Following SSCC’s initiative, the first regional online event ’’Swiss Business in Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia and North Macedonia’’ took place on Thursday, April 15, 2021 and gathered approx. 80 participants.
On this occasion, SSCC had an honor to welcome four Swiss Ambassadors from the region:
- H.E. Mr. Urs Schmid, the Swiss Ambassador to the Republic of Serbia and to Montenegro
- H.E. Ms. Muriel Berset Kohen, the Swiss Ambassador in Bulgaria
- H.E. Mr. Arthur Mattli, the Swiss Ambassador in Romania
- H.E. Ms. Sybille Suter Tejada, the Swiss Ambassador to the Republic of North Macedonia
Also, Mr. Thomas Foerst, Head of Global Network, Switzerland Global Enterprise (S-GE) presented the Swiss perspective of the region as well as the established cooperation with the Swiss-Serbian Chamber of Commerce and other participating chambers from the region.
In his speech, Mr. Majo Mićović, SSCC President, welcomed the initiative by emphasizing that this event marked the beginning of regional cooperation and that more similar events would take place in the future.