A two-day summit of 100 business leaders from South East Europe, entitled Agreement for a New Age, aimed at starting a dialogue among the business elite in the region and removing the obstacles to better cooperation, will open in Arandjelovac on Thursday.

Successful businessmen from Serbia, Croatia Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and FYRMacedonia will take part.

Participants will try to reach agreement and find answers to the biggest problems, such as unemployment, food export, and construction of facilities in third markets.

The working part of the summit will include panel discussions where a dialogue will be initiated on energy and energy efficiency, infrastructure and logistics and joint appearance at third markets.

The aim of the summit is for business leaders to propose concrete solutions through constructive dialogue and final documents and assume responsibility for increasing the competitiveness of national economies and the whole region.

The Summit organizer is the Serbian Association of Managers (SAM), in cooperation with the Croatian Association of Employers (HUP) and the Association of Managers of Slovenia (MAS).

Representatives of international financial institutions - the World Bank, IMF, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and European Investment Bank will also take part.