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On November 14, 2013, the Slovenian American Business Association (S-ABA) held its first-ever conference entitled “Slovenia: Business Opportunities for U.S. Companies”. The goal of the conference was to promote business relations between American and Slovenian companies. More than 60 companies from Slovenia, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Pennsylvania and New York were represented at the conference; which was held at the offices of Tucker Ellis, LLP in Cleveland.

Consul General of the Republic of Slovenia, Jure Žmauc organized the event and introduced all of the S-ABA members present; including a total of 36 companies of which 22 were from Slovenia and 14 were from the U.S. Speakers at the conference spoke on a number of topics including the current economic climate in Slovenia, privatization of business, manufacturing in the United States and Slovenian companies doing business in the U.S.

After the conference, we were able to enjoy Slovenian wines and spirits by St. Tomas and Črnko and Protner,  Laško Beer and Slovenia Vodka courtesy of Emil Gaspari, a Slovenian wine and beer importer from New York.

During the conference, Mr. Žmauc was also presented with a proclamation by the City of Cleveland, recognizing him for encouraging and strengthening business ties between the U.S. and the Republic of Slovenia. Congratulations to Jurček on his many achievements as our Consular.

The Slovenian American Business Association or S-ABA is a business trade association which works in conjunction with the Consul General to the United States, the Republic of Slovenia, relevant Ministries of Slovenia, the U.S. State Department, the U.S. Department of Commerce, various U.S. state and local governments, the European Union, and S-ABA members to establish and deliver a variety of business  programs, business information, contacts, and support tools to achieve the S-ABA mission to increase  bilateral trade.

S-ABA’s main objectives are:

•     to support business cooperation between the Republic of Slovenia and the United States of America;
  
•     to stimulate trade, cooperation in development, investments and other economic relations between Slovenia and the USA;
  
•     to initiate and maintain information ties between economy and the state;
  
•     to organize education seminars for representatives of Slovenian and USA companies ;
  
•     to stimulate science research connections and cooperation between education institutions for business development support