Events

(SR) Kori Udovički za Biznis.rs: Mala i srednja preduzeća su ključna za razvoj Srbije 

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(SR) Nemanja Šormaz za NIN: Srbija – rasadnik skrivenih šampiona

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(SR) Nemanja Šormaz za Nedeljnik: MSP Kompas – portal o malim i srednjim preduzećima

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(SR) Održan MSP100 Expo 2023: Ljudi su uspeh

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(SR) MSP100 Expo 2023: Ljudi su uspeh – Jačanje kadrovskih i organizacionih kapaciteta malih i srednjih preduzeća

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(SR) Trenutno stanje i izazovi u planiranju lokalnog ekonomskog razvoja

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(SR) Potreban zaokret – više planiranja u ekonomskoj politici i fokus na domaću privredu 

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(SR) Ceves opservatorija

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(SR) Pohlepa zgodan osumnjičeni za visoku inflaciju

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(SR) Dogovor između trgovaca i države nema potencijal da slomi inflatorna očekivanja

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(SR) Održana Letnja škola „Zelena tranzicija i digitalna transformacija“ za sledeću generaciju lidera domaćeg MSP sektora

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(SR) Kamatne stope nisu glavni uzrok niskih privatnih investicija

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(SR) Marijana Radovanović za NIN: SRPSKA PRIVREDA IZMEĐU VELIKIH DRŽAVNIH I MALIH I SREDNjIH PRIVATNIH PREDUZEĆA – U raljama neefikasnog državnog kapitala

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Conference Enhancing Local Economic Development Planning through Inter-Municipal Cooperation held in Niš

On Tuesday, July 11, 2023, the conference "Enhancing Local Economic Development Planning through Inter-Municipal Cooperation" took place in Niš, organized by the Center for Advanced Economic Studies (CEVES) in collaboration with the Regional Development Agency South. It was the first out of three events that will be organized by the... Read more
Global Forum for National SDG Advisory Bodies

CEVES joins the Global Forum for National SDG Advisory Bodies on behalf of the “SDGs for All” Platform

On behalf of the “SDGs for All” Platform, in June 2023, CEVES joined the prestigious Global Forum for National SDG Advisory Bodies. The Global Forum is a network that connects the knowledge and experience of multi-stakeholder advisory commissions, councils and similar bodies for sustainable development. These bodies contribute to the... Read more

(SR) Održivi razvoj: jačanje kapaciteta poslovnog sektora – radionice u tri grada u Srbiji

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(SR) Podneta inicijativa za izvoznu podršku MSP šampionima

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(SR) Ivanović: Raste izvoz u Rusiju, domaće firme koriste globalnu situaciju

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(SR) Zadatak za državu – stvoriti povoljno poslovno okruženje i za domaće kompanije

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TIME FOR A BIG SMALL ECONOMY:IT’S COMPETITIVE AND INNOVATIVE, Panel diskusija, Kopaonik Biznis is forum 2023

As part of the Kopaonik Business Forum 2023, Ceves, in cooperation with USAID, organized a panel discussion TIME FOR A BIG SMALL ECONOMY: COMPETITIVE AND INNOVATIVE. Panel was moderated by Cevesa's chief economist Kori Udovički, while the panelists were Jure Galić (NOVELIC), Goran Janković (Inmold Plast), Biljana Jovanović (Luna) and... Read more

(SR) Održana izložba-panel diskusija Vreme je za MSP

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NEW DATE MARCH 2nd: It’s time for SMEs!

In cooperation with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia, CEVES is organizing the event (panel discussion and exhibition) "It's time for SMEs!" on March 2nd at 9.30-12.15 at the premises of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia, Resavska 15, Belgrade. The panel discussion on the importance... Read more

Gostovanje u Dnevniku – Kori Udovički 30.12.2022

Gostujući u Dnevniku, Kori Udovički komentarisala je godinu iza nas. Kako je ekonomska i energetska kriza uticala na Srbiju i Evropu, da li je Srbija zaista otpornija nego druge zemlje na ovakve šokove, o aranžmanu sa MMF, situaciji u EPS-u i drugim temama možete poslušati na sledećem linku. Read more

Newsletter: It’s time for SMEs and Happy New Year!

Dear friends, partners, donors, During 2022, we advocated for sustainable development in Serbia, and particularly for the key role that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are needed to play in it. We have also shown that SMEs a have great potential to do so—provided that policymakers and society stop treating... Read more

Kori Udovički: In the process of EPS reform, the biggest problem has always been political interference

Chief Economist of Cevesa Kori Udovički stated that in the process of reforming the Electric Power Industry of Serbia, the biggest problem has always been political interference. "It is a much bigger problem than simple corruption." If you manage the system badly as we have just seen. The price of... Read more

Global challenges 2022: Implications for SMEs – Kori Udovički

Kori Udovički the, president and chief economist of CEVES presented the analysis of the key global chellenges  and there implications for SMES in Serbia at the SME Special Meeting, hosted by AOFI in partnership with Berne Union held on 28th and 29th September in Belgrade.  More about post-covid production reconfiguration,... Read more

(SR) Tematska grupa: Vlasništvo lokalne zajednice nad svojim ekonomskim razvojem

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SME Serbia 2030: SME 100 Expo – Conference-exhibition on the contribution of Serbian SMEs to sustainable development and further opportunities

The event SME Serbia 2030: SME100 Expo was held on June 1, 2022 in MIND Park in Kragujevac, with the aim of highlighting the development potential of the domestic economy embodied in carefully selected MSP100, leading in Serbia and small and medium by international standards. This event was an opportunity... Read more

A focus group was held in Sombor as part of the support for the development of the Mid-Term City Development Plan

The Center for Advanced Economic Studies CEVES, together with the Timok Youth Center, held a focus group with representatives of Sombor in the premises of the Sombor Educational Center in Sombor, on April 7, 2022, within the framework of the Economic Pillar of the "Sustainable Development for All" Platform. Among... Read more

(SR) CEVES učestvovao na javnoj debati: Program ekonomskih reformi i ostvarivanje COR 5 – rodna ravnopravnost

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(SR) Održana konferencija „MSP Srbije 2030: Razvoj veština kao preduslov razvoja domaće privrede“

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(SR) Kori Udovički, gostovanje u emisiji “Marker” 20. januar 2022.

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The Economics of the Environmental Protests in Serbia Kori Udovički

Text was published in journal NIN on 16.12.2021   Founder and head of the Belgrade think-tank Center for Advanced Economic studies, Kori Udovički, gave an interview for the Serbian journal "NIN".  She pointed out that after a decade of destruction and two decades of painstaking transformation, the Serbian economy has... Read more

Facts and Fiction about Serbia’s Economic Growth, The Missing Link

Text by Kori Udovički, published in NIN on 18/11/2021 (translated from Serbian)  It has become completely clear today that development priorities are just not a political priority.  Economic growth is not the same as development. There are rich countries with poor peoples   Serbia shows no actual progress in this... Read more

(SR) Agenda 2030 u Srbiji – trenutno puka formalnost, potencijalno vredan alat za upravljanje razvojem

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(SR) Održana Konferencija CEVES-a i TOC-a „MSP Srbije 2030: Saradnja – veliki iskorak za „malu“ privredu“

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(SR) Kori Udovički – Konferencija:Nova ekonomska agenda za Srbiju 29.10.2021

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(SR) Kori Udovički u emisiji “Pregled dana” 8. oktobra 2021.

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Conference „SMART-Aid“ – More Accountable, Rewarding and Transparent State-aid

This Conference serves to launch several proposals leading to the development of a sustainable state-aid monitoring mechanism focusing on state-aid quality and impact. These include a Proposal for an Open Data Module, a Blueprint of a Citizen-friendly Report on State Aid, a Proposal for a “Subsidies Portal” and a Set... Read more

(SR) Nemanja Šormaz o subvencijama i stranim dirketnim investicijama, gostovanje na jutarnjem programu televizije Nova s

Nemanja Šormaz, direktor Centra za visoke ekonomske studije (CEVES) gostovao je u jutarnjem programu televize Nova s. Šormaz je prilikom gostovanja, pre svega govorio o odnosu subvencija koje se dodeljuju domaćim i stranim preduzećima, koji u ovom trenutku stoji na nivou tri na prema jedan u korist stranih firmi. Reči... Read more

(SR) Kori Udovički za Novi Magazin: Vučićeve prečice su razvojne kočnice

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SMEs in the context of the COVID-19 crisis: short-term solutions – long-term consequences

On Wednesday, 1/12/2020, CEVES organized a panel discussion ''SMEs in the context of the COVID-19 crisis: short-term solutions – long-term consequences'', aiming to consider the imapcts of the COVID-19 on Serbia's economy with a special focus on SMEs and the question of adequacy of Government's policies. Please download the introductory... Read more

ONLINE PANEL DISCUSSION “COVID crisis, economic activity and the Serbian labor market“

The general goal of the panel discussion is to stimulate and facilitate a dialogue among relevant experts and other relevant stakeholders who can comprehensively present the economic trends developed during the state of emergency, as well as their impact on changes in the labor market and the socio-economic position of... Read more

(SR) Udovički: Kasno je za minimalac u maju, Nova Ekonomija

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Conference “State Aid—A Friend or a Foe? EU Rules can help tell them apart”

May 27th, 2019 Belgrade  On May 27th, 2019, CEVES organized a conference entitled “State Aid—A Friend or a Foe? EU Rules can help tell them apart”. The Conference served to analyze the effects of state aid on development in Serbia, as well as the means by which the existing approach... Read more

(SR) Okrugli sto “Politika državne pomoći u EU i kako ona doprinosi razvoju”

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CEVES Visits International Economic Institutes

Last week three Economic Institutes hosted CEVES representatives – “Austrian Institute for SME Research” from Austria, “GKI Economic Research” and the “Institute for Economic and Enterprise Research” from Hungary. Director of CEVES, Mr. Nemanja Sormaz, with his associate visited Vienna in order to establish and develop cooperation with international partners.... Read more

“Challenges and Opportunities after Slow Economic Recovery: the Case of Serbia”

Presentation titled "Challenges and Opportunities after Slow Economic Recovery: the case of Serbia" was held on October 25, 2018 at the Faculty of Economics, University of Belgrade. Professor Mihail Arandarenko, Professor of the Faculty of Economics and Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for the Advancement of Economics (FREN)... Read more

CEVES is now part of the Initiative Global Compact United Nations

Center for Advanced Economic Studis is new member of the world platform Global Compact United Nations. With more than 10,000 participants from over 145 countries, the Global Compact is the world’s largest voluntary corporate citizenship initiative committed to the advancement of corporate social responsibility. CEVES started with its activities by... Read more

Conference “Serbia 2030: The Facts and the Options”

August 28th, 2018 Belgrade The Conference, “Serbia 2030: The Facts and the Options“, held on 28. August 2018 in Belgrade presented the facts and possibilities of sustainable development in the Republic of Serbia by 2030 and fostered a broad debate and discussion among all relevant stakeholders: members of the government... Read more

Workshop “How Quality of Economic Growth Works on Human Development”

March 28th, 2018 Niš The Center for Advanced Economic Studies held a third workshop on March 28, 2018, entitled "How Quality of Economic Growth Works on Human Development". The workshop was held within the project "Using the Sustainable Development Goals as a Guide to Redirecting Social Sciences Research: A Pilot... Read more

Workshop “How Quality of Economic Growth Works on Human Development”

March 26th, 2018 Novi Sad The Center for Advanced Economic Studies held a second workshop on Monday, March 26, 2018, entitled "How Quality of Economic Growth Works on Human Development". The workshop was held within the project "Using the Sustainable Development Goals as a Guide to Redirecting Social Sciences Research:... Read more

Workshop “How Quality of Economic Growth Works on Human Development”

February 14th, 2018 The Center for Advanced Economic Studies held a workshop on Tuesday, February 13, 2018, entitled "How Quality of Economic Growth Works on Human Development". The workshop was held within the project "Using the Sustainable Development Goals as a Guide to Redirecting Social Sciences Research: A Pilot Project"... Read more

A cooperation agreement was signed between the University of Metropolitan FEFA and CEVES

September 7th, 2017 University of Metropolitan FEFA and the Center for Advanced Economic Studies signed a cooperation agreement, which created the conditions for the good practices between these two institutions to expand and to provide FEFA students with a practical experience within the CEVES field of operations. The agreement envisages... Read more

Panel Discussion “Mapping Barriers to Youth Entrepreneurship in Serbia”

April 28th, 2017 Center for Advanced Economic Studies has presented study entitled “Mapping barriers to youth entrepreneurship in Serbia” at a panel discussion organized in the Serbian Chamber of Commerce on April 25th 2017. The panel was opened by the President of the Serbian Chamber of Commerce Marko Čadež, H.... Read more

Competitiveness of Serbian Economy — where does the untapped potential lie and how to use it?

November 5th, 2015 Center for Advanced Economic Studies (CEVES) presented the results of the competitiveness of Serbian economy as the part of the study “Development Potential Index of Tradable Sectors of Serbian Economy” at the Regional Investment Summit of NIN Focus held on November 5th 2015 at the hotel “Izvor”... Read more

Conference “Economies of Korea and Serbia: Ways of potential collaboration and sharing knowledge and experience”

October 14th, 2015 Embassy of the Republic of Korea and Center for Advanced Economic Studies (CEVES) organized a conference “Economies of Korea and Serbia: Ways of potential collaboration and sharing knowledge” in the Hotel “Metropol” on October 14th 2015. The objective of the conference was the exchange of knowledge and... Read more

Second Roundtable “The possibilities for SME growth and missed opportunities for financing?”

October 7th, 2014 Second Rountable presents a continuation from the research study and the first roundtable event, which was also organized by CEVES and USAID BEP. Ms. Kori Udovički, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government and Chief of Party of USAID BEP, Mr. Joseph Lowther,... Read more

Roundtable “The possibilities for SME growth and missed opportunities for financing?”

June 19th, 2014 The Roundtable was held on 19th June 2014 in the Conference Room of the National Bank of Serbia, organized by USAID Business Enabling Project and CEVES. The objective was to present findings of research carried out by CEVES on opportunities for increased SME credit in Serbia and... Read more

Entrepreneurship in Serbia – A necessity or an opportunity?

February 25th, 2014 A roundtable titled “Entrepreneurship In Serbia – A Necessity Or An Opportunity?” that took place on February, 25th 2014 at the Aeroklub in Belgrade attempted to respond to the question of whether the small and medium enterprises (SME) sector contains hidden potentials that could significantly help Serbia... Read more

Serbia as outsourcing destination – potential or perspective?

December 16th, 2013 The main topic of the panel at the Conference “The Economist: World in 2014” was “Outsourcing” industry, and to what extent Serbia can be regarded as a promising destination for this type of service. The first case study was led by CEVES Executive Director, Ms Kori Udovički.... Read more