News 2005
January
- EU: as part of the TEEC consortium, awarded new evaluation study for DG Market
- Italy: Economisti Associati assists a private company in the formulation of medium term strategy
- EU – ACP Countries: cooperation with Pro€Invest continues. Awarded new contract for a study on SME clusters in developing countries
- Morocco: finalization of study on the centrale des bilans for OMPIC (on contract with IFC)
February
- EU: series of Pro€Invest promotional workshops in Hamburg (in collaboration with Afrika-Verein), Paris (in collaboration with MEDEF International) and Rome (in collaboration with Mondimpresa). Workshops had more than 250 participants
- Serbia: fact finding mission within the framework of WBI project on exporters’ training, with focus on agribusiness
- Algeria: presentation of results of study on consulting and training services at the Ministry for SME (on contract with IFC)
- Hungary: started economic & financial analysis of wastewater treatment project in Nyiregyhaza (Hydea consortium)
March
- Montenegro: fact finding mission within the framework of WBI project on exporters’ training, with focus on tourism
- International: started worldwide survey of investment promotion agencies for MIGA (in collaboration with ACE – Spain)
April
- Italy & East Africa: awarded new contract by ICE (Italy’s trade promotion organization) on organic agriculture in Kenya and Tanzania
- Serbia: within the framework of WBI project on exporters’ training, workshops on quality standards for agribusiness exporters in Nis, Cacak and Valjevo
May
- Syria: awarded new contract for evaluation study by European Training Foundation
- Hungary: workshop on economic and financial analysis of sewage projects at the Ministry of Environment (Hydea Consortium)
- Montenegro: within the framework of WBI project on exporters’ training, three days workshop on destination management for tourism operators in Tivat
June
- EU: awarded new framework contract for the evaluation of EU Macro Financial Assistance to third countries (consortium ECORYS, CASE, Economisti Associati)
- Montenegro: within the framework of the WBI project on exporters’ training, visit of Montenegrin tourism operators to the Conero area
July
- East Africa: on behalf of the Italian Trade Commission, mission to Kenya and Tanzania focused on organic agriculture
- EU: published by DG ECFIN evaluation study on business and consumer surveys carried out by Economisti Associati as part of the TEEC consortium
- Montenegro: within the framework of WBI project on export promotion, press tour with representatives of Italian tourism media and meeting with the Minister of Tourism
- Serbia: also within framework of WBI project, workshop on quality certification in doors & windows in Kragujevac
August
- Montenegro: following the July press tour sponsored by the WBI project, article on Montenegro’s tourism sector in the Italian press
- Serbia: with support from the WBI project on export promotion, Libertas (fruits and vegetables exporter) is issued the first EUREPGAP certification ever awarded to a Serbian company
- South East Asia and Africa: new assignment with the World Bank for a survey of small scale providers of water and electricity
September
- Brussels: results of a study on SME clusters in ACP countries presented at a workshop at CDE - PRO€INVEST
October
- Various countries: Economisti Associati awarded a new contract by the infoDev program (managed by the World Bank) for a study on the financing of ICT and ICT enabled enterprises
- Serbia: within the framework of WBI project on export promotion, technical assistance mission in the wood processing sector
- Montenegro: also within the framework of the WBI program, scouting mission focused on cultural heritage-related tourism
November
- Washington: Economisti Associati invited at a workshop at the World Bank, with presentation of results achieved by the World Bank Institute in Serbia and Montenegro
- Montenegro: workshop on tourism and cultural heritage and inauguration of an exhibition on Antonio Baldacci, an Italian diplomat and explorer active in the Balkans in the late XIX – early XX centuries
December