2. Maribor Development Agency Maribor Development Agency, Glavni trg 17, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia Tel: +386 (0)2 234 50 70; Fax: +386 (0)2 234 50 80 E-mail: mra@mra.si; WWW Address: www.mra.si

3. Host Organisation of EIC Maribor 4Name: Maribor Development Agency 4Founded: 1993 4Founder: Municipality of Maribor 4Legal status: public organization (NGO) 4Owners: Maribor City Municipality, Municipality Rače-Fram, Municipality Starše, Municipality Duplek, Municipality Hoče- Slivnica, Municipality Miklavž na Dravskem polju. 4No. of employees: 6 (16 including public works staff)

4. Fields of Activity 4implementing the proposals of the regional development strategy, 4promoting a regional approach to tackling the problems of the Maribor area, 4attracting new industrial and commercial development into the region, 4encouraging the development of good sites and premises ready for industrial and comercial use and promoting these facilities, 4co-ordinating and providing business advice, especially to growing SME, 4promoting tourism and rural development, 4helping to prepare the region to enter the EU, 4acting as a co-ordinator for cross-border projects with Austria,

5. R EGIONAL D EVELOPMENT Regional Program of Activities RGIS – Regional Economic Information System F OREIGN D IRECT I NVESTMENTS Animation of Investors Suppliers to the Automotive Industry in Podravje Region S ITES AND P REMISSES Logistic Centre Maribor Analysis of Business Sites and Premises Data Base of Business Premises and Offices SME and Training Centre Maribor References

6. T OURISM D EVELOPMENT Regional Strategy of Tourism Development Border Tourist Zone Development of Cycling Routes Network Development of Hiking and Forest-Teaching Routes Development of Wine and Fruit Roads Revitalisation of Embakement of Drava River Tourist Sign-posting Tourist Promotion Tourist Information Centres - Tourist Information System SME D EVELOPMENT Local SME Development Strategy Local Development Coalition for Small Business Small Business Counselors Database Belofice Business Network Energetics Centre Feasibility Study of the Guaranty Fund Establishment

7. Euro Info Centre Maribor

8. Areas of Specialisation zBusiness Internationalisation zE-Commerce zTransfer of Technology

9. Podravje Slovenia area 2.160 km2 20.273 km2 population 319.694 1,990.272 main city Maribor Ljubljana The Podravje Region

10. Networks zautomotive industry zfood processing industry zenergetics