“A look from above”: corporate cocktail party by eastCOM Consulting

A cocktail party on the roofs of Belgrade to network and exchange insights and ideas about what is next for Serbia in a particularly troubling phase of its recent history. was organized yesterday, February 6th, by eastCOM Consulting, publisher of Serbian Monitor, at the tenth floor of Hotel Lumière’s Sky Bar, bringing together diplomats, entrepreneurs, managers, and professionals from various sectors and countries. 

H.E. Luca Gori, Ambassador of Italy in Serbia, talking with the guests of the cocktail party.

In the last three months, the  Serbian Monitor news portal has been covering and analyzing the protests almost on a daily basis and the proposals addressed by the actual country leadership in order to offer its readers a full and updated picture of the ongoing situation, without partisanship or propaganda. 

Many keen readers present at the party have appreciated the fact that, in a phase like the current one, when investors are doubtful if to start an investment and those who are already operating in the country don’t know if to continue to bet on Serbia, balanced information is essential to make the right choices. Hence, this event provided a great opportunity for representatives of the diplomatic corps, international organizations, associations, banks, consultants, and lawyers, alongside businesspeople, to exchange information and off-the-record considerations as well as to plan future meetings and cooperation ideas. 

Biagio Carrano with the Principal of Mathematical Gymnasium of Belgrade Prof. Mirjana Katič and the Professor of the same high school Bojana Matić.

Marija Marić and Iva Nikolić of eastCOM Consulting with Inmaculata Zamora, secretary general of FIIAAP, the Spanish judge Marta Pizarro Mayo, and the Colonnel of Carabinieri Alfredo Saviano.

The guests, among others, included the Ambassador of Italy to the Republic of Serbia, H.E. Luca Gori, as well as other officials from the Italian Embassy – the First Secretary of the Economic Trade Office, Fabiana Urbani, and the Science Attaché, Prof. Luciano Catani. The event was also attended, among many others, by the vice head of mission of the Sovereign Order of Malta Nenad Prokić, the head of the  CDP-Cassa Depositi e Prestiti office in Belgrade, Lucia Bonelli, the head of SIMEST office in Serbia, Jelena Čukanović, the Secretary of the Provincial Government of Vojvodina, Dušanka Golubović, the executive director of NALED Violeta Jovanović.

Representatives of EU efforts in Serbia were also present – the director of SlovakAid, Michal Čornak, the team lead of the EU Support for the Internal Market project in the Republic of Serbia and General Secretary of FIIAPP, Inmaculada Zamora Martinez, along with the key expert of the Project and senior official of ADM-Agenzia Dogane e Monopoli, Roberto Tola.

eastCOM Consulting is a top management consultancy and business development company that has been operating in Serbia for 15 years, with a primary focus on internationalization strategies, top management consultancy, and business development. The services offered by EastCOM Consulting include B2B market research, corporate financing, sector analysis and start-up support in Serbia and other Western Balkan countries, as well as general management and accounting outsourcing, project coordination, financial management and reporting for EU-funded actions, corporate communication, and event management.

The main point of differentiation of EastCOM Consulting is its tailor-made approach, allowing clients to maximize their full potential in the Serbian market, thanks to its team of well-experienced consultants offering their services in Serbian, Italian, and English

eastCOM Consulting Team. From left: eastCOM Consulting owner and editor of Serbian Monitor Biagio Carrano, consultants Iva Nikolić, Katarina Ivanović, Marija Marić. Snežana Rakić, main editor of Serbian Monitor, is not present in the picture.