Black Sea Business Forum / Thessaloniki, 12 & 13 November 2009

(GREEK NEWS AGENDA) The Burgas-Alexandroupolis pipeline is a significant project with geopolitical, economic and energy importance, Deputy Foreign Minister Spyros Kouvelis noted, speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a Black Sea Business Forum in Thessaloniki, on November 12. 
The 3rd Union of Black Sea and Caspian Confederation of Enterprises (UBCCE) business forum, entitled “Seizing New Investment and Trade Opportunities in the Black Sea and Caspian in the Post Crisis Era,” is being held in Thessaloniki on November 12-13.

It is hosted by the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises and the Federation of Industries of Northern Greece.
Addressing the event, Kouvelis stressed Greece’s commitment to the enhancement of co-operation with the European Union, through the establishment of “Black Sea Partnerships” within the “Black Sea Synergy” process, as well as through the new “Eastern Partnership” EU initiative.
Greece, he said, will have the chance to advance this perspective during the Greek Chairmanship of the Organization of Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC), which commences on June 1, 2010.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs: The Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization

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Black Sea and Caspian Confederation of Enterprises: Hellenic Presidency

(GREEK NEWS AGENDA)

The Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV) has taken over the presidency of the Union of Black Sea and Caspian Confederation of Enterprises (UBCCE) for a two-year term 2009-2011, at theUBCCE’s second general assembly held in Istanbul. The UBCCE – a non-governmental international Union of central, private, voluntary, nationally representative business organizations from countries neighbouring or having strong geographical ties with the Black Sea and the Caspian Region – aims at establishing cooperation between organizations from member countries with a view to assisting the economic and social development of the region.