CANSEE announces an open call for participation in the 4th LEADER Project Serbia 2019 CANSEE is pleased to announce an open call for participants for the LEADER Project Serbia 2019. The available space in this fully sponsored business course is limited to 40 participants. The Richard Ivey Business School from the University of Western Ontario, Canada has been organizing international LEADER Projects since 1991 and this course is currently held in eight countries around the world. Each course is...

Happy Honey, a high quality product, is the first Serbian food product which will become available in 276 stores of the premium product chain Cost Plus World Market in the USA. Darko Mandic, a co-founder and co-owner of Happy Honey, actively innovates in the sectors of food and technology. Several years ago, he saw an opportunity in the market and put a whole new product in the market together with his team – raw honey. Thanks to the product's tradition, the promotion of top quality, attractive...

Mirjana Dončić Beaton, Managing Director of Canadian Serbian Business Association (CANSEE), together with CANSEE President Mr. Aleksandar Obrenović and the Ministerial Delegation comprised of the Minister of Mining and Energy Mr. Aleksandar Antić, State Secretary Stevica Dedjanski and Assistant Minister Mr. Ivan Janković, the Ambassador of Canada to Serbia, Macedonia and Montenegro, H. E. Kati Csaba and Trade Commissioner at the Embassy together with CANSEE members of Exploration and Mining...

CANSEE Canadian Serbian Business Association organized regular General Assembly Session followed by Wine&Cheese Business Networking Cocktail, on the occasion of five successful years of running the Association at the amazing newly renovated Museum of Contemporary Art in Belgrade. More than 100 CANSEE partners and friends attended this event in the amazing newly renovated venue of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Belgrade. The guests were able to see the extraordinary exhibition "On the Road...

On January 21, Delta Holding welcomed the seventh generation of Young Leaders. This year, Delta will employ in its companies a total number of thirty-eight young, educated people who have been selected among more than a thousand candidates, in several rounds of selection, in an organized public competition. Throughout the year and with the help of more experienced colleagues who will be their mentors, Young Leaders will get to know the different parts of Delta's system and gain their first...

Delta Holding announced the purchase of a location for the construction of the Holiday Inn hotel in Ljubljana. This hotel is a brand of IHG Group with which the company has excellent long-term cooperation and which, as our partner, gives its consent to all our locations. The beginning of construction is planned after the completion of legal administrative procedures that are in process. "After excellent cooperation with the relevant institutions in Ljubljana during the construction of the InterContinental...

SWEET AFTER DINNER TREATS These are tough categories to judge any way you cut it. Not only are there sticky sweet bottles to work through, but also our after dinner treats can utilize a range of bases, flavour profiles, and lest face it, bottles you might not reach for on a beautiful July day – before lunch. These are notable bottles, and excellent ones to keep in hand for when the occasion calls. Our Best in Class is a vidal icewine from Lakeview which is a paragon of the grape in icewine form. Tom...

It is our pleasure to announce that we are organizing the Empowering your executive or business assistant – training, that will be held by the master training coach Ms. Svetlana Nikolić, HR expert with outstanding and over decade experience of holding trainings of this kind. You will see the immediate effects through your Executive assistant’s interpersonal skills!! The training will be held on February, 20 & 21st , 2019 from 9.00am – 5.00 pm at CCFS, Belgrade Kosovska 10. If...

Richard Ivey Business School, which runs CANSEE LEADER Project, alumnae named to Canada’s Most Powerful Women. Four alumnae have been named recipients of the 2018 Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award by the Women’s Executive Network. The annual list celebrates strong and inspirational professional women across Canada and their accomplishments. Ivey alumnae winners this year include:   Anita Gaffney-Misener, EMBA ’02 Executive Director Stratford Festival of Canada     Jennifer...

Delta Holding is awarded for the most socially responsible company in Serbia in 2018 by the Serbian Association of Managers (SAM). This is the second time in a row that our company has been declared the most responsible to the community, employees, partners, environment. Among many other things, Delta Holding launched Delta Biznis Incubator in 2018, an innovative program to support startups. Through the project Plantation for the Future grants were given and expert assistance...

The Serbian Association of Managers (SAM) is the seventh year in a row, awarded the “SAM Annual Awards” to the best in Serbia at the already traditional SAM Sam Gala ceremony. Recognized inside and outside of the company as a person of integrity and reputation, and on the basis of achieved business results, the title of Manager of the year 2018 was Dejan Turk, CEO, Vip mobile & A1 Slovenija. “When a reward arrives from professionals in the profession then it gets even more weight....

"Our village" is the name of the new Delta Holding’s project through which the company wants to start the development of agriculture in undeveloped areas and restructuring of villages in Serbia. For the beginning, the villages Dubočane and Mala Jasikova in Zaječar area were selected, and the decision was announced to the locals by the president of Delta Holding Miroslav Mišković and the mayor of Zaječar, Boško Ničić. Delta will help locals of two selected villages to significantly...

Bloomberg Businessweek ranked Ivey’s MBA Program the top program in Canada. This is Ivey's fifth consecutive year in the top spot. Bloomberg’s rankings are based on surveys of recruiters, alumni, and students. Schools are ranked on four indexes: Compensation, Learning, Networking, and Entrepreneurship. Ivey’s MBA rankings highlights Ivey performed the best in Canada in all four categories Top scores included Learning (36th globally) and Networking (38th globally) Source: Ivey.ca Read...

A diamond pegged to be the largest known gem-quality stone found in North America was discovered at a Northwest Territories mine in October, according to Dominion Diamond Mines. The 552-carat yellow diamond was found at Diavik Diamond Mine, according to a company news release. Jim Pounds is the executive vice-president of diamonds for Dominion Diamonds. He called the discovery a "miracle." "It's one of those rare things," he said. "A stone of that size and that dimension invariably gets...

We are proudly presenting to you new CANSEE Board of Directors, wishing them a WARM WELCOME to CANSEE Canadian Serbian Business Association: Mr. Darko Vukobratović, Contango, Ms. Tijana Koprivica, Delta Holding, Mr. Duško Krsmanović, Flagship and Mr. Nenad Stanković, NST law who joined Mr. Bryan Beaton, Mr. Ivan Veljković, Stara Planina Resources, Ms. Gordana Gavrilović and Mr. Aleksandar Obrenović, BEM. After General Assembly, CANSEE Board of Directors meeting was held and Mr....

Fifth in a row CANSEE traditional Christmas reception was attended by more than 120 distinguished guests, CANSEE members, partners and associates, as well as representatives of the diplomatic corps, Serbian political and economic leaders. CANSEE Christmas reception marked the end of another very successful year for CANSEE association! H.E. Kati Csaba warmly welcomed all the present guests saying that she's honored to be the ambassador of Canada to Serbia, Macedonia and Montenegro. Madam Ambassador...

Canada hosted the Commonwealth Remembrance Day service in Belgrade on November 11, 2018, the one hundredth anniversary of the World War I armistice. Serbia and Canada fought as allies in a war which caused tremendous losses, including one quarter of Serbia’s population. The memory of these who gave their lives to national service is marked each year in Belgrade’s Commonwealth War Cemetery. Ambassador Kati Csaba noted: “This is a special moment—to nourish a bond which stretches across these...

Another AFA Women’s Leadership Summit was held on October 31 and November 1 in Belgrade. This year’s theme of the summit was “Innovative leadership in unpredictable fast changing world” and also dealt with gender equality due to technological advancement and economic empowerment of women. The Summit brought together leading experts from various fields, representatives of the state summit, diplomatic missions and the non-governmental sector. The AFA summit was open with a round table...

Our dear member Metalfer Steel Mill marked a significant jubilee-10 years of successful production of concrete steel. This jubilee was attended by business partners who have played a significant role in the development and expansion of the company over the past 10 years: buyers and suppliers, representatives of ministries and local governments, banking sector officials and business associates. The participants were addressed by Mr. Branko Zecevic, who, among other things, pointed out that business...

We are very proud to inform you that after pitching together in Belgrade and Sarajevo, LEADER project 2018 winners from Serbia, Macedonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, finally pitched their business ideas together for the third time, in front of a regional and international jury at the Final Regional Business Pitching Competition, held on 7thNovember in Skopje, as part of the Macedonia2025 Summit.  Business idea “CookUp Hub”created by team Serbia won the first place! Congratulations...

Delta Holding was awarded a first prize for the most gender-sensitive company by the Association of Business Women of Serbia. For the first time this year the Association of Business Women, which exists for two decades, rewarded companies that especially emphasized in respecting gender equality. According to the Association's explanation award is given to a large business systems who are applying the Fifth United Nations Principles for the Empowerment of Women and providing the best model of involving...

8th International Conference on Mineral Resources held in Belgrade on Nov 13-14 gathered representatives of government, local municipalities, diplomacy, private sector and NGOs. The exchange of information and knowledge on current situation with mining projects in Serbia and the region, as well as future progress of mining industry created general impression that mining is becoming strong source of economic growth of Serbia. For the eighth year in a row, Canada as a global leader in this industry...

The 8th International Conference on Mineral Resources in the Republic of Serbia, under the slogan “A Driving Force of Economic Development”, will be held in Belgrade, at Hotel Metropol Palace, on November 13-14. 2018.  The conference is organized by TGI Group International, under the patronage of the Ministry of Mining and Energy of the Republic of Serbia, the embassies of Canada, Great Britain, Australia and Finland in Serbia, the Geological and Mining Association of Serbia (GRAS), the...

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Within the RECONNECT2018 event, the second round of the first LEADER Regional Business Pitching Competition took place as one of the three parallel panels, lasting from 20:00 to 21:30. This Leader panel is made possible thanks to the financial support provided by the Western Balkans Fund in cooperation with partners organization Restart, CANSEE Belgrade and Macedonia2025 Skopje.  As part of the Leader Regional Business Pitching Competition, eight winners of the...