European Leadership Centre (ELC)
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The European Leadership Centre (ELC) was established in 2002, by IEDC-Bled School of Management
, Bled
, Slovenia
, in order to promote European leadership through conferences, workshops, round table discussions, and research.
The ELC's vision is to:
- Create a forum for European business and government leaders
- Promote leadership excellence among European leaders
- Enhance the synergy between the public and private sector in Europe
The ELC has three main objectives:
- to promote knowledge of leadership in Europe via applied research and networks
- to organizes conferences, seminars, and workshops to develop leadership capabilitites and share ideas of this subject with the world
- to set up focused roundtable discussions for distinguished leaders on specific themes.
The network of ELC conference participants
Close to 200 business, government, NGO and media leaders from 22 countries (Albania, Austria, Belgium, BiH, Croatia, Check Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Macedonia, the Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey, UK and the USA) have participated in the ELC conferences since 2003. Besides business leaders the ELC network also includes Dr. Erhard Busek
, Dr. Riccardo Illy, President of Friuli Venezia Giulia, Milan Kučan
, former president of the Republic of Slovenia; Jozefina Topalli, President of the Parliament of Albania, Dr. Peter Kraljič, member of the McKinsey Advisory Council; Dr. Janez Potočnik, the EU Commissioner, Mr. Joachim Bitterlich, Executive Vice President, VEOLIA Environnement, Prof. Dr. Helmut Sihler, President of the Supervisory Board Porsche AG, Janez Stanovnik, former President of Slovenia, and others.
IEDC-Bled School of Management
IEDC-Bled School of Management, located in Bled, Slovenia, is a Business School. It was founded in 1986 upon an initiative of Slovenian business community as the International Executive Development Center....
, Bled
Bled
Bled is a municipality in northwestern Slovenia in the region of Upper Carniola. The area, within the Julian Alps, is a popular tourist destination.-History:...
, Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
, in order to promote European leadership through conferences, workshops, round table discussions, and research.
The ELC's vision is to:
- Create a forum for European business and government leaders
- Promote leadership excellence among European leaders
- Enhance the synergy between the public and private sector in Europe
The ELC has three main objectives:
- to promote knowledge of leadership in Europe via applied research and networks
- to organizes conferences, seminars, and workshops to develop leadership capabilitites and share ideas of this subject with the world
- to set up focused roundtable discussions for distinguished leaders on specific themes.
The network of ELC conference participants
Close to 200 business, government, NGO and media leaders from 22 countries (Albania, Austria, Belgium, BiH, Croatia, Check Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Macedonia, the Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey, UK and the USA) have participated in the ELC conferences since 2003. Besides business leaders the ELC network also includes Dr. Erhard Busek
Erhard Busek
Erhard Busek is a politician from the Christian-conservative People's Party . At present he is Coordinator of the South-Eastern Cooperative Initiative and Chairman of the Institute for Danube Region and Central Europe among other things.Busek was chief of the party and Vice-Chancellor of Austria...
, Dr. Riccardo Illy, President of Friuli Venezia Giulia, Milan Kučan
Milan Kucan
Milan Kučan is a Slovenian politician and statesman. He was the first President of Slovenia.-Early life and political beginnings:...
, former president of the Republic of Slovenia; Jozefina Topalli, President of the Parliament of Albania, Dr. Peter Kraljič, member of the McKinsey Advisory Council; Dr. Janez Potočnik, the EU Commissioner, Mr. Joachim Bitterlich, Executive Vice President, VEOLIA Environnement, Prof. Dr. Helmut Sihler, President of the Supervisory Board Porsche AG, Janez Stanovnik, former President of Slovenia, and others.