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An established institution in Belgrade, the Economic Summit has
been organized annually since 2001. The Summit is an annual review
of Serbias political, economic and business developments, while it
provides an analysis of the countrys role within the region as well as
with the European Union.
The Summit is an excellent communication forum among Serbian and
international decision-makers, business leaders and experts. More
than 50 speakers and 400 participants attend the event every year
gaining the opportunity to learn more about the economic policies of
the government, and meet counterparts from Serbia and abroad.
Local, regional and international business leaders and decision-
makers, as well as representatives of the press, consider the event
an annual milestone and a primary meeting point between companies
and individuals.
The 15th Economic Summit of the Republic of Serbia will take
place at the Metropol Palace Hotel in Belgrade, on
Monday-Tuesday, June 8-9, 2015, and will present and
discuss all significant topics related to current political and
economic developments of the country.
Key Moments of the Economic Summit
2001 The 1st Economic Summit of the Union of Serbia & Montenegro is opened by the
President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Vojislav Kostunica. The Official Dinner is
addressed by the late Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia, Zoran Djindjic.
2002 The President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Vojislav Kostunica, opens the 2nd
Summit together with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden, Carl Bildt.
2003 The Prime Minister of Montenegro, Milo Djukanovic, opens the proceeding of the 3rd
Summit together with the Governor of the National Bank of Serbia, Mladjan Dinkic, and the
President of the Central Bank of Montenegro, Ljubisa Krgovic.
2004 The opening speech of the President of the State Union of Serbia & Montenegro,
Svetozar Marovic, is followed by the keynote speeches of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the
State Union of Serbia & Montenegro, Vuk Draskovic, the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic
of Serbia, Miroljub Labus, and the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Montenegro,
Miroslav Ivanisevic.
2005 The President of the Republic of Serbia, Boris Tadic, the Prime Minister of Montenegro,
Milo Djukanovic, the Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia, Miroljub Labus, the Minister of Foreign
Affairs of the Union of Serbia & Montenegro, Vuk Draskovic, and the Minister of Defense of the
Union of Serbia & Montenegro, Prvoslav Davinic, open the proceedings of the 5th Summit.
2006 The Prime Minister of Serbia, Vojislav Kostunica, and the Prime Minister of Montenegro,
Milo Djukanovic, open the proceedings of the 6th Summit. Following their opening speeches,
Ambassador Miroslav Lajcak, Personal Representative of EU Secretary-General of the Council
and High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy addresses the event.
2007 The Conference is opened by the Minister of Economy & Regional Development of the
Republic of Serbia, Mladjan Dinkic. His opening speech is followed by the keynote address of
the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia, Vuk Jeremic. The Official Dinner is
addressed by the Governor of the National Bank of Serbia, Radovan Jelasic.
2008 The 8th Summit is opened by the First Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of the Interior
of the Republic of Serbia, Ivica Dacic, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy &
Regional Development, Mladjan Dinkic, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of
Serbia, Vuk Jeremic. The Official Lunch is addressed by the Prime Minister of the Republika
Srpska, Milorad Dodik.
2009 The Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia, Mirko Cvetkovic,
opens the proceedings of the 9th Summit together with the First
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior of the Republic of
Serbia, Ivica Dacic, the Deputy Prime Minister EU Integration &
Minister of Science, Technological Development of the Republic of
Serbia, Bozidar Djelic, and the President of AP of Vojvodina, Bojan
Pajtic. The Official Dinner is addressed by the Minister of Trade &
Services of the Republic of Serbia, Slobodan Milosavljevic.
2010 The Summit celebrates 10 years and is opened by the First
Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Interior of the Republic of Serbia,
Ivica Dacic, the Deputy Prime Minister EU Integration & Minister of
Science, Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia,
Bozidar Djelic, and the President of AP of Vojvodina, Bojan Pajtic.
2011 The First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior of the
Republic of Serbia, Ivica Dacic, opens the 11th Summit, and is
followed by speeches of the State Secretary for European and
International Affairs of Austria, Wolfgang Waldner, and the Minister
of Foreign Trade & Economic Relations of Bosnia & Herzegovina,
Mladen Zirojevic.
2012 - The 12th Summit is addressed by the Prime Minister & Minister
of Interior of the Republic of Serbia, Ivica Dacic, followed by the
speeches of the Minister of Finance & Economy of the Republic of
Serbia, Mladjan Dinkic, the Group COO of Eurobank, Stavros Ioannou
and by the President of Foreign Investors Council, Costin Borc.
2013 - The Prime Minister & Minister of Interior of the Republic of
Serbia, Ivica Dacic, opens the proceedings of the 13th Summit, while
keynote speeches are addressed by Milorad Dodik, President of the
Republic of Srpska, Sasa Radulovic, Minister of Economy of the
Republic of Serbia and Frederic Coin, President of the Foreign
Investors Council. The Official Dinner is addressed by the Economic
Advisor to former Greek Prime Minister, Professor Gikas Hardouvelis.
2014 The 14th Summit opens with a Leaders breakfast, where key
Leaders discuss how the wounds from the horrible floods in Serbia can
be healed. The main session is addressed by the First Deputy Prime
Minister & Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ivica Dacic, followed by the
Minister of Labor, Employment and Social Issues, Aleksandar Vulin,
the Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council, Goran
Svilanovic and the President of the Foreign Investors Council,
Frederic Coin.
Key Moments of the Economic Summit
Key Moments of the Economic Summit
Speakers of the Economic Summit Indicative List of Speakers, who have honoured with their presence the
Summit. Speakers are listed in alphabetical order, and with their title at the time of the Summit:
Geoffrey Barrett, Head of Delegation, European
Commission in Serbia
Andras Beikos, Head of Office - Western Balkans,
European Investment Bank, Serbia
Carl Bildt, Former Prime Minister of Sweden
Nenad Bogdanovic-late, Mayor of Belgrade
Loup Brefort, Representative, World Bank Serbia
Dr. Erhard Busek, Special Coordinator of the Stability
Pact for South Eastern Europe
Dr. Joshua Charap, Resident Representative for
Yugoslavia, International Monetary Fund
Nebojsa Ciri, Minister of Economy and Regional
Development of Serbia
Mirko Cvetkovic, Prime Minister of Serbia
Ali Riza Colak, Ambassador of Turkey in Serbia
Ivica Dacic, Prime Minister of Serbia
Michael Davenport, Head, European Union in Serbia
Mladjan Dinkic, Minister of Finance of Serbia
Dragan Djilas, Mayor, City of Belgrade
Zoran Djindjic - late Prime Minister of Serbia
Bozidar Djelic, Deputy Prime Minister for European
Integration of Serbia
Milo Djukanovic, Prime Minister of Montenegro
Milorad Dodic, Prime Minister of Republic of Srpska
Vuk Draskovic, Minister of Foreign Affairs, State Union
Serbia-Montenegro
Wolfgang Duchatczek, Vice Governor, Oesterreichische Nationalbank
Dr. Charles R. Frank Jr., former Vice President,
European Bank of Reconstruction and Development
Hildegard Gacek, Director for Serbia, European Bank
for Reconstruction & Development
Professor Vladimir Gligorov, Staff Economist, The
Vienna Institute for International Economic
Branimir Gvozdenovic, Deputy Prime Minister for
Economic Policy and Development, Republic of
Montenegro
Gikas Hardouvelis, Minister of Finance of Greece
Radovan Jelasic, Governor, National Bank of Serbia
Vuk Jeremic, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia
Wei Jinghua, Ambassador of the Peoples Republic of
China in the Republic of Serbia
Jadranka Joksimovic, Minister in charge of EU
integration, Republic of Serbia
Jelko Kacin, Member of the European Parliament
Verica Kalanovic, Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia
Daehaeng Kim, Resident Representative, IMF
Gerald Knaus, European Stability Initiative (ESI)
Chairman and Open Society Fellow
Alexander Konuzin, Russian Ambassador in Serbia
Dimitris Kypraios, Ambassador, Head of Mission,
Organization for Security & Cooperation in Europe
Dr. Vojislav Kostunica, Prime Minister of Serbia
Miroljub Labus, Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia
Ambassador Miroslav Lajcak, Personal
Representative of EU Secretary-General of the
Council and High Representative for the Common
Foreign and Security Policy, Javier Solana, to
facilitate Montenegrin dialogue
Dusko Lopandic, Ambassador, Assistant Minister for
EU Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Serbia
Wolfram Maas, German Ambassador to Serbia
Nengcha Lhouvum Mukhopadhaya, Ambassador of
India to Serbia
Cameron Munter, US Ambassador to Serbia
Bojan Pajtic, President of AP Vojvodina Government
Dragisa Pesic, Prime Minister, Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia
Michael Polt, U.S. Ambassador to the State Union
Serbia-Montenegro
Dejan Soskic, Governor, National Bank of Serbia
Goran Svilanovic, Secretary General of the Regional
Cooperation Council
Boris Tadic, President of the Republic of Serbia
Mr. Jean-Francois Terral, French Ambassador to the
Republic of Serbia
Dusan Vujovic, Minister of Economy of Serbia
Wolfgang Waldner, State Secretary for European and
Intl Affairs, Republic of Austria
Mary Burce Warlick, US Ambassador to Serbia
A glance at the 14th Economic Summit
The last Summit of the Republic of Serbia was organized in June
2014 at the Metropol Palace Hotel in Belgrade, with the
participation of the countrys First Deputy Prime Minister and
Minister of Foreign Affairs, H.E Ivica Dacic, the Minister of Labor,
Employment and Veteran and Social Issues, H.E. Aleksandar Vulin
and other senior members of the Serbian Government.
An official reception was held at the Town Hall of Belgrade, with the participation of distinguished members of the Greek and
Serbian communities.
During the 14th Economic Summit significant issues for Serbia
were raised and analyzed, such as:
The Flood recovery
plan
The Framework of the
new Economic Reforms
(EU Status Report)
Achieving economic
Growth through
Macroeconomic
Stability
Data Driven Innovation
a source of growth
The National Plan to
Regenerate the
Economy
The Financial Sector
Challenges in
supporting Serbias
Economic Growth
The need for Serbia to
urgently attract
Foreign Direct
Investment
The Major
Developmental Projects
A glance at the 14th Economic Summit
There has been massive
coverage from regional
and international media
for every event for all the
past 14 years!
Here are some headlines
from last years Economic
Summit:
Media Coverage of the 14th Economic Summit
Media Coverage of the Summit
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