Business in Slovakia, Bratislava, Automotive

1. Introduction to the Slovak Republic (EU)
2. Economy of Slovakia: an automotive economic power
3. Doing Business in Bratislava
4. Slovak International Trade
5. Investment in Slovakia
6. Main Slovak companies
7. Access to the Slovak Market
8. Business Plan for Slovakia

Transport and Logistics

1. Baltic-Adriatic Corridor (Poland, Slovenia)
2. Access to the Pan-European Corridor II

International Trade and Business in Slovakia:

The educational aims of the Subject “Foreign Trade, Logistics and Business in Slovakia” are:

1. To analyze the Slovak Economy, Logistics and Foreign Trade
2. To conduct research on business opportunities in the Slovak Market
3. To research the trade relations of Slovakia with the student's country
4. To learn about Slovak trade agreements as a member of the European Union
5. To develop a business plan for the Slovak Market

The Subject “Foreign Trade, Logistics and Business in Slovakia” is included within the curriculum of the following academic programs at EENI Global Business School:

Doctorate: World Trade.

Masters: International Business, Foreign Trade.

Masters adapted to Slovak Students.

Languages: + Eslovaquia Slovaquie Eslováquia.

1. Subject Credits “Doing Business in Slovakia”: 1

Slovak Preferential Access and Trade Agreements:

1. Slovakia and the European Economic Area
2. European Union
   1. European Customs Union
   2. The European Union Services Directive
   3. European Digital Single Market
   4. As a member of EU, Slovakia is a beneficiary of EU Trade Agreements
3. Central European Initiative
4. Regional Cooperation Council
5. Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (observer country)
6. Council of the Baltic Sea States (observer country)

1. World Trade Organization (WTO)
   1. Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
   2. Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS)
   3. Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade
   4. Agreement on Preshipment Inspection
   5. Agreement on Safeguards
   6. Trade Facilitation Agreement
2. World Customs Organization (WCO)
   1. Kyoto Convention
3. International Chamber of Commerce
4. COTIF Convention
5. BIC (Containers)
6. Chicago Convention (ICAO)
7. International Maritime Organization
   1. Convention Relating to Temporary Admission
8. Hamburg Rules
9. CMR Convention (UN)
10. CIM & CIT Rules (Rail Transport)
11. Customs Convention on Containers
12. Organization for Cooperation between Railways (OSJD)
13. Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods
14. International Road Transport Union (IRU)
    1. TIR Convention
    2. Guidelines on Safe Load Securing for Road Transport

1. European Union
2. Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
3. European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
4. Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)

1. Asia-Europe Meeting
2. OECD
   1. OECD anti-corruption measures
3. United Nations
   1. Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
   2. International Trade Centre
   3. World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
4. World Bank
5. World Trade Organization (WTO)
6. International Monetary Fund
7. CPLP (observer country)

1. Capital of Slovakia: Bratislava
2. Official Language of Slovakia: Slovak
3. Area of Slovakia: 49,035 km²
4. Slovak Population: 5.4 million people
5. Type of Government of Slovakia: Parliamentary Republic
6. Borders of Slovakia: Austria, Poland, Ukraine, Hungary and the Czech Republic
7. Independence of Slovakia: 1991 (Soviet Union)
8. On 1 January 1993, the Czech Republic and Slovakia separated

Religion in Slovakia: Catholicism (Christianity).

Slovakia belongs to the European Economic Area.

Economy of Slovakia.

1. Slovak GDP
   1. Agriculture: 4%
   2. Industry 36%
   3. Services 60%
2. Slovak Currency: Euro (2009)
3. Slovakia belongs to the EU since 2004

Slovak Foreign Trade.

1. Main Slovaks exports are vehicles, machinery, electric appliance, chemical products
2. Top Slovaks exports destinations: Germany (21%), the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Austria
3. Main suppliers of Slovakia are Germany (19%), the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland
4. As a member of EU, Slovakia is a beneficiary of EU trade agreements with ASEAN, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia...