On 8th November 2010 the project partners will meet in Varazdin to discuss the outcomes of the structural analysis that was carried out in the summer months.

The SWOT-analysis has already been elaborated and the next steps are oriented toward the elaboration of a regional development vision.

The project is being implemented with financial support of CEI -  Central European Initiative and Austrian Development Cooperation. The overal project aim is the elaboration of a development strategy for rural regions in the County Varazdin. The project will be completed in February 2011.

Belgrade 13th-15th October 2010 BLUEWATERS, as a company with many years of experience in international consulting and mediation as key-accounter for the Government of Styria, offers you joint participation at the fair together with our partners from Styria. The aim of this join appearance is to facilitate cooperation between Styrian and Austrian companies, and companies from Serbia, as well as to support Serbian companies in their appearance at the Austrian and European markets.

This form of appearance at the fair will minimize the organizational costs while maximizing benefits in the form of making new contacts, cooperational partners, and getting insight into requirements and trends of a foreign market.

For further information, please click here or contact:

Biljana Viduka

Dejan Cvrkalj

Phone/fax: +381-21-480-4602

On the 20.05.2010 the Austrian Society for Sustainable Building (ÖGNI) held its first “Green & Blue Building Conference”, an event dedicated to sustainable planning, construction and operation of buildings. The Conference was held in context of the real estate trade fair “Vienna Real” and was organized in cooperation with well-known partners from the real estate industry such as FMA or ULI, featuring presentations and a panel discussion involving numerous experts from the industry. The event culminated in the awarding of certifications for the first ÖGNI Auditors. Amongst those receiving certification were three BLUEWATERS Experts:

Moritz Fiebinger, MEng
Doris Wirth, MSc
Ing. Christoph Weindl

Following the conference, ImmoABS hosted an evening focused on “People in the real estate and construction industry” at the Erste Bank Event Center (Petersplatz 7, 1010 Vienna). Doris Wirth moderated a round table discussion titled “The purpose of energy performance certificates, from historical buildings to the Millennium City”.

The under the CEI KEP Programme financed project DIRECT – Development of Varazdin Rural Communities was officially launched today at the kick-off meeting held in Vienna.
The partners started with the structural analysis of the current situation in the rural areas in the County Varazdin and will prepare a comprehensive study by the end of June.
On 31st May 2010 a press conference will be organised in Varazdin.