About twenty prominent Serb businessmen from Vienna decided to launch an initiative to connect business owners of Serbian origin at the level of the whole of Austria. This project takes place within the Association of Serbian Businessmen in Austria.<\/p>\n
According to official data, there are about 20,000 companies in Austria owned by businessmen of Serbian origin. There are 8,000 of them in Vienna alone, which is a huge potential.<\/p>\n
\u2018We have a really big potential and we could influence the Austrian economy much more and help each other. It means that this networking, establishing contact between those Serb businessmen, many of whom do not know each other, would strengthen the Serbian community as a whole, because if there is no collaboration, everyone minds only their own business\u2019, says Milan Gaji\u0107, deputy president.<\/p>\n
What inspired you to take the helm of this association?<\/em><\/p>\n \u2018Because I am of Serbian origin, and I want to help our people, to advise them, so that they too can be successful like me and those in our association\u2019, says the president of the association, Ostoja Mati\u0107.<\/p>\n Which requirements should a company meet to be part of that association?<\/em><\/p>\n \u2018First of all, be a legal entity in the territory of Austria, the next requirement is to agree with the goals of our association, then to want to support the association\u2019s work, to offer its own vision and idea, and the main requirement is to also have a humanitarian vision and to want to leave a mark on future organizations and society in Vienna\u2019, says secretary Milan Gli\u0161i\u0107.<\/p>\n We heard that, in addition to business activities, this association would also engage in humanitarian work and sponsor cultural and artistic programs?<\/em><\/p>\n \u2018Our intention in the near future is to support successful Serbian students, a school institution, that our businessmen\u2019s club also supports some cultural activities of importance for the Serbian people within bringing together religious or national holidays, so that humanitarian work takes that direction, that the association being profitable spends also on some useful things, be it here in Austria, Serbia or Srpska\u2019, says deputy secretary Borislav Kapetanovi\u0107.<\/p>\n Source: Radio Television of Serbia<\/p>\n Photo: Republic of Srpska Representative Office in the Republic of Austria<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" About twenty prominent Serb businessmen from Vienna decided to launch an initiative to connect business owners of Serbian origin at the level of the whole of Austria. This project takes place within the Association of Serbian Businessmen in Austria.\nAccording to official data, there are about 20,000 companies in Austria owned by businessmen of Serbian origin. There are 8<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5729,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,76],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vijesti","category-vijesti-dijaspora"],"yoast_head":"\n