PLATO SRBIJA

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PLATO SRBIJA

• Conclusion on phase 1 factfinding

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Overview Presentation

• Key Players
• Timing and Milestones
• Activities
• Phase related
• Overall (communication,)
• Finances
• Agreements on project management
• Communication
• Reporting

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Key players Mentorshipproject
Mentors
entrepreneurs
Chamber of Commerce
Other socio-economic partners and experts
Mentorcompanies
S(M)MEs
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Chambers of Commerce

• Impression
• Professional
• Mobilizing strength!
• Questions
• Maintain and pay attention to the good balance
  between national and regional chamber
• Coordinators
• Bear in mind communication with Flemish
  coordinators and trainers in English!
• Embedded and supported by their own organisation

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Mayor companies and mentors

• Impression
• Interesting profiles! US Steel, Hemofarm,
  Agroseme,
• Questions
• Which companies confirmed participation?
• Language skills mentors in function of
  cooperation with Flemish coordinator and trainer!
• Which mentor should a company select out of their
  managers?

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Small and Medium Sized Companies

• Impression
• Interesting profiles with knowledge and expertise
  of themselves! E.g. Selma
• Questions
• Expected recruitment? Difficult or Easy?
• Restrictions within one group
• Overall sessions
• Consultants/Banks/

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Stakeholders

• Government
• National
• Local
• Activities synergy
• Involvement in project for later subsidies
• Experts
• Role of the experts
• Banks quid KBC

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The Plato Concept
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Overview Presentation

• Key Players
• Timing and Milestones
• Activities
• Phase related
• Overall (communication,)
• Finances
• Agreements on project management
• Communication
• Reporting

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10 steps to implement Plato

• 2009
• Fact finding in Serbia
• TB for Plato Coordinators in Flanders
• Selection of Mentor companies in Serbia
• TB for Mentor companies in Flanders
• Selection of SMEs in Serbia
• Creation of the Plato groups in Serbia
• TB for SMEs in Serbia
• 2010
• Monthly sessions in Serbia
• Closure happening in Serbia and start 2nd cycle

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Is proposed project timing ok?

• Factfinding mission February 2009
• Coordinator visit 24-27/03/2009
• Mentor recruitment March-June 2009
• Mentor Coordinator teambuilding 2-5/6/2009
• SME recruitment April- September 2009
• SME teambuilding September or October 2009?
• Correlation with business mission from Belgium
• Start of the project October or November 2009

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PLATO Srbija

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Overview Presentation

• Key Players
• Timing and Milestones
• Activities
• Phase related
• Overall (communication,)
• Finances
• Agreements on project management
• Communication
• Reporting

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Beyond Plato

• Economic missions to Serbia synergy 16/10/09
• Economic seminars on trade partner countries
• Links with education centers
• Plato as a tool to stimulate SME development in
  other regions in Serbia

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Overview Presentation

• Key Players
• Timing and Milestones
• Activities
• Phase related
• Overall (communication,)
• Finances
• Agreements on project management
• Communication
• Reporting

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PLATO Financial - overview
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Overview Presentation

• Key Players
• Timing and Milestones
• Activities
• Phase related
• Overall (communication,)
• Finances
• Agreements on project management
• Communication
• Reporting

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Project Management

• Internal communication
• Internationally key role for coordinator Serbian
  CCI -gt e-mailing in cc
• Nationally idem dito
• Reporting on monthly and half year basis
• Financially documents via coordinator Serbian
  CCI
• Content idem dito

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Thank you for your attention

• Contact
• Wim Keygnaert Stefan Derluyn
• Project Coordinator Manager
  International Dept
• wim.keygnaert_at_voka.be stefan.derluyn_at_voka.be32-
  9-2661451 32-9-2661446