SWISS 2021
SSCC ACTIVITIES JUNE 2021
SSCC BUSINESS NETWORKING LUNCH
SSCC’s first in-person gathering since the outbreak of the pandemic took place on 9th June 2021 at the Vrdnička Kula Ethno Village. The SSCC guest of honour on this occasion was H.E. Urs Schmid, Swiss Ambassador to the Republic of Serbia and to Montenegro. This event provided an opportunity for SSCC members to share experiences and explore potential business cooperation in an informal and pleasant atmosphere near Belgrade.
APRIL 2021
SWISS BUSINESS IN BULGARIA, ROMANIA, SERBIA AND NORTH MACEDONIA
MAY 2021
DIALOGUE WITH THE SERBIAN MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND THE SERBIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SCCI)
An online working meeting was held on Tuesday, 25th May 2021, between member companies of five bilateral business associations in Serbia: the Swiss-Serbian Chamber of Commerce (SSCC), the Hellenic Business Association, the Croatian Business Club (CBC), the Slovenian Business Club (SBC) and the Belgian-Serbian Business Association, with representatives of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Serbia and the Serbian Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SCCI). Participants of this working meeting, entitled Macroeconomic Trends in the Economy of the Republic of Serbia in the Context of COVID-19, were addressed by Ognjen Popović, Acting Assistant Minister of Finance in the Government of the Republic of Serbia, and Mihailo Vesović, Director of the Division for Strategic Analysis, Services and Internationalisation of the SCCI, who presented current and expected trends in the domestic economy. 30
This occasion provided us with the pleasant opportunity to welcome four Swiss Ambassadors from the region: • H.E. Urs Schmid, Swiss Ambassador to the Republic of Serbia and to Montenegro • H.E. Muriel Berset Kohen, Swiss Ambassador to Bulgaria • H.E. Arthur Mattli, Swiss Ambassador ao Romania • H.E. Sybille Suter Tejada, Swiss Ambassador to North Macedonia Thomas Foerst, Head of the Global Network of the Switzerland Global Enterprise (S-GE), also presented the Swiss perspective of the region, as well as the results of cooperation established with the Swiss-Serbian Chamber of Commerce and other participating chambers from the region. In his speech, SSCC President Majo Mićović welcomed this initiative by emphasising that this event marked the beginning of regional cooperation and that more similar events would take place in the future.
