Welcome to CEED-Global, The Center for Entrepreneurship and Executive Development's global website. Our goal is to energize and empower entrepreneurs throughout Southeastern Europe and to help them grow their businesses. We believe in the power of practical know-how, peer-to-peer learning, a strong regional and international network, inspirational mentors, innovative ideas, and a strong leadership team to propel faster-than-average company growth. CEED is currently active in Bulgaria, Romania, Slovenia, Montenegro, and Macedonia.
| Date and Place | Type of Event | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 24. September, 2007, Skopje, Macedonia | Opening Event-Networking Learning Event (NLE) 1 | CEED Presentation/How to become a successful entrepreneur? |
Peter Righi: Program Manager, CEED
SEAF
prighi@seafweb.org
Stephen Eastham
Senior Capital Markets Adviser
Europe & Eurasia Bureau/Economic Growth, USAID
SEastham@usaid.gov
Founding partners:
18.3.08
Successful entrepreneurs need money to pursue their business ideas and develop their companies. The course “Non-bank corporate finance: methods and success stories” organized by CEED Romania aimed at supporting dynamic entrepreneurs and find the best solutions for accessing capital in order to sustain their companies’ growth.
Two significant IPO case studies were presented: a public utility company, Transelectrica, who plays a key role in the Romanian and Central&South-Eastern electricity market, and an important private ITC retail firm, Flamingo International. Representatives of both companies presented the success story of the Initial Public Offering (IPO) process they have experienced and how it helped the companies’ development.
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CEED Romania participated to the SME Funding Opportunities Event organized by the American Chamber of Commerce in Romania on March 12, 2008. During the SME Fair, over 100 companies visited CEED Romania’s booth and the participants were very much interested in the Center’s training and advisory services.
In an interview granted to the Business Magazine of the Romanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Executive Director of CEED Romania, Mrs. Cristina Manescu provided a detailed presentation of the Center’s accomplishments, its regional network, and the cooperation opportunities it offers to the Romanian SME community.
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26.11.07
Development of institutional capacity, cooperation among authorities, networks functionally integrated at national level, as well as the development of public-private partnerships are key factors for an effective absorption of EU funds available in the period 2007 - 2013.
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CEED (Center for Entrepreneurship and Executive Development) in partnership with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.S. Investment Firm SEAF is opening its CEED Macedonia branch.
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