Thursday, 17 September 2015

Friends of Greece: Project 3: Innovation, partnerships, training, networking


Friends of Greece

We, the Friends of Greece, can and should try to help by buying the Greek products, by developing tourism,  by sharing best practices among our peoples, by producing some of our commodities in Greece, by partnerships, by joint sales promotion, by investments, by offering training - in any way we can be useful.

Friends of Greece is an association registered under Danish law (by August 25, 2015).

 

PROJECT 3

Innovation, partnerships, training, networking

Many Greek contacts tell us that they see the way ahead by increasing the production of Greek products and to make a real effort in marketing them on the huge European market of more than 500 million consumers.

Very important elements in that is innovation, partnerships, training and networking.

We, the Friends of Greece, believe that we can help in this process by sharing our wide experience and extensive networks.

 

Here are a number of suggestions:

*  Connect Denmark:  http://www.connectdenmark.com

This is a professional network of especially young innovators - with prizes to those who are most successful


This is a professional network of foreign nationals in Denmark - profeting from their experience and background.  Organised by the Danish Federation of Industries.

*  Working with the Greek Institute for Entrepreneurship Development:


It is trying to provide services to startups and SMEs in Greece and also to develop and transfer good practices for entrepreneurship.

*  Working with Enterprise Greece . Invest and Trade


Enterprise Greece (www.enterprisegreece.gov.gr) is the official Investment and Trade Promotion Agency of Greece under the supervision of the Ministry of Economy, Infrastructure, Maritime Affairs and Tourism, which promotes and facilitates private investment in Greece and export trade from Greece. In this framework, we provide information about the business environment together with assistance, advice, and aftercare support, as well as information with regard to the licensing procedures for establishing a new business in Greece. We also  promote Greece as an investment destination, highlighting the bundle of prospects and opportunities especially in the key sectors in which the country offers a highly compelling advantage: tourism & real estate, energy, food & beverages, logistics, ICT, life sciences, privatisations and export oriented manufacturing. You may read more on the opportunities these sectors demonstrate and a recent review of the Greek economy in the attached document.

Additionally, we maintain and promote an investment portfolio with remunerative projects in many sectors of the Greek economy. Please note that our services are complimentary.

We are very keen to know more about your initiative and the ways you have thought about advancing it. Please do keep us posted with any relevant information. In the meantime, we remain at your disposal for any further communication and discussion on your ideas and propositions, about accelerating investments in Greece.

 

*   Networking between Greek business people and colleagues in other countries

Why not try to organise a network based on contacts via skype or other direct internet-based means. Business leaders to business leaders, start-up people, other leaders, etc.   Easy contact from anywhere to anywhere - giving advice and sharing contacts

 

*  Young Greek business students on business academies in other European countries

Such an initiative can be implemented quickly and efficiently - and giving these young Greeks a hands-on experience all over Europe, which will be extremely useful at their future work back home in Greece

As a concrete case can be mentioned that the Business Academy in Aarhus, Denmark has about 1000 students from countries in Central and Eastern Europe. But at present nobody from Greece.

 

Niels Jørgen Thøgersen      niels4europe@gmail.com       September 12, 2015

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