9th Central European Entrepreneurial Forum in Banja Luka, UBL

The International Institute of Entrepreneurship (MIP) from Samobor, Croatia (https://entrepreneurship-institute.eu/), and the Association of Economists of Republika Srpska, SWOT, from Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina (https://swot.ba/), organized the 9th Central European Entrepreneurial Forum – CEEF 2024 in Banja Luka at Hotel Bosna, in the National Restaurant Hall, on Friday, September 20, 2024. The forum was attended by 20 representatives from Banja Luka’s entrepreneurial infrastructure institutions, the HKD Napredak, Banja Luka, international and local NGOs supporting entrepreneurship development, representatives of the academic community, the private sector, and the Consulate of the Republic of Croatia in Banja Luka. During the forum, a new project titled “Youth Education Program for the Preparation and Implementation of Projects from EU Funds” was presented, under the sponsorship of the Ministry of Regional Development and EU Funds of the Republic of Croatia, and implemented by MIP and SWOT.

During the Forum, Prof. Dr. Saša Petković, project coordinator of the CPME – Center for Project Management and Entrepreneurship at the Faculty of Economics, University of Banja Luka, presented the USE IPM project, its goals, expected outcomes, possibilities for cross-border cooperation, EU funding opportunities, the activities carried out over the past year, and plans for collaboration between the academic community, the private sector, and entrepreneurial infrastructure institutions over the next three-year period. The Forum participants welcomed these initiatives.