Although the International Business College Mitrovica (IBCM) is located in a district that is teaming with young people, our catchment area encompasses not only this town but the surrounding region, both north and south of the river Ibar as well as the Serbian enclaves of Kosovo and South Serbia itself. This geographical and cultural spread provides us with something of a challenge when publicising the activities of the IBCM and the opportunities that it offers.
We try to maintain good relationships with local government authorities in all the places that our students come from and we have particularly good links with the region of Toplice in South Serbia and the regional commissioner, Mr Srdan Jordacijevic. We were very pleased when he agreed to make a scholarship available for an IBCM student resident in the region.
The selection will be made in late June and will be based on an essay competition in which candidates are asked to explain how studying at the IBCM will allow them to return and contribute to the economic regeneration of their home town.
To mark the occassion I participated in a press conference with Mr. Jordacijevic on 25th March and was pleased that journalists from the four main Serbian newspapers were present together with a crew from the local television station. The resultant news report (in Serbian) can be seen below:
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