AMCHAM NEWS & EVENTS
Spring 2017 / Issue 53
AMCHAM NEWS & EVENTS
Spring 2017 / Issue 53
Development of Retail Park Formats
– CBRE Macedonia Info Session Motivi Leads Lively
Session on “HR Challenges”
On February 8th, Goran Zivkovic,
CBRE Macedonia’s Managing Direc-
tor, presented the main advantages
of Retail Parks as new real estate
opportunities, both for potential
investors and for future tenants.
The audience was comprised of rep-
resentatives from member compa-
nies and CBRE’s business partners
in Macedonia. Mr. Zivkovic high-
lighted the main differences between
Shopping centers and Retail parks,
as well as the key benefits on why
Retail Parks attract the investors,
such as: Low construction costs,
Short construction period, Flexible
layouts, Lower rents and better logis-
tical management options.
The main questions from the par-
ticipants were focused on the types
of tenants these retail parks attract,
the ROE, preferable size and loca-
tion of the parks and the occupancy
rates.
The group was eager to hear the
comparable experiences from the On January 31st, Norik Selimi,
Founder & CEO, initiated a dynamic
discussion with representatives from
7 member companies from a variety
of sectors at our latest M2M Learning
Session. His presentation highlighted
direct and indirect competition com-
panies face when seeking talent on
the local marketplace, particularly for
employees with advanced IT skills.
The group also discussed chal-
lenges in the temporary employment
sphere, including ensuring continu-
ity of temporary employees’ pub-
lic health insurance coverage. The
group agreed that the current legal
framework generally does not sup-
port flexible working arrangements
that are becoming ever more popular
around the world and in Macedonia.
at the end of 2016, contributed with
35% in the total stock.
Serbian retail market where this for-
mat showed significant growth and
Finally, participants learned
about www.kariera.mk, a job ful-
fillment platform recently launched
within the Motivi group. Selimi
emphasized that job seekers on
kariera.mk receive training on CV
New Member Highlights
Deloitte’s view of the ERP today
On March 28th, Deloitte Macedonia and
Serbia’s Tomislav Limbevski and Aleksan-
dar Andrejin, presented Deloitte’s high level
understanding of ERP implementation and
expansion trends globally and in the region,
emphasizing the need for companies to
maximize the available benefits. The Deloitte
team demonstrated the importance of com-
panies engaging objective experts to pro-
vide quality assurance services prior to and
during ERP implementations and expan-
sions, including data migrations, project
security management and process design.
The Deloitte team cited a long list of clients
for whom such services had lowered over-
all project risks and costs.
The event was well-attended by repre-
sentatives of companies that are already
running or currently implementing ERPs in
Macedonia.
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development and interviewing skills
and that HR managers can share
best practices with one another via
the platform.
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