Investing in countries of the Stability Pact for SE Europe is becoming increasingly popular among enterprises, participants of a round table held in Celje have stressed.
According to head of the Public Entrepreneurship and Foreign Investment Agency, Vili Hribernik, it is not only Slovenian companies that are rushing to invest, but also companies from the rest of the region.
Hribernik said that Slovenia was bold in being among the first to begin investing in countries of the Stability Pact. Moreover, he claimed the government was working on improving conditions for investment in these countries.
"Challenges and opportunities or problems - this is no longer the question. Our main motive should be to create a truly competitive global economy," he told the opening of a two-day round table on the financing of small and medium-sized companies, with focus on investing in countries of the Stability Pact for SE Europe.
Alenka Marovt of the Economics Ministry pointed out that countries of the former Yugoslavia are big trading and investment partners for Slovenia. She stressed that Slovenia accounts for 52% of all investment in Croatia, for example.
Another Economics Ministry official stressed that a special challenge for Slovenian companies was being part of the privatisation in these countries. However, Tatjana Bruncek Jovicevic stressed that the high risks involved still means that Slovenian investments are not as great as they could be.
Meanwhile, Andreja Jaklic of the Ljubljana Faculty of Social Sciences said that around 2.4% of Slovenian companies have invested in SE Europe. Slovenian companies have an advantage over other foreign companies in that they are familiar with the SE European markets and have good local connections, she pointed out.
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