International Symposium on Volunteering - Geneva 2001 UMIS-SMEA Katarina Jagic President1 NGO of VOLUNTEERS SMEA - Small and Medium Entrepreneurs’ Association BRE1091, Croatia Ms. Katarina Jagic President National Counsellor Croatia in Europartenariat and Interprise

International Symposium on Volunteering - Geneva 2001 UMIS- SMEA Katarina Jagic President 2 SMEs, the strength in Europe and world

International Symposium on Volunteering - Geneva 2001 UMIS-SMEA Katarina Jagic President3 IN CROATIA WE THINK - Small First - “New Tools for Development of SMEs Business Combined with Training and Networking”

International Symposium on Volunteering - Geneva 2001 UMIS- SMEA Katarina Jagic President 4 SMEA Croatia as EU BRE – Correspondent 1091  Bureau de Raprochement des Enterprises –EU tool –Central Data Base of SMEs –Programme designed for partner search  SMEA is Member of BRE-network from February 2000  500 members in 74 countries  223 Croatian SME company profiles included

International Symposium on Volunteering - Geneva 2001 UMIS- SMEA Katarina Jagic President 5 SMEA Croatia in EU EUROPARTENARIAT from ‘99  Programme and initiative of European Commission from 1988 providing help to SMEs in globalization, internationalization and partner search organized twice a year in one of EU countries  In two days it brings together SMEs from 85 countries  each SME can have 30 meetings prearrranged by National Counsellor  30-50% of all meetings turn to concrete co-operation, partnership or joint-venture

International Symposium on Volunteering - Geneva 2001 UMIS- SMEA Katarina Jagic President 6 SMEA in EUROPARTENARIAT  Europartenariat Austria 1999, May Vienna – 128 participants  Europartenariat Brandenburg ’99, October, Potsdam – 78 participants  Europartenariat Denmark 2000, 8-9 June Aalborg – 6 participants  Europartenariat Italia SUD 2000, 3-5 December, Palermo

International Symposium on Volunteering - Geneva 2001 UMIS- SMEA Katarina Jagic President 7 SMEA Croatia in EU INTERPRISE  Programme and initiative of European Commisssion for SMEs who need partners and tool to help SMEs in globalization and internationalization  Organized several times in various countries with minimum of 3 partner countries  Only several sectors are included  Brings together SMEs from cca countries

International Symposium on Volunteering - Geneva 2001 UMIS- SMEA Katarina Jagic President 8 SMEA in INTERPRISE and PARTENARIAT  Europartner Dortmund 2000, March –12 participants  Balkan Partnership Thessaloniki, 9-10 November 2000 –4 participants  Baltic Sea Partenariat Riga 2000, May –5 participants

International Symposium on Volunteering - Geneva 2001 UMIS- SMEA Katarina Jagic President 9 SMEA organizes WORK-SHOPS  “The Role of Banks in SMEs’ Development”, Zagreb, 14 December 1999  “New SMEA Software Kit –DENO- for Everyday Operationalization of SMEs’ Business”, Zagreb, 9 May 2000  “New Methodologies for SMEs’ Development”, Zagreb, 11 May 2000 –The Game of Enterprise Economics –E-value Planning –Performance Track

International Symposium on Volunteering - Geneva 2001 UMIS- SMEA Katarina Jagic President 10 SMEA new customised tool SOFTWARE KIT for SMEs  DENO - 3 Modules Integrated in one Software Kit for Everyday Operationalization of SMEs’ Business based on networking and modern computer technolgies  offered for download without charge on SMEA  web site: –Trade –Supplier –Customer –Goods –Accounting

International Symposium on Volunteering - Geneva 2001 UMIS- SMEA Katarina Jagic President 11 SMEA in FORUMS  III. National Forum “The Role of Counties, Chambers, Co-operatives and NGOs in SMEs’ Development”, Dubrovnik,30-31 May 1999  IV. National Forum “The Role of Counties, Chambers, Co-operatives and NGOs in SMEs’ Development”, Šibenik, 8-9 June 2000  UN /ECE Expert Meeting, Geneva November 2000  V. National Forum and I. International conference for SMEs organised by Ministry of craft and SMEs, UN/ECE, CEI in Sibenik, June 2001

International Symposium on Volunteering - Geneva 2001 UMIS- SMEA Katarina Jagic President 12 SMEA organizes CONFERENCES  “Millenium SMEs’ Conference” Zagreb, March, 2000 –Organized with EMRC (European Market Research Center, Bruxelles) and European Commission, Bruxelles and Zagreb –Under the patronage of Ministry of Craft, Small and Medium Entrepreneurship of the Republic of Croatia

International Symposium on Volunteering - Geneva 2001 UMIS- SMEA Katarina Jagic President 13 SMEA INITIATIVES  TO THE GOVERNMENT TO BECOME SMEA PARTNER IN ORGANIZING – ADRIATIC SEA PARTENARIAT 2002 IN CROATIA  TO THE GOVERNEMENT FOR CREATION OF: –The Law for SMEs in September 1999 –The Croatian Export Corporation for SMEs, in August 2000 –The Croatian Corporation for Raising Awareness for Selfemployment, in August 2000

International Symposium on Volunteering - Geneva 2001 UMIS- SMEA Katarina Jagic President 14 SMEA NEWSLETTERS  “Vjestice”, January 2000  “The Game of Enterprise Economics”, August 2000

International Symposium on Volunteering - Geneva 2001 UMIS- SMEA Katarina Jagic President 15 SMEA is LEARNING and TEACHING  By participating in international seminars, conferences, forums, work-shops in Croatia and abroad organized by various institutions and organizations  By organizing work-shops, conferences, seminars

International Symposium on Volunteering - Geneva 2001 UMIS- SMEA Katarina Jagic President 16 SMEA and PILOT PROJECT future CD-ROM  BASED ON THE METHODOLOGY “THE GAME OF ENTERPRISE ECONOMICS”pat.pend., by dr. Milan Juranovic –Combines 3 disciplines: economics, management and accounting –Enables preprogamming and predetermining business transactions playing with playcards –Based on simulation –Introduces: players, playground and objects of the game

International Symposium on Volunteering - Geneva 2001 UMIS- SMEA Katarina Jagic President 17 METHODOLOGIES and TOOLS help SMEs in  Access to sources of information on EU matters and EU programmes  Providing commercial, technolgical, production and financial co-operation with EU companies  Informing SMEs about supporting events  Providing information about Croatian SMEs

International Symposium on Volunteering - Geneva 2001 UMIS- SMEA Katarina Jagic President 18 SMEA other SERVICES to SMEs  Counselling and advice  Assistance in international negotiations  Translation  Informatization by including information about SMEs’ on web site and providing free of charge addresses  Matchmaking SMEs in Croatia  Promotion of Health and Safety in the Workplace  Helping SMEs to reslove infrastructure problems  Promotion of SME members

International Symposium on Volunteering - Geneva 2001 UMIS- SMEA Katarina Jagic President 19 SMEA finds strength in PARTNERSHIP  Local: –Ministry for Craft, Small and Medium Entrepreneruship –Croatian Employment Office –Town Rijeka –County primorsko-goranska –County Chambers Rijeka –Business center PORIN, Rijeka

International Symposium on Volunteering - Geneva 2001 UMIS- SMEA Katarina Jagic President 20 SMEA finds strength in PARTNERSHIP  International: –National Agency for Small and Medium Entrepreneurship Development / Euro Info Center (EIC) Slovakia –Euro Info Center (EIC) Albania

International Symposium on Volunteering - Geneva 2001 UMIS- SMEA Katarina Jagic President 21 Growing SMEs’ internationalization

International Symposium on Volunteering - Geneva 2001 UMIS- SMEA Katarina Jagic President 22 That is why SMEA STANDS FOR  Action  Local and International co-operation building  SMEs’ development support  Knowledge  Introduction of European expertise and know- how transfer  Networking with National Counsellors in 86 countries  Introducing Croatian SMEs to world SME family  Effectivness

International Symposium on Volunteering - Geneva 2001 UMIS- SMEA Katarina Jagic President 23 That is why SMEA IS LOUDSPEAKER  for –lifelong learning –equal rights for all –civil society building –local, national and international co-operation –higher impact of NGOs on SMEs’ growth and development

International Symposium on Volunteering - Geneva 2001 UMIS- SMEA Katarina Jagic President 24 SMEA VISIONS = Joint Project “Way to Entrepreneurship”  World Entrepreneurs’ Academy in each country  WHERE NEW VOLUNTEERS AND VARIOUS EXPERTS COULD WORK TOGETHER HELPING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CREATING FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT FOR SME DEVELOPMENT IN THE COUNTRIES IN TRANSITION  where SMEs could be educated AND reskilled  where new entrepreneurs could be created on the the basis of various methodolgies brought together by international teams of experts  WHERE THE NEW FRAMEWORK FOR POVERTY ERADICATION AND SELFEMPLOYMENT WOULD BE ESTABLISHED