On Monday, March 11th, a group of students from the Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand who attend International MBA Program (KIMBA) at the Faculty of Business Administration, has arrived to a seven-day visit to Croatia and Osijek. A total of thirteen students took part in the visit (photogalery), led by professor Nirundon Tapachai. Schedule of the Osijek visit included a conversation with dean Željko Turkalj, Ph.D., who presented the work of the Faculty of Economics in Osijek, which was followed by a meeting and discussion with graduate students, with moderation of professors Slavica Singer, Ph.D. and Sunčica Oberman Peterka, Ph.D.
Our guests from Thailand have also visited Business Incubator BIOS and Center for Entrepreneurship Osijek where they learned about operations and plans of these two institutions. This was followed by familiarizing with tourist offer of Slavonia and Baranja through a wine tour, which included sightseeing of Belje vineyards, winery and cellars, with unavoidable wine testing.
After Osijek, visit schedule of Thai students included visits to Zagreb and Pula. In Zagreb they have participated in a meeting with representatives of Croatian Chamber of Commerce who presented the Croatian economy to them. In Pula they visited the Department of Economics and Tourism “dr. Mijo Mirković” of Juraj Dobrila University of Pula where they listened to a presentation about the economic situation in Croatia and the expected effects of Croatia’s accession to the European Union.
