More Scholarships for the IBCM

As the recruitment season heats up, so interest in the International Business College Mitrovica continues to increase amongst local authorities as well as representatives of industry.  On 12th April, the Mayor of Vranje, a town in Southern Serbia with a population of some 55,000, declared that his office will sponsor a student from the town at the IBCM.  His offer was matched by Iwana Stosic, the Director of the Business Incubator Centre Vranje, and the joint announcement was made at a press conference at the offices of Yumco A.D. - a significant employer in the town and a manufacturer of textile goods.

Mr Miroljub Stojcic, Mayor of Vranje, with Ms Iwana Stosic, Director of the Business Incubator Centre Vranje, announce two scholarships for the IBCM - as representatives of Yumco A.D. look on together with Paul Sudnik, Director of the IBCM.

Source: ©Paul Sudnik - 12th April 2010

This is excellent news for the IBCM since, as well as Yumco A.D., a number of manufacturing companies are located in Vranje and graduates of the International Business College Mitrovica will be uniquely placed to implement their practical professional knowledge with these firms - both during mandatory internship periods and eventually as potential employees.  Vranje also has a large Roma population who are a core recruitment target for the IBCM.

The historical association of the town with the process of wealth creation goes back to the time when it was an important Ottoman trading centre.  This history is reflected in the architecture and general atmosphere of the town - which to this day boasts an excellent restaurant in a building that housed a harem until as recently as 1912!

 

A view of Vranje in the early 20th Century and the historical land mark White Bridge.

Source: ©Google Images - 16th  April 2010