for most products
and services.
The Free Trade Agreement with Russia,
signed in August 2000, makes Serbia particularly attractive to foreign investors
in the manufacturing sector. The Agreement stipulates that goods produced
in Serbia, with over 50% value added in the country, are considered to be of the
Serbian origin.
Example of the course (Doing business in Serbia):
Serbia is located in the central part of the Balkan Peninsula, on the most
important transport routes connecting Europe and
Asia.
The adoption of the National Strategy for European
Union Accession in 2005 defined accession of Serbia to the EU as a
priority and long-term strategic goal.
The Republic of Serbia has two autonomous provinces: Vojvodina and Kosovo and
Metohija. With a population of 1.6 million, Belgrade is the
administrative, economic and cultural centre of Serbia. Official language is
Serbian and official script is Cyrillic alphabet; however, Latin alphabet is
also in use. Majority of population of Serbia are Orthodox Christians
Borders: Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary,
Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania and Macedonia.
Извоз Увоз Међународна
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EENI International Business
