CCI of Slovenia

• Independent, professional organisation of Slovenian enterprises, exc. craft, agr. & for.• Based on the public law - mandatory

membership• 57.000 members• 13 regional chambers• 26 sectorial associations• Numerous professional departments

Maribor CCI /CCI of Slovenia

• Represent member companies and look after their vital interests

• Provide expert information and professional support

• Serve the community by performing other tasks entrusted to it by government

Maribor CCI Members

• Total number: 8037 members in region

• 3064 self employed

• 4973 companies (3000 active)

• 14 % of all CCI members in Slovenia

MCCI-Members’ Structure

Large Medium

Small

Structure by size

3 % 7 % 90 %

Share by Income

63.9 % 18.8 % 17.3 %

Share by Number of Employes

60.1 %

20.0 %

19.9 %

Maribor CCI Services

• General advice to entrepreneurs, esp. SMEs• International contacts, foreign trade and customs

regulation in Slovenia and other countries (advice and events-cooperation meetings, information days)

• Education & training for adults (e-business, start-up business)

• Projects: as project holder/leading partner or partner (Phare, Phare CBC, Interreg, Leonardo, national programmes)

Maribor CCI Projects Phare CBC

• Infocentre IBC / Information Centre for International Business Cooperation (1995, 1996, 1997)

Awareness raising on EU issues

Support to SMEs in doing business with Austrian Partners

Maribor CCI Projects Phare CBC

Infocentre IBC Activities:• Folders – promoting the new chamber service• Weekly adverts in regional newspaper• Information days (11 per year /7 years !!)• Cooperation meetings• Participation at Automn fair in Graz in 1997• Supply of equipment – PC and some furniture

Maribor CCI Projectsin Partnership

• Development Actions inMaribor Region 1996/97 (Phare, in partnership with MDA)

Upgrading of chamber services, train the trainer seminar for SME consultants

• Entrepreneurial Academy (Interreg 1998 in partnership with BIT Schulungszentrum/A)

Trainings for SME consultants and trainers

Maribor CCI ProjectsPhare CBC

Emerging EU – Phare 2000 - CBC

Single Market Readiness for Slovenian SMEs

• Consultants for SMEs (workshops and on the job training)

• SMEs (workshops and consulting)

• Handbook for Single Market Readiness self-evaluation

Maribor CCI Projectsin Partnership

• Wellness – Interreg – Trilateral (A-SI-H), new professions in spa tourism

• Valeurtech – Leonardo – (France +7 countries) international placements for superior technicians

• ECOPROFIT – Interreg Austria/Slovenia

• New invitations to partnership in 2002

AC MariborSuppliers of Automotive IndustryPartners

• MDA – Maribor Development Agency

• MCCI – Maribor Chamber of Commerce and Industry

and Consulting Companies

• Agiplan Austria

• Avantage d.o.o. Slovenia

AC MariborSuppliers of Automotive IndustryActivities achieved since 1997:

May 97

- first discussion on the project Automotive Cluster in Podravje Region

June – September 97 - questionnaires, data collecting & processing

29 October 1997

- WS Automotive Industry in Podravje Region

AC MariborSuppliers of Automotive IndustryJune - October 98- visiting companies, presentation of the

project, SWOT AnalysisNovember – December 98- preparatory activities for co-operation

meetings (questionaires etc)- Presentation under Catalogues of suppliers

on www.gzs.si - CCI Slovenia

AC MariborSuppliers of Automotive IndustryPlanned Activities

October – November 2002

Presentation on internet – Maribor/regional

November 20002

Organization of Co-operation Meeting with AC Styria