DANUB.IT Conference

20.10.2011. Novi Sad

OCS concept, functionalities and

the future activities

What is OCS

- Platform – groups Serbian ITO companies, foreign project providers and experienced IT experts and young engineers

- System – identification and classification, mach-making, networking

- Tool – cooperation and collaboration on projects (commercial, R&D, EU funded), sharing resources, knowledge sharing, marketing and promotion, HR development

- Hub – connecting all stakeholders

- Funded by the European Union under IPA 2007 until March 2013

How OCS worksUse it as: - OCS Company- Project Provider- ICT/engineering professional or student

OCS company can:- Search for new business opportunities and market leads- Post the project for which it need additional resources and/or expertise from other OCS companies- Apply for a posted project, either alone or as a member of project consortia of multiple OCS Companies. - Search the HR database in order to identify new possible employees- Be informed on all news related to activities of OCS- Share information and communicate with other OCS Companies

How OCS works

Project provider can be:- OCS Company itself- OCT team - Reseller / Consulting company- Direct Client – ordering company

ICT/engineering professionals and students post their skills in:- IT- Telecommunications- Energy- Electronics/Embedded- Mechanical engineering- Architecture- Civil engineering

OCS - trainings and events

- Increasing the business capacities of OCS member companies

- Training topics: foreign outsourcing markets and business opportunities, legal issues, marketing and promotion, sales, outsourcing possibilities, modern project management methods and resource sharing.

- 16 training sessions, 320 people trained in next two years

- Promotion on the biggest ICT events

- Better insight into Serbia’s IT outsourcing market for foreign companies and investors

- Presenting a unified and trusted face to potential partners

Why OCS

- Enhancing cooperation among IT outsourcing companies

- Increasing competitiveness and capacities

- Increasing and sharing resources

- Scaling for larger operations

- Generating new businesses

- Access to larger external projects

- Increasing marketing and promotion

Why OCS

- Increased access to educational workshops

- HR capacity building

- Keep talent in Serbia

- Increase global competitiveness of the Serbia IT sector

- Increase in value of IT outsourcing services

- Increase in the number of EU funded projects

- Impact on general export capacities of the country

Why project provider

- Get project realization offer from the best ITO companies from Serbia

- Each specific task of your project to be developed by the company specialized for that specific field

- Possibility of large projects execution - Get the best possible solution in accordance to requirements

- New resources always available

- Guaranteed references

Why OCS company

- Jointly bid for larger external projects through the OCS platform

- Gain access to top talent through the CV database

- Drastically increase your marketing and promotion (through networking and joint marketing activities)

- Increase your business capacities and competitiveness through training sessions and educational workshops organized by OCS

- Be represented and promoted as a part of one large organization

- Be part of the biggest knowledge sharing hub

Thank you for your attention!

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