The Dutch-Serbian Business Association held its first meeting of the Board of Directors in 2020. and the second General Assembly to discuss plans for the coming year. The Ambassador of the Netherlands to the Serbia, r. Gilles Beschoor Plug, also attended the meeting. He recalled the importance of the Dutch business community in Serbia and wished everyone success in their future work. An exciting 2020 is awaits us! (more…)
Yesterday the Board of the Directors of the Dutch-Serbian Business Association held its fourth meeting and the last one for this year. We discussed our plans for the next year and enjoyed the hospitality of Biljana Bobic Subin and The HEINEKEN Company
Last week was very interesting: the Dutch trade mission was in Serbia! With a very tight schedule, we visited three regions important for the production of berries. The agriculture team of the embassy organized a trade mission in the soft fruit sector in Serbia. Eleven Dutch companies have participated and together with the embassy team they have visited different parts of Serbia. The program consisted out of a series of company visits, field trips and meetings. During the trade mission blueberry-, raspberry-and strawberry- fields have been the main focus. The outcomes are really positive and promise further development in this specific sector. Trade missions can provide a good insight into the opportunities of a promising market. Companies are given the chance to explore the possibilities of establishing new cooperation or…
On Monday, 04.11.2019, the Board of the Directors of the DSBA met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Mr. Stef Blok, and the Director General for European Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Anita van den Ende, who were accompanied by HE . Mr. Gilles Beschoor Plug, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Serbia, and Mr. Oliver Sharov, Senior Economic Advisor to the Embassy of the Netherlands in Serbia, who was one of the most responsible for the organization of this meeting. [gallery type="circle" columns="4" link="file" ids="884,883,882,881"]
We have a sad news to share with you. Our Board member, and one of the founders of DSBA, Cees Hilhorst has suddenly passed away on 23.08.2019. Cees was a dear friend of ours and he will be greatly missed. Bojan Lekovic, President of the Board, sent a condolence card to Cees’s family in behalf of the DSBA.
Members of 13 bilateral business associations present in Serbia, on May 23, 2019, held the third International Networking Cocktail at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. International Networking Cocktail was attended by companies from the Chamber of Italian-Serbian businessmen, French-Serbian Chamber of Commerce, German-Serbian Chamber of Commerce AHK, Slovenian Business Club, Croatian Business Club, Swiss-Serbian Chamber of Commerce, The Hellenic Economic Association of Serbia, the Dutch-Serbian Business Association, the Nordic Business Alliance, the CANSEE Canadian-Serbian Business Association, the Belgian-Serbian Business Association and the British-Serbian Chambers of commerce. [gallery type="circle" link="file" ids="576,577,578,579,580,581,582,583,584,585,586,587,588,589,590,591,592,593,594,595,596,597,598,599,600,601,602,603,604,605,606,607,608,609,610,611,612,613,614,615,616,617,618,619,620,621,622,623,624,625,626,627,628,629,630,631,632,633,634,635,636,637,638,639,640,641,642,643,644,645,646,647,648,649,650,651,652,653,654,655,656,657,658,659,660,661,662,663,664,665,666,667,668,669,670,671,672,673,674,675,676,677,678,679,680,681,682,683,684,685,686,687,688,689,690,691,692,693,694,695,696,697,698,699,700,701,702,703,704,705,706,707,708,709,710,711,712,713,714,715,716,717,718,719,720,721,722,723,724,725,726,727,728,729,730,731,732,733,734,735,736,737,738,739,740,741,742,743,744,745,746"]
On 19.06.2018., Mr. Bojan Leković, Founder/CEO of KupujemProdajem.com, Mr. Tom de Boer, owner of Todebo, Mr. Cees Hilhorst, owner of S-Biom, and Mr. Djordje Petrovic, owner of Companies Connected, with the support of the Dutch embassy in Serbia, founded Dutch-Serbian Business Association. The aim of the Dutch-Serbian Business Association is to ensure that Dutch firms in Serbia have a platform through which their significant presence in the Serbian economy can be translated into an even greater impact on the market.