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Podgorica, 14/01/2015
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First preparation meeting for founding of the Rail Cluster SEE

The first meeting of rail companies and theirs main subcontractors with representatives of Business Support Network was held in Montenegro Chamber of Commerce. This is a start of regional gathering of all rail and rail subcontractors companies in the Ex-Yugoslavia countries in Rail Cluster for South-East Europe.

All this activity in the rail area in the countries of West Balkan was encourage by the AEbt from Nierenberg, Germany and three more German and Austrian companies who are the member of CNA (Cluster Bahntechnik Bavaria). Strong support from Germany and European Union convince rail companies and theirs subcontractors on the Balkan that Bavarian model of cooperation is the best sample for regional cooperation. AEbt and other companies from Germany and Austria won’t to help inclusion of the local rails systems in the EU rail system and rose of education and safety level on the Balkan rails.

Montenegro Chamber of Commerce called all important rail and rail logistics companies from the country on this meeting. This give opportunity to the members of the BSN, who is operational executor for founding of Rail Cluster SEE, to openly present proposal of uniting of rail and companies who work for rail in the region in one strong business rail cluster. Rails in the region and theirs subcontractors must all pass one same process of reforms, modernization, infrastructure reconstruction, increasing of safety, etc. This process will be faster and easier through regional cooperation and joint decisions about priorities.

Assistant of the Montenegro Minister of Traffic said on the meeting that this project is very welcome in this moment and express his hope that regional cooperation can increase number of foreign investors in Montenegro.

Managers of present companies ask BSN representatives about structure and internal organization of future cluster and for mechanism of decision making. They express concern that some little local rail infrastructure projects can stayed in shadow of huge projects. Conclusion on the end was a general approval of regional clustering approach to the development of Balkan rails.

Members of the BSN team announce a similar visit to the Macedonian Chamber of Commerce and Macedonian rail and rail subcontractors companies, other meetings in Bosnia & Herzegovina and talks with Croatian and Slovenian companies who have interest to join the cluster.

BSN on the end call all companies, together with the hosts of the meeting – Montenegro Chamber of Commerce – on the great rail conference in Belgrade in April 22nd 2015. On this conference all rail companies from the region and their subcontractors shall formally mark the beginning of work of Rail Cluster SEE. After Belgrade conference hosts of the next conferences will also be other capitals of countries in the region with full respect of equality of all rail companies in the cluster.