The President of the Republic of Slovenia, Borut Pahor, confirmed the arrival and participation in the leading business and investment conference of Southeast Europe, the 11th Sarajevo Business Forum. Pahor, together with the Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Šefik Džaferović and the Turkish Minister of Economy Mehmet Muş, will be the key speaker in the opening session of the first day of the Forum, which will be held in the building of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As a high-ranking official, Borut Pahor also participated in previous Sarajevo Business Forums, and expressed strong support for Bosnia and Herzegovina’s efforts to become a member of the European Union (EU) and NATO.

Participation in the 11th SBF was also confirmed by Zoran Zaev, former Prime Minister of the Republic of North Macedonia and Stjepan Mesić, former President of the Republic of Croatia, as well as numerous other political and business names from Europe and the world. In previous years, Mesić was also a guest at the Sarajevo Business Forum, where he emphasized the importance of economic cooperation between the countries of the region in order to achieve better mutual prosperity.

Sarajevo Business Forum has positioned itself as one of the largest international investment events in Southeast Europe. The theme of this year’s Forum, which will be held in the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina on May 11 and 12, is “Nearshoring – a perspective for the region”, that is, the presentation of the potential for relocating the production of European companies to Southeastern Europe.

This year, as part of the Forum, around 300 investment projects and business ideas will be presented, mainly from Bosnia and Herzegovina, but also from Croatia, Serbia, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Albania. All companies from the region that registered the project through the official page of the Sarajevo Business Forum, apart from the promotion and presentation, will have the opportunity to meet with potential partners and investors interested in investing in the economy of the countries of the region.

The arrival at the 11th Sarajevo Business Forum was confirmed by delegations from 33 countries from all over the world, who will be presented with a series of regional investment projects from production, agriculture, energy, education, finance, infrastructure, construction, services, tourism and other sectors. This year too, a large number of participants and journalists from domestic and foreign media companies are expected.

You can view the list of all speakers at the Sarajevo Business Forum link: https://www.sarajevobusinessforum.com/bs-Latn-BA/speakers

The organizer of the largest and most important investment conference in the region is Bosna Bank International (BBI) d.d. Sarajevo under the auspices of the BiH Presidency and in cooperation with a strategic partner – the Ministry of Economy of Sarajevo Canton, and the shareholders of BBI Bank – Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB), Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB) and other partners. Porto Montenegro from Montenegro is the platinum sponsor of the Conference, and the official airline of the 11th SBF is Turkish Airlines.

The list of sponsors and partners is available at: https://sarajevobusinessforum.com/bs-Latn-BA/sponsors