The second Szentgotthárd – Monošter Seminar

Similarly to last year’s seminar, the two-days programme did include presentations in the frame of cooperation, each participant could introduce their project ideas and had opportunity to find project partners. On the first day, an informative forum and exchange of experiences was held for Hungarian entrepreneurs willing to invest in Slovenia. In a roundtable discussion lead by Bence Sárossy, vice-president of the Slovene-Hungarian Business Association, the representatives of Mol Slovenija, Allianz-Hungária and Alto Press presented their business experiences. Afterwards, a presentation was held on company establishment and on the legal and taxation environment in Slovenia. Parallel to the business section, a roundtable discussion on bilingualism took place with the participation of Slovene and Hungarian secondary schools from the border region, in the presence of the representatives of the Institute for Ethnic Studies in Ljubljana, Boris Jesih, Consul General of the Republic of Slovenia in Szentgotthárd, as well as Valéria Perger, Head Counselor on Raba-region of the Slovene Ministry for Education. The discussion was moderated by Erika Kissné Köles Slovene Nationality Spokesperson.

In the afternoon sessions the frameworks and perspectives of tourism and higher education cooperation were discussed. In the tourism section presentations were held by the representatives of the Hungarian Tourism Ltd., the TDM Association, the Vas County Tourism Association, the Maribor Tourist Information Center and the Pomurje Tourist Association. In the parallel section on higher education, the representatives of the Pannon University, the Universitiy of Maribor, Debrecen and West Hungary, also the Institute of Advanced Studies Kőszeg did consult with each other on the possibilities of cooperation. The first day’s program was closed by a joint dinner of the participants. At the dinner Katalin Szili, Commissioner of the Prime Minister, held an opening speech.