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Online Business Forum and b2b meetings with the diaspora in the field of agriculture and food production

The project "Diaspora for Development", which is a project of the Ministry of Human Rights and Refugees of BiH and the Government of Switzerland, in partnership with UNDP BiH and IOM BiH, in cooperation with Sarajevo Regional Development Agency SERDA and partner municipalities, organizes online Business Forum for BiH diaspora, local communities, BiH entrepreneurs and associations in the field of agriculture and food production.

The Business Forum aims to present the potential for investment of the BiH diaspora in agriculture and food production, present success stories of previous investors, and through individual b2b meetings support the local community and BiH entrepreneurs in finding their potential investors and business partners from the BiH diaspora.

The Business Forum will be held online on May 19, starting at 10 am. To participate you need to register through this web platform.

The complete content of the Business Forum (conference part and b2b individual meetings) will be held also through the mentioned platform and all you need is a computer or laptop (with camera and microphone).

To participate in individual b2b meetings, the platform allows you to easily create your profile, describe the investment project and / or idea, search the profiles of other registered participants, and schedule meetings with potential partners in BiH and the BiH diaspora.

Individual meetings last 30 minutes, and you can choose the time of their holding in the available dates on the platform itself, when you register.

Forum topics

  • Agriculture
  • Food production and processing
  • Food safety
  • Packing
  • Eco - production
  • Mechanization and equipment in agriculture, food production and processing
  • IT solutions in agriculture, food production and processing

Advantages of participating in the Business Forum

  • Networking (online b2b meetings with representatives of the BiH diaspora, local communities, BiH companies, associations)
  • Presentation of ideas / initiatives / projects / potentials for investment, export of products and services, generation of new jobs, joint investments, public-private partnership, etc.
  • An overview of successful investment stories of the BiH diaspora in BiH.

The organizers emphasize that registration on the Forum is free, and that Bosnian will be used as the official language of the Forum.

You can register online, create a business profile and book b2b meetings no later than May 18.

For additional information and assistance during registration, contact the respected representative of SERDa, Ms. Aida Džamalija Duran via e-mail aida [at] serda.ba, or by calling +387 33 641 520.

Agenda

10:00 - 10:20 Welcome speech

- Representative of the Ministry of Human Rights and Refugees of Bosnia and Herzegovina

- Representative of the Swiss Embassy in Bosnia and Herzegovina

- UNDP representative

- Dr. Ševkija Okerić, Director of the Sarajevo Regional Development Agency SERDA

10:20 - 10: 40h Potentials of investing in agriculture and food production and opportunities for engagement of the BiH diaspora

- Mrs. Nina Pobrić, Head of the Investment Promotion Department of the Agency for the Promotion of Foreign Investments in Bosnia and Herzegovina (FIPA)

- Mr. Edin Hozan, Mayor of Jajce

10:40 - 11: 00h Discussion of participants, questions and answers

11:00 - 11: 30h Investments of the BiH Diaspora in Agriculture and Food Production - Success Stories and Networking Support Initiatives

mr. Sulejman Selimović, director of the company Voćar Piramida, representative of the BiH diaspora

mr. Ahmed Spahić, President of the Board of the Pangea Network, Germany, representative of the BiH Diaspora

mr. Nikola Burić, Executive Director of the i-Diaspora, Switzerland, representative of the BiH Diaspora

11:30 - 11: 50h Discussion of participants, questions and answers

11:50 - 12:00 Break

12:00 - 16:00 Individual B2B meetings (via the platform https://agro-food-d4d.b2match.io/)

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