Drakić and Kujović at the Danube Conference in Ulm

The President and Vice President of the Chamber of Commerce (PKCG), Nina Drakić and Dragan Kujović, participated in the Danube Conference in the German city of Ulm, with the aim of strengthening the energy efficiency market in potential partner countries.

The visit to the German city was realized at the invitation of the Ulm Chamber of Commerce.

"The Montenegrin delegation, in addition to PKCG representatives, consisted of Mladen Grgić, director of the Investment Agency, and Ivan Mrvaljević, executive director of the Directorate for Development and Investments in Elektroprovreda (EPCG)," PKCG said.

The conference entitled The Danube Region at the Crossroads of Change - Economic Policy Impulses from the EU Strategy for the Danube Region was organized by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labor and Tourism of Baden-Württemberg and the city of Ulm.

"During the meeting, experts from politics, business and science discussed, among other things, the impact of the war in Ukraine on the Danube region and how cross-border value chains can be made more resistant to external shocks," the announcement states.

The participants of the conference, within the framework of four thematic sessions and a panel discussion, discussed the key factors and directions for the sustainable and comprehensive growth of the Danube region.

Opinions and experiences were exchanged in the field of bioeconomy as a driver for the creation of new values, with the example of the Croatian wood cluster, followed by digitization, tourism, sustainable mobility and energy.

During her stay in Germany, Drakić had bilateral meetings with representatives of the Montenegrin diaspora, the Frankfurt Chamber of Commerce, the Turkish-German Association, and successful Turkish businessmen as well as representatives of the Ulm Chamber of Commerce.

The visit of the Montenegrin delegation was organized in cooperation with the Consul General of Montenegro in Frankfurt, Ivana Đukanović.