For Serbia, December 2009 Columbus AcadiMake Group – Serbia thinking & making

1. For Serbia, December 2009 Columbus AcadiMake Group – Serbia thinking & making With companies – for companies: creating new markets worldwide

2. Agenda Columbus Vision Serbia Promoting networks Columbus AcadiMake Group - Serbia

3. The Columbus idea Student run organization dedicated to promoting corporate social responsibility (CSR) Promotion, design, and active participation in sustainable and efficient new ways of investing Focus regions: Arabia, Southern Africa, Southern Asia, Southeast Europe, and Central Asia COLUMBUS Focus countries 2010: Angola, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Libya, and Serbia Practice-orientated R&D in cooperation with the leading nationally acclaimed organizations Development of an international network of the most important people, companies, and organizations

4. With companies – for companies • … for companies • networking • consulting • new platform for business: Columbus Symposium • With companies… • build on existing networks • exchange of experiences • build up new business branches

5. Creating New Standards It is our proclaimed goal to encourage sustainable and efficient ecological, economical, and social growth and to eventually realize it together with strong partners Sustainability Social Responsibility International Cooperation

6. Columbus Strategy Project developement Networking Consulting Research

7. Most important partners Global Economic Network www.globaleconomicnetwork.org Senat der Wirtschaft www.senat-der–wirtschaft.at University of Applied Sciences Salzburgwww.fh-salzburg.at Bund für Wirtschaftsförderung und Außenwirtschaft www.bwa-deutschland.de Partner Projectdevelopement Hans Harrer Masco Consulting www.mascoconsult.com

8. Columbus Symposium Presentation of the student- organized market analyses Columbus Symposium FH Salzburg 19.04.-25.04.2010 Workshops „One-on-one meetings“ Acclaimed international speakers „High potential“ students International networking Working groups Presentation of the developed project concepts

9. Vision Serbia - introduction The Vision Serbia Initiative is a joint program between the Columbus Symposium, the Global Economic Network (GEN) and the Austrian Senate of Economics to promote sustainable and socially responsible growth by focussing on three areas in Serbia: • Investment in modern infrastructure especially renewable and decentralised energy • Promoting new and diversified knowledge based industries • Enhancing exports to fast growing frontier markets ...with the help of European investment and stronger international cooperation of Serbia.

10. Promoting networks The Vision Serbia Initiative

11. Columbus Platform, GEN, SOE Columbus Platform • founded in 2008 • 5 new focus countries each year • Three pillars: research, networking, consulting Global Economic Network • Founded in 2006 • Present in Germany, Austria, South Africa, Bulgaria and more under developement Senate of Economics Serbia • Will be founded in the beginning of 2010 • To create a professional meeting point for industry, politics and international business in Bangladesh • Four meetings per year hosted for business and political leaders • Various contemporary topics to encourage discussion and initiatives about the economic and social development of Serbia e.g.: renewable energy

12. Columbus AcadiMake Group • Located in futurekeymarkets • Teams consistoflocaltalents • Strong national networksthroughlocal Senate of Economics Operations Headquarter Munich Headquarter Salzburg • Competences: • Marketing • Human resources • Legal advice • Networking • Buisnessplanning • Project developement The Columbus AcadiMake Group will beownedbythe Columbus Foundation • 5 new countries eachyear

13. Columbus AcadiMake Group – Research areas These are the current research topics: • Future Outlook of Serbia`s economy and lucrative areas to invest for central European companies • Banking & Finance in the focused countries • Business opportunities for the health industry in the focused markets • Concept for the tourism industry in Bangladesh • Concept for the tourism industry in Angola • Low cost housing concept for Bangladesh • Future city- & infrastructure concept for Bangladesh Columbus main goal is to connect fast growing markets with each other and the European Union. Therefore many research activities are trying to speed up these processes by identifying potential partnerships between nations and organizations.

14. Columbus AcadiMake Group - Serbia The first competence fields of the Serbian division will be: • Marketing • Human resources • Renewable energy • Investment planning (for Serbia) • Cartography • Networking (Management of the Senate of Economics and Columbus Serbia section) The Quality Management and the on-the-job training will be provided by Academy Consult in Munich. The Serbian subdivision of the CAG will be founded in January 2010. It will be the operations headquarter of the CAG for Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia Herzegovina, Montenegro and Macedonia.

15. Columbus AcadiMake Group - Structure

16. Columbus AcadiMake Group - Serbia Team members will have mainly three work areas. 1. Research Research is the fundament of all consulting work. Therefore regular research activities are a must for each team member. The results of the research activities will be published in reports and presented at conferences like the Columbus Symposium or the Senate of Economics meetings. 2. Organisation & internal management work A good internal organization is vital for excellent consulting jobs. Furthermore team members can gain practical management experiences. 3. External Consulting & project developement This work will include analyses and projects for customers. The payment is connected to the project size (hourly).

17. Columbus AcadiMake Group – Project teams The team members for external consulting projects are selected by the country section management. Each team member`s work will be rated, giving the management a clear and fair basis for future team member selections. Project teams are consisting of up to five persons. The team manager is the highest position within the project group and is selected upon his or her performance record.

18. Your career path at the Columbus Acadimake Group • What are the requirements • for aspirants at the CAG? • At least two semesters of a Bachelor degree • Letter of Motivation • CV • References • As an aspirant you will be challenged within • several research tasks and as a team • member of a consulting group. • Furthermore you will get several small tasks • and trainings. • We are looking for new team members • especially in the following areas: HR, Marketing, • Renewable energy, Networking and CRM

19. Another projects we are working on Facts about Angola: Since 2002, Angola is politically stable with the first democratic elections held in 2008. Angola is an important recipient of equipment and supply, most of all targeted for investments in the infrastructure. Economic keyindicators: • Angola’s economic growth is largely influenced by the petroleum sector. It is the second largest oil exporting country to the United States of America. • GDP has not reached the 13.2 % from 2008 due to the international crisis, but is expected to accelerate again in 2010 • Second fastest growing economy in Africa (18% in 2005, 26% in 2006 and 17.6% in 2007) • The Vision Angola Initiative: • Same structure like The Vision Bangladesh Initiative • Also focusing on city development (next to Luanda), infrastructure and new industries (e.g.: modern agriculture)

20. Perspective • Columbus will sustainably grow: 50 developing markets in 10 years • B2B & B2C marketing and commercialization opportunities through the national Columbus-coordinated Economic Senates

21. „The economy has long been functioning globally! Austria has taken its chances in the East – what comes next – for the next generation?“ –Patron Dr. Erhard Busek former Austrian Vice-Chancellor