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TRADITIONAL SUMMER PARTY
21 June 2011

Distinguished guests of the Serbian Business Club "Privrednik" gathered again this year for the traditional summer party at the Club House.
The reception was attended by some 600 guests. On behalf of all members – party hosts, Mr. Branislav Grujić, Club President, welcomed representatives of diplomatic missions, major domestic public and private enterprises, foreign companies and banks, international financial institutions, representatives of Government and government officials, editors-in-chief of the main media, scholars, consultants, artists and athletes.

The Club President's speech

The Club President

Reception 2

Reception 3

Reception 4

Reception 5

HIGH RECOGNITION TO MIODRAG BABIĆ

Mr. Miodrag Babić received a high recognition of the Order of Malta on 30 September 2010 at the Club House.

Mr. Flaminio Farnesi, Ambassador to Serbia of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, one of the oldest institutions of the Christian western civilization, presented Mr. Miodrag Babić a high decoration pro Merito Melitensi awarded “per Motu Proprio ” of the Prince and Grand Master Fra’ Matthew Festing.

The Order of Merit pro Merito Melitensi of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta was established in 1920 and is awarded to persons who have contributed to and have actively promoted Christian values and works of charity in the Christian tradition.

MONOGRAPH
“ENDOWMENTS AND PHILANTHROPY IN THE TRADITION OF THE SERBIAN PEOPLE”

A year after the exhibition on the same topic at the Belgrade City Hall, Serbian Business Club published a monograph Endowments and Philanthropy in the Tradition of the Serbian People.
In the meantime, the Club conducted a research in all municipalities in Serbia. The result is that certain valuable endowments of local character have been presented to the public for the first time.
The monograph was sent to all libraries in the country, government authorities and institutions, public enterprises and active endowments as a permanent reminder of our joint obligation to preserve traditional Serbian values.

ENDOWMENTS

To all recepients of the
MEMORANDUM ON THE BRAIN DRAIN REVERSAL PROJECT
signed by Aleksandar Dimitrijevic

SBC "Privrednik" would like to make known to all recepients of the above letter that it refers to Mr. Dimitrijevic's personal initiative with no footing in Club decisions. We regret if you have been mislead by any reference to the Club in this letter.

ELECTORAL ASSEMBLY OF THE SBC “PRIVREDNIK”
4 May 2010

At the electoral assembly of the Serbian Business Club “PRIVREDNIK”, held on 4 May 2010 at the Club House in Shakespeare Street, members of the Club adopted the report on the activities of the Club’s governing bodies in the second, extended term, and elected new governing bodies.

The newly-elected Club President is Branislav Grujić (PSP Farman and Jugodrvo), while the following members of the Executive Board will make executive decisions in the forthcoming two-year period:

Ivana Veselinović (Port of Belgrade), Zoran Drakulić (YU point), Zoran Obradović (Petrobart-Avia), Vojin Lazarević (Rudnap Group), Miodrag Kostić (MK Group), Goran Perčević (Intekomerc).

The Supervising Board is composed of the following newly-elected members:

Dragoljub Vukadinović (Metalac) as Chairman, and Gojko Muhadinović (IM Topola) and Ratko Zatezalo (Petrobart-Avia) as members.

According to the Club operating rules, the new leadership will propose an operating programme at the first Assembly following the constitution of the new governing bodies.

Members of the Club were unanimous in positive evaluation of results achieved during the term of office of the former President, Mr Danko Djunić, from 2004 until the end of April 2010, and double term of office of members of the Executive Board, constituted in October 2005.

Formal transfer of presidency took place.

Following the established tradition, this electoral Assembly ended with a cocktail.

The second edition of David Rockefeller’s Memoirs was promoted on 18 November  2009 at the Club House.

The guests of the publisher – Interkomerc a.d. – and Club members included representatives of diplomatic missions, financial organisations and associates taking part in this publishing venture.

Mrs. Draginja Đurić, President of the Association of Banks of Serbia, and Mrs. Hildegard Gacek, EBRD Director for Seriba, spoke at the promotion of David Rockefeller’s Memoirs. Mr. Miroslav Mišković greeted the guests on behalf of the hosts, while Mr. Goran Perčević, General Director of Interkomerc ad, spoke on behalf of the publisher.

For this edition of his MEMOIRS Mr. David Rockefeller wrote a separate preface for Serbia in September 2009, where he emphasised his hope that “this book would contribute, in any of the modest ways, to integration of your outstanding country into the network of international organisations, both in the public and in the private sectors, which work toward solution of many problems in the world“.

David Rockefelles Memoirs

OPENING OF THE EXHIBITION
“ENDOWMENTS AND PHILANTHROPY
IN THE TRADITION OF THE SERBIAN PEOPLE”
July 26 2009.

Exhibition “Endowments and Philanthropy in the Tradition of the Serbian People” was opened today at the Belgrade City Hall.

The organizer and sponsor of the exhibition is Serbian Business Club “PRIVREDNIK” – Association of Successful Serbian Businessmen. Danko Djunić, Club President, opened the exhibition on behalf of the organiser, while Prof. Dr. Irina Subotić, art historian, gave professional introduction into the exposition. Numerous guests from the world of culture and business attended the event.

The entire project that resulted in the exhibition represents fulfilment of one of the most important goals of the Club: creation of business environment in which it will be possible to continue the tradition of the pre-war Economic Society ‘Privrednik', which became prominent through its 40-years long history until World War II by supporting education of craftsmen and young people.

Opening the exhibition, Mr. Djunić said that the exhibition is among this year's important Club projects in the segment of its humanitarian social activities. In addition, it is thematically prepared in the year when important work on codification of philanthropic activity and its harmonization with European values began. It was mentioned that the Club, as sponsor, pursues permanent activities, mainly by providing scholarships to talented pupils and students and supporting institutions for care of the children and the elderly.

Businessmen gathered in the Club, through the Association, members and companies they run, foster socially responsible behaviour of large companies and promote it as good corporate citizenship.

The exhibition is complemented with a catalogue that provides comprehensive review of the history of philanthropic activity, systematised through endowments – medieval monasteries, endowments in Sremski Karlovci, Novi Sad and Belgrade .

The exhibition in the central hall of the City Assembly of Belgrade will be opened until 1 July 2009.

Welcoming address

Annual Assembly Meeting, 23. December 2008.
Announcement

BRUXELLES, 20th October 2008
"Serbian business and eurointegration" Meeting

The Club President's speech