CHAMBER OF CRAFT AND SMALL BUSINESS OF SLOVENIA Danijel Lamperger, director

TRADITION  Slovenian craft has a hundreds of years of tradition  The organization of Chamber of Craft is over 150 years old  The present Chamber of Craft has been active since

3 FACT & FIGURES Representation & protection of craft Informing, advising, training, education Organizational & export support Tradition App members 62 local chambers + national chamber More the 150 employees (network) Yearly income app. 15 million euro

THE NETWORK  Chamber of craft and Small business of Slovenia  32 Professional Sections (Guilds)  62 Local chambers  More than 250 employees

MEMBERS

ACTIVITIES Representing the members towards the state and defence of their interest Informing, advising/consulting, training, education, events Organizational & export support Connecting members (profesional sections – guilds) Realization of public authorizations & exercising powers conferred by public law Benefits for the members – The card

SERVICES  Professional and specialist consulting (business and legal advice)  Professional education and business events  Trade fairs in Slovenia and abroad  The sector business meetings (B2B) in Slovenia and abroad  The card (members of the identification card and the card benefits thousands)

INTERNATIONALIZATION  Informing in the field of internationalization (market access information)  Consultancy in the field of internationalization and access to financial resources and intellectual property rights  Education for the presentation of potentially interesting countries and sectors, presentation of financing, loans and guarantees  Professional support for international research and development and international business projects  Business cooperation database (EEN)  Partner search (trade technology and R&D)  Market analysis  Help and support to finding foreign business partners  Organization of Matchmaking in Slovenia and abroad  Organization of trade fairs in Slovenia and abroad

Situation in Slovenia among SME – barriers/opportunities  Digital literacy  Language  Costs  Awearnes of potential

Municipalities and chamber (SMEs)  Excellent potential for cooperation  62 regional chambers with members vs. 212 municipality  e-Municipality – opportunity to help SME (promotion, eCommerce)

Thank you! Chamber of Craft and Small Business of Slovenia Celovška cesta 71, 1000 Ljubljana Tel E-pošta