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TRADE AND INVESTMENT PROMOTION AGENCY RANKED AMONG TOP 25 WORLD AGENCIES

Trade and Investment Promotion Agency according to the newest World Bank research is for the first time ranked among top 25 Investment Promotion Agencies in the competition of 181 countries.

FIAS Global Investment Promotion Benchmark (GIPB) index measures efficiency of national agencies under the criteria of informativeness, web page appearance and contents, as well as the productivity of managing foreign investors? inquiries. Assessment was made by independent foreign experts in period between May and September 2008, without prior notice of the research.

It is important to notice that APIU has found itself along with very developed countries like Austria, which is at the same time ranked first, Sweden, Germany, Canada, Great Britain etc. As for the transition countries, Lithuania, Latvia, Hungary and Czech Republic are along with Croatia ranked among top 25.

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CROATIA INVESTMENT FORUM

22. 2. 2010. -

CROATIA INVESTMENT FORUM

EBRD 2010 ANNUAL MEETING AND BUSINESS FORUM

Dear Investors and Partners,

On behalf of the Trade and Investment Promotion Agency I am delighted to invite you to the Zagreb Investment Forum which will be held on Thursday 13 May 2010 at the Zagreb Westin hotel, in association with the EBRD’s 2010 Annual Meeting.

We are honoured to host this year’s Investment Forum and we want to use this opportunity to present the current business climate and investment possibilities in Croatia. The Agency’s primary role, as a government agency responsible for investment promotion, is to promote Croatia as a desirable investment destination. Therefore, we are strongly committed to ensuring the best business conditions for potential investors and providing them with tailor-made services which guarantee quick and secure implementation of their investment projects. We are here to guide you to your business success in Croatia.

We have prepared three plenary sessions with topics representing some of the key areas in the development of the Croatian economy in cooperation with the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship, Ministry of Tourism, Croatian Chamber of Economy and Croatian National Tourist Board. We will give you an overview of Croatia’s potential in attracting Greenfield investments in a number of different industries and development potentials in infrastructure and environmental protection; tourism and renewable energy sources exploitation.

I look forward to your participation at the Forum and I believe this is a great opportunity for exchanging new business ideas and creating new business opportunities.

More information about the Forum is available on the following website: www.hifcroatia.com.

Yours sincerely,
Sani Ljubunčić
Managing Director