CANSEE exploration and mining industry group gathers the biggest Canadian investors in this field. Among them are world-class Canadian companies, such as Nevsun Resources, Mundoro, Dundee Precious Metals, Erin Ventures and Medgold which have so far made significant investments in mining and geological exploration in Serbia. On October 4, Belgrade will host 6th International Conference on mineral resources in the Republic of Serbia on the topic of „The driving force for economic development“,...

International transport and info-logistics provider cargo-partner is one of 15 companies from the areas of retail, logistics and production which have joined together in the Council for Sustainable Logistics (CNL). Together, the members of this initiative, which is unique throughout Europe, take steps to implement sustainable logistics solutions. The CNL is located at the Center for Global Change and Sustainability of the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna. The initiative...

Canadian Ambassador Philip Pinnington, Trade Commisioner at the Embassy of Canada to Serbia, Ms. Đurđa Ćeramilac, together with CANSEE Canadian- Serbian Business Association delegation, paid a visit to the city of Prijepolje on 6th of September. The purpose of the visit was to visit existing businesses that exists in this region of Serbia, all in order to further develop economic relations and increase trade between the two countries. The office of the President of Prijepolje municipality...

Info-logistics provider cargo-partner invests EUR 3 million in expanding its logistics center in Dunajská Streda (Slovakia) to over 22,000 pallet slots. Direct connection to container terminal provides cross-dock options for intermodal transport to Hamburg, Bremerhaven, Koper and Rijeka. International transport and info-logistics provider cargo-partner is expanding its warehouse space in Slovakia. The company currently operates two modern logistics centers in Slovakia: one in Bratislava with...

In 2015, Delta Holding invested 1,15 million euros in community development and socially responsible sponsorships. The company has helped 45.200 citizens in that way. The biggest project implemented during last year is Delta Holding’s second endowment, namely the Centre for Sport and Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities “Iskra”, which was built and donated to the town of Kragujevac. Another significant project is “Plantation for the Future”, which directly supports 1.617 of...

Last days of August H.E. Philip Pinington and CANSEE delegation headed by Mr. Aleksandar Obrenović, CANSEE board member and Ms. Mirjana Dončić-Beaton spent in city of Pirot. The aim of the visit was to explore the potentials of Pirot region in order to raise economic cooperation between Serbia and Canada to a higher level. Connections with the local government and local business community were established, and significant companies Tigar Tyres and Tigar Ltd. were visited. Upon the arrival,...

Halifax Consulting and Halifax Translation successfully completed another audit for standardisation in the fields of management and translation. Procedures under ISO 9001 and EN15038 have been in full implementation in both departments since the summer of 2012. Halifax Director Sonja Babić-Lythgoe says it has really helped Halifax to continue to focus on raising the quality of its services. “Relentlessly improving internal quality control while maintaining the human aspect of working with clients...

The Odzaci-based Magna Seating currently employs 940 workers, but it has decided to expand. Magna has more than doubled its initial capacity of 400 workers in four years in Odzaci and the number of employments won't end there. The construction of the new production facility is going according to plan, says Miro Vidosevic, the factory's director. – We will employ 500 new workers here by the end of the year – he adds. In addition to workers for tailoring and sewing clothes, Magna will also need...

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CANSEE is hiring! Come and join our Team! CANSEE (Canadian Serbian Business Association) is an organization that supports bi-lateral trade, business development and investment activities between two countries, Canada and Serbia. It affords Canadian and Serbian businesses the opportunity to network and grow each other through collaboration and act as ambassador to further cross-nation brands of all companies represented. To support our further development, we are looking for Marketing &...

Last night PharmaSwiss Company, a CANSEE member, was awarded Beogradski pobednik Award for its outstanding contribution to the local economy.  We wish to congratulate PharmaSwiss, our prominent member in every aspect, on this significant recognition! Yesterday evening Assembly of the City of Belgrade hosted conferment of Beogradski pobednik Annual Award. This year six companies received the award. The first awarded company was the pharmaceutical PharmaSwiss for its outstanding contribution...

Cynthia Innes is a member of the 2016 MBA class at the University of Western Ontario’s Ivey Business School in London, Ont., where she has focused on strategy, marketing and entrepreneurship. She graduated last week. Previously, Cynthia was a manager with the Edelman public relations firm. She has lived and worked in Malawi, South Korea and Canada, and calls Toronto home. The red roofs of Belgrade fade behind me as the train picks up speed at the city’s outskirts. A bag of hard candy appears...

Canadian educational program, “LEADER Project Serbia” from the Ivey School of Business from Western Ontario, one of the top-ranked business schools in the world was officially completed on Friday, May 20, 2016. At the very end of the two-week program, the participants, forming the selected thirty best entrepreneurs from Serbia, simulated the discussion with the investment banks and funds, by presenting their business plans to a seven-member jury.  Following the consultation of the jury,...

The participants of the educational programme LEADER Project Serbia visited Schneider Electric’s business premises in Novi Sad yesterday on May 11 2016. This company, which is a CANSEE member, was visited within the educational programme from Richard Ivey Business School offered for free and organized by CANSEE, Canadian-Serbian Business Association in cooperation with the Serbian Chamber of Commerce and the Canadian Embassy in Belgrade in the period from May 9-20 2016.  Schneider Electric...

The LEADER Project Serbia, a Canadian educational programme from Richard Ivey Business School officially started in Belgrade today on 9 of May 2016. This programme is offered by one of the top-ranked business schools in the world. It is implemented for the first time in Serbia from May 9 -20 2016 by CANSEE, the Canadian-Serbian Business Association, in cooperation with the Serbian Chamber of Commerce and the Canadian Embassy in Belgrade. Mirjana Dončić-Beaton, Executive Director of CANSEE, stressed...

For the first time in Serbia, and in cooperation with the Serbian Chamber of Commerce and the Canadian Embassy in Belgrade, CANSEE is organizing LEADER Project, an educational programme from Ivey Business School, which ranks as one of top Canadian business schools. The event is scheduled for May 9 – 20 2016.  The Canadian LEADER Project is an international educational programme, continuously implemented since 1991 and it is currently taking place in eight countries: Russia, Moldova, Ethiopia,...

Managing Director of CANSEE, Ms. Mirjana Dončić Beaton, along with four CANSEE Board of Directors: Justin van der Toorn, Director, Avala Resources, Christopher MacIntyre, Vice President Corporate Development, Reservoir Minerals Inc., Teo Dechev, CEO and President of Mundoro Capital Inc., Mike Maric, Director and Owner Tulcos Tech & Die., and the representative of the Canadian Embassy in Belgrade, Mrs. Đurđa Ćeramilac, Trade Commissioner at the Embassy of Canada in Belgrade, attended the...

CANSEE organized a visit to our PLATINUM Member “SOBOTEC” that has operations in Hamilton, Canada, as well as in Belgrade, Serbia. Sobotec Ltd. is a leader in the design, fabrication and installation of architectural wall systems, specializing in Metal Composite, Aluminium Plate and Phenolic Composite panel systems, founded in 1988, with the vision to produce a modern wall panel system like no other. Company owner, Mr. Vlad Sobot, organized detailed tour of their manufacturing premises...

Reservoir Minerals, one of the CANSEE Canadian-Serbian Business Association’s founding companies, was granted the Thayer Lindsley Award on March 7, 2016, during the PDAC2016 Awards Evening in Toronto, Canada, for Cukaru Peki Discover in Serbia. This award recognizes an individual or a team of explorers credited with a recent significant mineral discovery anywhere in the world which may prompt explorers to look for a new class of mineral deposit. The PDAC’s annual awards recognize and honour...

Open call for the LEADER project Serbia runs from March 4 to April 4 2016 CANSEE is pleased to announce an open call for participants for the LEADER Project Serbia 2016. The available space in this free-of-charge business course is limited to 25 participants. The Richard Ivey Business School from Canada has been organizing international LEADER Projects since 1991 and this course is currently held in seven countries around the world. Each course is a ten day MBA-styled workshop that is designed...

CANSEE Canadian Serbian Business Association and Serbian Chamber of Commerce signed an Agreement on Cooperation in the educational program "LEADER project," of the Canadian school Richard Ivey Business School, one of the top ranked business schools in Canada, which will be held from 9 to 20 May, 2016., in Belgrade.    „It is a ten-day intensive business training based on examples from the international practice, and the aim of CANSEE association, along with the partnership with Chamber...

January 28, 2016. – The Regular annual General Assembly of CANSEE members was held at the Embassy of Canada in Serbia, with more than 75% of members attending.  At the GA, CANSEE presented the financial report for 2015, the highlights of 2015 events, and the list of tentative activities for 2016.   The event was officially opened by the Canadian Ambassador to Serbia, H.E. Philip Pinnington, emphasizing his pleasure at the fact that the Embassy was in the position to support...