The Annual ECRF Conference was held in Belgrade on 19-20 June. By number of participants – 130 delegates from 35 countries in Europe, America, Asia and Africa – it surpassed all Forum conference to date.

In addition to representatives of European commerce registers, participating in the work of the conference were also delegates of the World Bank, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD Investment Compact for South-East Europe), the European Business Register (EBR), the Asia Pacific Corporate Registers Forum (CRF), as well as the International Association of Commercial Administrators of North America (IACA).

The Conference included various topics, such as: “The role of commerce registers in preventing money laundering”, the “Doing Business“ methodology in analyzing the effects of business registration procedures, „Comparative analysis of the registration systems in more than 50 European and non-European business registers, etc., while several national registers shared their experiences (Implementation of the online one-stop-shop registration system in Estonia).

The ECRF Conference is behind us. Judging by the reactions of the participants, this has been one of the most successful conferences, both when it comes to choice of topics and supporting programme.

At SBRA’s initiative, the ECRF admitted two new national representatives – the registers of Guernsey (Channel Islands) and Montenegro, and thus, as of June 2008 the family of European commerce registers numbers 31 members from 30 European countries.

Video clip about the Conference

Snezana,

Can I thank you and your colleagues for organising such an eventful and valuable conference in Belgrade.  The standard of hospitality and welcome belies such a lovely county.

Many thanks once again!

Regards,

Shaun M Roberts
Director of Information Communication & Technology
Jersey Financial Services Commission

Thank you very much Snezana, it was a great pleasure to be in Belgrade! It was perfect!

Many greetings from Holland,

Bram Stoutjesdijk
Bureau Handelsregister
Kamer van Koophandel Nederland

Fantastic conference Snezana! Thank you so much for your fantastic Serbian hospitality.

Thanks!

Mark Whiteley

Dear Snezana,

Thank you BELGRADE! You were fantastic. What a lovely trip, and what a successful conference. Thank you very much for all you did.

Best wishes!

Phil Balderson
Webreality

Dear Snezana,
 
Thank you for your e-mail. The pleasure was entirely ours and I am very grateful to you, Zvonko, Andreja and the rest of the SBRA team for the perfect organisation and such warm hospitality.
Once again, I have returned to Jersey praising Belgrade and its wonderful people!
 
With very best wishes,
Nick

 
Dear Snezana,

I would like to express our thanks to you and the whole SBRA team for the very nice welcome and good organisation of the event. Hopefully, you will be able to get some free time now and to enjoy the summer!

Regards,
Dr. Bernd Hammermann
Director
Office of Land and Public Registration
Vaduz

Dear Snezana,

Thank you very much for this email. I would like to thank you and all your colleagues at SBRA for such a well organised conference and for such a warm welcome to Serbia. I think the conference was very useful with people sharing their experience very openly. I have a great deal to tell colleagues back here in Cardiff.

Very best wishes for the future!

Paul

Dear Snezana,
 
Just a quick email to say thank you for your kind hospitality in Serbia. The event was organised and run very well. My best regards to you, Zvonko and all your colleagues in Belgrade.
 
Yours sincerely
 
Jon Allo
Advertising International

 
Dear Snezana,
 
Thank you for some very nice days in Belgrade! You made the Conference to a great success!
 
Annika Bränström
Generaldirektör / Director General

 
Dear Snezana,

It was such a great forum thanks to your and your colleagues incredible efforts. I truly wants to thank you for the incredible organization and hospitality. It was great to meet you and your colleagues and get to know a little of Belgrade. I came back with very good memories and I hope to come visit back soon.
Thank you again and really looking forward to staying in touch.

Best regards,
Yara Salem
Doing Business Project
Financial and Private Sector Development Vice Presidency World Bank and IFC

 
Thanks to you, everything went well. Your hard work paid off and I really enjoyed the venue and the conference. Please pass on my regards to Zvonko.
 
Take care!
 
 
Richard G. Shaw
Director General/Directeur général
Corporations Canada

Snezana,
 
I would like to thank you and all other hosts for the superb organization of the conference! It has been a real pleasure to participate!
 
Kind regards,

Dirk Tuymans
National Bank of Belgium

Dear Snezana,

On behalf of my colleagues and myself we wish to say You and all your team - this was the best ECRF conference!
PS. I know what I'm talking about - I'm the only person who has participating in all ECRF conferences.I'm a reserved Nordic, so if i said this was the best conference then it wasn't a compliment but just mention of fact :) Communication, organisation, content and entertainment - all was very good. And we realised that You was the spirit and soul of the all show! You even managed successfully the roll-call session and kept it under control,which was a real moderation test! We have the best memoirs from Belgrade and I remain always at your disposal, if You should need for any exchange of ideas. But in meanwhile i guess You need for a good vacation, as i'm already enjoying!

Viljar Peep

 
Hello Snezana,
 
It was a pleasure for us to attend this conference! It can be used as a good practice model for a really well organised event. Belgrade is charming --- mostly because of its great people!
 
Hvala!!! :-)
 
Boryana & Kalina

Dear Snezana, dear colleagues,
 
Thank you again for the warm and friendly welcome in Belgrad and this very good conference.
 
Best regards
Carsten Schmidt
Ministry of Justice of NRW

Dear Snezana,

Thank you so much more for arranging with such a style the succesful conference in Belgrade. It was a priviledge to be able to take part in a conference so well organized, and the social programme was also a success. Thank you again and give my best regards to your colleagues which took part in the organization of the congress.

Kveðja,
Skúli Jónsson 
  
Ríkisskattstjóri - Fyrirtækjaskrá
Forstöðumaður -  
Internal Revenue - Register of Enterprises
Director 
  
 
Hi Snezana,

Thanks again for your superbe organization, we had great fun and hope to see you in Luxembourg next year.

C U soon!

Sincères salutations

Dan Neuhengen

Registre de Commerce et des Sociétés
Centre administratif Pierre Werner
Luxembourg

Good morning!
 
First of all let me once again congratulate SBRA for the excellent and professionally organised 11th Annual ECRF conference of last week. May I also thank you for the wonderful hospitality that we were all given. I certainly do not regret at all coming over to Belgrade!
 
Kind regards,
 
Dr. Anton Bartolo
Director
Registry of Companies / Corporate Services Unit Malta Financial Services Authority

Dear Snezana,

Thank You for Your kindness, You are welcome to Estonia!

With best,

Aili from Estonia

Dear Snezana,

I really want to thank you for this both very professional and friendly ECRF conference in Belgrade. Thanks to you we have been able to check that the heart of Europe was beating strongly in Serbia. Thanks again to all your team! They can be proud of their success! During the visit I have been very pleased that the guide reminds the old brotherhood that exists between Serbia and France. When I came back to France I‘ve said this to my young daughters that is not enough written in the historical book!

I hope to see you next year in Luxembourg!

Best regards

Marc Binnie  

 
Hi Snezana,

I would like to say congratulations and well done to yourself and your colleagues from SBRA for the thoroughly professional and enjoyable ECRF Conference last week in Belgrade. My first visit to Serbia  was certainly a very enjoyable and memorable one. We hope to see you in Ireland sometime.

Many thanks and best wishes,

Gerry Doyle
Assistant Registrar
Companies Registration Office
O'Brien Road
Carlow
Ireland

Dear Snezana and other colleagues,
Thank you very much for such an excellently organized event.
We will stay in touch.

Andrei Mikhnev, World Bank

Dear Ms Tosic,

I would like to thank you and your colleagues for the warm welcome in Belgrade and the perfect organization of the conference. The ECRF Conference has been a great success.

Best regards, 

Antonio Fanelli
OECD/PSD/DAF

Dear Snezana,
 
many thanks for your the warmth an friendly hospitality and the very professional organisation of the conference.
 
 
Many thanks 
Cincerly,
Michael Hecker

Dobar dan,

Iako samo u svoje ime (nezvanično), hteo bih preko Vas Snežana-kao predstavnika organizatora konferencije (»event spiritus agens«) i svima, koji su radili na pripremama in realizaciji, zahvaliti na gostoprimstvu i odličnoj organizaciji ovog skupa. Postavili ste vrlo visoke kriterije kvaliteta, i (bojim se) očekivanja učesnika uoči budučih konferencija sa strane budučih organizatora če teško biti realizovana... Uz vrlo solidan zvanični deo su sve nas sudionike naročito impresionirali događaji  «nezvaničnog« dela, takođe vrlo interesantni, zabavni i na visokom nivou. Hvala za sve, lep letnji odmor, uspešnu selidbu u nove prostorije i (nadam se) do skorog viđenja,

Tomaž Žganjar 

Dear Snezana! Dear Zvonko!

I would like to express my thanks to you and your nice colleagues for giving us a warm reception and kind hospitality at the conference. Professionally it was quite profitable and I spent some really pleasant days in Belgrade. For your further work let me wish you a great success and good health. During the oncoming summer holiday have a pleasant break and a wonderful recreation. In the hope of meeting you next year, let me express my best wishes in the name of the Hungarian delegation. 

Dr. Klára Czene
President of the Csongrád County Court