On 21
October, SPIRIT Slovenia Business Development Agency held an online seminar on
business collaboration with St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region. The event was
supported by the Roscongress Foundation and aimed to develop dialogue between
Russian and Slovenian business communities. St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region
Chambers of Commerce and Industry also participated in the seminar. At the end,
the Roscongress Foundation and SPIRIT Slovenia Business Development Agency
signed a memorandum of cooperation.
Participants
of the conference included: Acting Director of SPIRIT Slovenia Business
Development Agency Dr. Tomaž Kostanjevec; CEO and Chairman of the
Roscongress Foundation Alexander Stuglev; President of St. Petersburg
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Yury Burchakov; Vice President of
Leningrad Region Chamber of Commerce and Industry Elena Dyukareva.
«Russia
and Slovenia share a long-standing friendship. Scientific contacts have always
been active, especially when it comes to humanities. It was fostered by
similarities in the Russian and Slovenian languages. Over 200 Slovenian
companies operate in
60 regions of Russia. There are promising projects in energy, transport
infrastructure, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, and other industries.
Naturally, cooperation in medicine and healthcare has become of primary
importance this year. I am confident that this seminar will help strengthen
ties between members of Slovenian and Russian business communities and find new
points of growth for companies of both countries. At the same time, the
memorandum the Roscongress Foundation and the SPIRIT Slovenia Agency signed
will give an impetus to further cooperation between our organizations in
holding online and offline events in the future,» noted CEO and Chairman of
the Roscongress Foundation Alexander Stuglev.
The opening
part of the conference was followed by presentations of Slovenian companies
that look into cooperating with businesses from St. Petersburg and Leningrad
Region. They include Bosio, Dewesoft, Instrumentation Technologies, Iskra
Sistemi, Iskratel, Marand, Resevo, Seven Refractories, ZITex-GZS (Slovenian
Chamber of Commerce and Industry; ZITex), and Žejn Group.
The memorandum of cooperation with SPIRIT
Slovenia Business Development Agency took the number of Roscongress’
international partners up to 130.
