Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia

Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia (CCIS) is an independent, non-governmental, business-professional and interest association of legal and natural persons who perform registered economic activity. Members of the CCIS are companies from all economic sectors and branches, in all forms of ownership, banks and other financial organizations, insurance organizations, agricultural cooperatives - as collective members through their alliance, and craft and other shops - as collective members through their associations. CCIS is established by the Law on Chambers of Commerce ("Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia", no. 65/01, 36/09 and 99/11).

The functions of the CCIS are consisted of the following areas: interest association of the economy - representation of common interests of enterprises and other economic entities in front of state bodies and organizations, in the creation of the economic system, economic policy measures, conditions of doing business; the place for gathering and negotiating - matching the interests and activities of the company, establishing common attitudes, exchanging experiences, establishing business connections, etc. business-professional institution - providing its members with certain information, professional assistance and consulting services; development harmonization - participation in creation and realization of development strategy, regional development policy, infrastructure and new projects; fostering good business practices - strengthening corporate morale in the economy, honour courts and arbitration; public authorizations - issuance of certificates, approvals and licenses in doing business with foreign companies, company solvency, keeping of registers; informing the public - informing the economy and the public about the work of the Chamber and its organs, informing within the chamber system, cooperation with the media, publishing the newsletter of the Chamber of Commerce of Serbia "PKS info", etc.

The scope of work of the Centre for Education, Dual Education and Education Policy of the CCIS includes:

  1. Planning, organization and realization of informative-instructive, specialist and exclusive commercial seminars and other forms of business education in the field of human resources development, business communication, finance and accounting, quality assurance, information technology, general management and entrepreneurship; organizing non-commercial seminars, themed round tables, panels and other forms of transferring professional and recent business information and knowledge to entrepreneurs based on adopted laws and other economic measures;

  2. Researching the needs of the economy for new educational profiles and modernizing existing ones;

  3. Promotion of dual education within the economy subjects and stimulating them for taking part in dual education;

  4. Realisation of work and activities delegated by the Law on dual education;

  5. Initiating amendments to the regulations and giving opinions on legal and other solutions related to the reform and development of the education and employment system;

  6. Participation in the education working group of the EuroCommerce;

  7. Cooperation with the Ministry of Education of the RS and the respective institutions in the field of vocational and professional education, as well as the universities, faculties and foundations in the country and abroad;

  8. Linking and advocating of educational interest and the needs of the economy with the ministries policies, first of all, with the Ministry of education, science and technological development, especially in the areas of qualifications, regulated professions and classification of occupations.

For more information, please visit the CCIS website, as well as the social media Facebook and LinkedIn, and the YouTube channel.


Contact


Address: Resavska 13-15, 11000 Belgrade
Information and Public Relations Service:
Telephone: +381 11 33 00 905
Telephone: +381 11 32 31 601
E-mail: informisanje@pks.rs