Aleksandra Hristov

Constantza Port Day was held 20 September 2012 in Novi Sad, this being its sixth edition in Serbia. It is the second year that this event is organized in Novi Sad. Last year’s success and the interest shown by the partners from this region determined the return of the event to the port on the Danube.

Over 200 representatives of the companies operating in transports and logistics in Serbia, local authorities, delegates from ports on the Danube came to Master Congress Center to meet the representatives of Constantza Port, being interested in business opportunities, in extending and consolidating the commercial relations. Already a tradition in Serbia, the event also captured the attention of businessmen from neighboring countries, such as Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria, Hungary, Germany and Switzerland.

This event  was addressed by:
Nemanja Vukcevic, representative of the Novi Sad Local Council; Dragos Ispas,  The representative of the Romanian Embassy in Belgrade;  George Visan, commercial director of NC Maritime Ports Administration SA Constantza;  Daniel Georgescu, general manager of the Administration of Navigable Canals, Ivana Umeljic, deputy director of Uniqa insurance company  and  Manfried Seitz, General Secretary, Pro Danube International, Austria.

Ivana Umeljic, deputy director of Uniqa insurance company, stated: “It is a great pleasure for us that the company Uniqa backed and participated in the event Constantza Port Day in Novi Sad. Among the permanent activities of the Uniqa Transport Insurance Center are communication and cooperation with foreign trade companies, transport organizers, shipping agents and other participants in the traffic of goods in the reaffirmation of needs and importance of the insurance of goods in transport. Constantza Port Day was an excellent opportunity for us to introduce participants in the traffic of goods to the insurance of goods in transport as the only way to protect the interests of the owner of goods.”

The business relationships that were initiated and developed during the six editions of Constantza Port Day in Serbia show that this event is a very important support for building strong partnerships with concrete effects on the turnover of the Romanian and Serbian companies, many contracts being the result of the meetings facilitated by this event.

– I am very satisfied with the fact that this year’s event attracted even bigger number of companies than last year because that confirms a growing interest of businessmen in cooperation with Constantza Port. As in previous years, we now expect some concrete deals to be concluded between our port operators and partners from Serbia and the region – said Vladan Misic, representative of Constantza Port in Serbia.

On Friday, 20th April association of management consultants of Serbia ( upks – Udruzenje poslovnih konsultanata) was awarded a certificate confirming the membership of the international council of management consultants institutes (ICMCI).

Becoming a 51st ICMCI member, our association received a certificate for the development of consalting industry and for commitment, respect and promotion of the highest internationally recognized standards in the field of management consulting.  ICMCI organization brings together the most prominent association of business consultants around the world. ICMCI also issues CMC certificates which are the only internationally recognized brand designed for individual business advisers. UPKS from its inception 2009th year, up to now achieved significant results in this field, mainly through the implementation of CMC certification. Because of the insistence on high professional standards, UPKS is recognized as a partner of the ICMCI, so at the January 2013th our association will begin its own program of certification of individual business associates.

Later that day there was a UPKS assembly election and i was elected as president of UPKS assembly for the two year mandate (2012-2014).

How to communicate with stakeholders is name of the workshop i held on Tuesday, 23rd April. Like my last one training, this one was organized by CEED center for entrepreneurship and executive development too, as a part of top class plus program and it was held in Belgrade chamber of commerce.

I met my students again, successful young people, top managers of leading Serbian companies hoping that we will have a great time together, at least half as good as on our last training. We were very productive and interactive again – we performed practical exercises, discussed with every participant about his own company and his or her own stakeholders. I did my best to cover all the essential issues about this subject – term of stakeholder, and answer to questions: who may be stakeholder, mutual influence of company and stakeholders, how to influence our target audience, how to communicate with them and how to treat them. I paid a lot of attention on credibility and the relationship between confidence and competence.

My students (i like to call them so) were amazed how complex this issue is and about the value of knowledge who can take the role of stakeholder. At the end of workshop i gave them practical instructions and tools for successful communication with target audiences. Just like last time, to my great pleasure, my expectations were accomplished and i got excellent marks for my training.

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Our Association of Management Consultants of Serbia (UPKS – Udruženje Poslovnih Konsultanata Srbije) held trainers, mentors and assessors training for the first CMC (Certified Management Consultant) certification program in Serbia from January 24-28. The training was prepared according to ICMCI The International Council of Management Consulting Institutes standards and requirements and performed by Association of Management Consultants of Croatia (UPS Hrvatske – Udruga poslovnih savjetnika Hrvatske).

In Belgrade City Hall on January 26th 2012 Belgrade weekly magazine NIN awarded its famous NIN Award for the best Serbian novel for 2012. Slobodan Tisma writer from Novi Sad was awarded for his novel “Bernardi’s room”. He was successful poet, writer, and rock musician leading rock groups Luna and La Strada.

Photo by
Zeljko Safar

I have congratulated the author and also to the editor in chief of NIN magazine Nebojsa Spajic for 56th yearly award ceremony.

Great respect for my dear friend and editor in chief of Status magazine Slavisa Lekic, for him and his team who were able, even under hard conditions for media, to celebrate their 10th award ceremony. Status is serious political magazine, and on 23 of January they awarded the best photographers in gallery Ozon. The person of the year is the tenis player Novak Djokovic, the best TV face is Olja Beckovic, and the best journalist Ljubica Gojgic. The first prize for photography went to Marko Djuric from Blic, for Photo series “No Paseran”.

Photo by
Petar Marković

Innovation TRESAC, at national „Best technological innovation in Serbia” competition, for 2011 in category realized innovation, won 5th prize out of 200 competitors. This competition was, for the 7th year, organized by Republic of Serbia Ministry of Education and Sports, supported by Serbian Chambers of Commerce, Technical Faculty in Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia Intellectual Property Bureau and national television RTS. Innovation TRESAC has application in shaking various fruit (sour cherries, plums, olives, walnuts). It is constructed as independent mechanism which is connected to agricultural tractor. The key new features of this innovation are root protection, crane approach, precision and quality of picking. This machine could pick 1000 trees per hour, or effect of 200 workers. It creates 3000 Eur savings per day, which means the total price of 13000 Eur is paid off in 5 days. Until now, 50 TRESAC machines were sold in Serbia and abroad. Existing solutions needed special conditions for work, 5 times are heavier, 6 times bigger and 6-7 times more expensive. I was the coordinator of the TRESAC team, and the members were Nera Legac, Marija i Julija Pavlović.

Together with Business Knowledge consulting company we have performed customer service training for KOGO Lounge Bar. Located next to Grand Casino Belgrade at Hotel Jugoslavia, on the Danube river, KOGO is not only a great place for partying, good food and night life, but a great place for business training.

We plan to organize public (open) business training events here. So far most of the business public training in Serbia has been organized inside, in dark and plain spaces. We believe training location must be stimulative for mind, body and spirit. Learning doesn’t have to be boring to be successful.

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On September 1st we held the Second Annual Assembly of UPKS (Association of Management Consultants of Serbia). The most important event was the CMC (Certified Management Consultant) certification award ceremony. Eight consultants were awarded certificates: Gordana Matovic, Sanja Nikolin, Andrija Gencel, Aleksandar Ostojic, Miroslav Jelicic, Aleksandra Hristov, Miodrag Kostic, Daniel Tavcioski.

In the article published in Econometar magazine (www.nirapress.com) I told the journalist who interviewed me about the Association of Management Consultants of Serbia (UPKS  www.amcserbia.rs ), and the CMC certification program in Serbia which goal is to help local consultants become more competitive. CMC (Certified Management Consultant) is the sign of international standard of quality for individual business consultants and is implemented by ICMCI (The International Council of Management Consulting Institutes www.icmci.org) methodology. CMC is given to these management consultants who satisfy high standards of knowledge, experience, competence and professionalism and is recognized in 50 countries.

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