Digitized Belgrade by high school students

Belgrade Business Challenge

 

First place on regional competition of high school students from Belgrade municipalities in enterpreneurship was rewarded to the idea of puting terminals on key places in the city, which would help Belgrade people call the nearest taxi vehicle and at the same time get information about driving cost for destination they choose and also about current traffic conditions.

Around 100 students from 24 high schools in 10 belgrade municipalities had an opportunity to compete and show their knowledge in the area of enterpeneurship and business skills. This time students got the task to recognize the potencials of digital devices and create product or service which will make easier or improve life in Belgrade. Teams consisted of 4 students from various schools, with the help of business volunteers, had 5 hours to create business plan as a response to given "challenge".

Three best teams were:

3. place

Suzana Kuzmanovic (Belgrade 2nd School of Economics)
Aleksandar Vukasin (School of Economics "Nada Dimic")
Sonja Balaban (School for Dental Technicians)
Stefan Stankovic (Postal and Technical High school)

2. place

Marko Stevanovic (12th Belgrade Gymnasium)
David Nikolic (Trading school)
Andjela Koprivica (European School of Economics "Milutin Milankovic")
Milica Jevremovic (School for Pharmacy and physical therapy)

3. place

Anica Mihajlovic (5th Belgrade School of Economics)
Jovana Gajic (School of Transport and Tehnics)
Stefan Stevanovic (1st Belgrade Gymnasium)
Strahinja Radulovic (School for Beauty Care)
Uros Mijatovic (School for Railway Technicians)

 

We are so happy! Surely we didn`t expect to win, because the ideas of other teams were as equaly good. It is a great felling to be the best!!!" , said Anica, Jovana, Stefan, Strahinja and Uros from the wining team.

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"One of the most important strategic goals of National youth strategy by Ministry of youth and sport is to support young people in getting knowledge and skills which will encourage them to step up in the world of business people, show them that education and hard work will pay off. With the financial support to "Business Chalenge" project, Ministry contribute in a way that young people are engaged to get additional knowledge and experience. Youth enterpreneurship in Serbia is not enough developed, and young people mostly have lack of funds, experience, education and encouraging enviroment, which can be changed by organizing different trainings and business mentorships."  Ms. Ivana Kovacevic,  State Secretary in Ministry of youth and sport

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"Our company is attempting to recognize the needs of the comunity in which it works and to continue working according to it, giving support to initiatives which are of common interest. We are especially glad that through this competition we can support enterpreneurial and financial education of young people who are the future", said Ms. Milica Markovic, Director of PR sector in Telekom Srbija

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"Through partnership with public and private business sector, we are encouraging high school students to use their potential and skills in invovative way, in order to expand possibilities in imployment and improve their enterpreneurial spirit, and that is the key objective of the "Business Challenge" competition. Also, we want to take part in creating modern educational profiles in cooperation with serbian businessman, which employers are looking for ."  Darko Radicanin, Director of Operations in Junior Achievement Serbia

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"Business Challenge" competition is organized by Junior Achievement Serbia and it is financed by Ministry of youth and sport of Republic Serbia, Telekom Srbija a.d., the Secretariat of Education in city of Belgrade and United States Agency for International Developement (USAID).

 

HERE you can see photographs from the competition.