CCC SIPPO Planning Meeting Serbia

Country Coordination Committee: Derek George, Deputy Head of Cooperation, Embassy of Switzerland, Swiss Cooperation Office in Serbia; Jelena Pavlovic , National Programme Officer, Embassy of Switzerland, Swiss Cooperation Office in Serbia; Zora Wilkinson, SECO Bern, Programme Manager; Dragica Tomcic, Economic Attaché, Embassy of Switzerland to Republic of Serbia and to Montenegro; Martin Dietschi, Director Eastern Europe, Swisscontact; Franziska Eggimann, SIPPO Head of Operations; Natalija Puntevska, SIPPO Regional Representative, Ljiljana Ršumović, SIPPO Country Representative Serbia

Date: 16. November 2021

Place: Hybrid event: Serbian Chamber of Commerce, Room 2, Ground Floor, Resavska 13, Belgrade

For the participants from Bern link for joining online will be provided the day before the event

11:00 – 11:10 Welcome and introduction of the daily agenda, Natalija Puntevska, Regional Representative

11:10 – 12:00 SIPPO Phase 2 – SIPPO Serbia Country Strategy 2021 – 2025, Main strategic orientations under SIPPO Serbia Country strategy; Planned Interventions with the BSOs, Ljiljana Rsumovic, SIPPO Country Representative

12:00 – 12:10 Introduction of SIPPO Phase 2, Franziska Eggimann, SIPPO Head of Operations

12:10 – 12:20 Strategic Cooperation with the Development Agency of Serbia (RAS) – Support of the Development Agency of Serbia in the implemented activities from 2017 to 2021 and planned support for 2022, Ms. Ana Žegarac, Development Agency of Serbia

12:20 – 12:30 SIPPO – Serbian Chamber of Commerce (SCC) results from 2017-2021 and Planning for 2022 in the Natural Ingredients (NI) sector, Moderation: Ljiljana Rsumovic, SIPPO Country Representative

Short overview on the strategic changes in export promotion achieved from 2017 to 2021, Mr. Dimitrije Ivanovic, Head of Department Organic Production Centre, SCC

Planning for 2022, Mr. Ivan Lazic – Senior Advisor Organic Production Centre, SCC

12:30 – 12:45 Coffee break

12:45 – 13:00 SIPPO – Serbian Chamber of Commerce (SCC) results from 2017-2021 and Planning for 2022 in the Value- Added Textile (VT) sector, Moderation: Ljiljana Rsumovic, SIPPO Country Representative

Short overview on the strategic changes in export promotion achieved from 2017 to 2021, Bojana Lalovic, Independent Advisor, Centre for Organization of Fairs, Exhibitions and Events, SCC

Results achieved in challenging 2021: Planning for 2022, Mr. Nemanja Jovanovic, Advisor, SCC

13:00 – 13:10 SIPPO – FACTS results from 2017-2021 and Planning for 2022 in the Value- Added Textile (VT) sector, Moderation: Ljiljana Rsumovic, SIPPO Country Representative

Short overview on the strategic changes in export promotion achieved from 2017 to 2021: Planning for 2022, Ms. Sladjana Milojevic, Manager, Serbian Fashion Apparel Cluster

13:10 – 13:20 SIPPO – Serbian Chamber of Commerce (SCC) results from 2017-2021 and Planning for 2022 in the Technical Wood (TW) sector, Moderation: Ljiljana Rsumovic, SIPPO Country Representative

Short overview on the strategic changes in export promotion achieved from 2017 to 2021: Planning for 2022, Ms. Natasa Govedarica, Secretary, Wood processing industry, SCC

13:20 -13:30 Coffee break and snacks

13:30 -14:00 Discussion and Conclusion

Closing remarks and next steps CCC members only