YES Foundation issued the final report on the project Investment readiness of the MSME sector in South-East Europe, which was conducted in cooperation with the Dutch Foundation SPARK. SENSI Secretariat would like to thank all members that participated in this project. Read the full report .
Lafarge is starting 2010 as Serbian first success story
Lafarge BFC’s Beocin Business Park welcomed its first investor who shall commence operation this year, creating conditions to opening new job positions in Beočin. Beocin Business park is the regional unique business friendly environment, providing all requirements to investors looking toward South East Europe.
Take part in the European Entrepreneurship Video Award 2010 and win more than € 3,000!
The European Commission is encouraging enterprising film lovers to prove their creativity and skills by producing a short video that deals with the following questions: What is entrepreneurship all about? What could encourage people to become entrepreneurs? What could counteract old prejudices and offer new visions of entrepreneurship?
„Entrepreneurship – A different way of life“
„Entrepreneurship – Challenges and rewards“
„Entrepreneurship – The way into the future“
Tenant companies at YES incubator, virtual tenants and all start- up companies with up to three years working on the market, not related to YES incubator, are eligible to apply for up to EUR 100 from our wage subsidy program, provided with the financial support of SPARK, in order to hire additional staff that will help in the everyday processes. The program will provide up to EUR 100 individual wage subsidy to certain applicants, in maximum duration of 6 months. This wage subsidy program is created to help young companies hire
additional staff, that will lead towards a) creation of new jobs and b)
help young companies grow and expand their business.
As we all agreed in the last SENSI workshop, the next step towards creation of the regional Business Angel Network is the Investment Readiness Survey. Therefore,YES Incubator from Skopje, Macedonia (www.yesincubator.org.mk) with a support of SENSI and ECAbit networks is currently conducting research on start-up's investment related needs in Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia, Kosovo, Romania, Armenia and Bulgaria.
The SENSI workshop "Business Angel Networks and their role in financing
start ups" was organized by the SENSI Secretariat in cooperation with
BSC Kosovo. The workshop took place in Pristina (Kosovo) on 10 July
2009 and it was open to all existing and potential SENSI members.
Within the Summer University in Tuzla, the round table on: "Entrepreneurship and the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor” was held. It was attended by students, young entrepreneurs, as well as guests who presented their activities and experiences. SENSI and Business Start-up Centre Zenica presented mission, vision, and activities of their projects.
