| Zoran Djindjic Internship Program of German Business |
 For the last three years, the Zoran Djindjic Fund, together with the German Committee on Eastern European Economic Relations (Ost-Ausschuss der Deutschen Wirtschaft) and the Delegation of German Business for Serbia and Montenegro, (Delegation der Deutschen Wirtschaft fur Serbien und Montenegro), has been taking part in the implementation of the Zoran Djindjic Internship Program of German Business, the aim of which is to give to qualified young people the chance to gain three to six months of vocational experience in some of the best-known German companies.
The internships are intended for final-year university students and for qualified graduates still gaining their initial work experience. The students gain their experience in major German companies, in a range of industries: the automobile industry, energy, electrical engineering, electronics, banking, business, construction, trade, aeronautics, agricultural technology and cartography. This year, as previously, a group of some thirty young people travelled to Germany, where they spent time gaining work experience in companies such as Siemens, Daimler Chrysler and Deutsche Bank. Their stay in Germany enabled them to learn about the organisational structure, business procedures and operation of large, successful German companies, in order to later transfer this knowledge and experience into their future jobs in Serbia. The Zoran Djindjic Fund, in cooperation with the German Committee on Eastern European Economic Relations and the Delegation of German Business for Serbia and Montenegro, also organises a two-week intensive German language preparation course. For more information about the program please visit: http://www.djindjic-stipendienprogramm.de/ Danijela Cabarkapa, participant, generation 2009.: I interned from June to December 2009. at DEG a member of KfW Bank Group in Köln. DEG was just what I wanted, a bond between financial sector (which is exactly my field of interest) and a higher purpose (having in mind that DEG is active in the strengthening of private sector in developing countries and countries in transition, based on the millennium development goals). I was working in the department for Europe, Middle East and Central Asia – new businesses, which was especially interesting since I was working on projects for Balkan countries. That enabled me to see the perception of a developed economy, such as Germany, towards the countries of our region. I had the opportunity to work with experienced professionals from various fields and learn a lot, because every project was a challenge requiring wide knowledge from various fields and cooperation between sectors, and my colleagues were always there to answer many questions I had. This internship is one of the best experiences of my life both professionally and personally. I am thankful to Zoran Djindjic Fund and German committee on Eastern Economic Relations for this opportunity. I am privileged to be part of this program. Nikola Jelicic, 21 - I did my work experience under the Zoran Djindjic Internship Programme of German Business in the Siemens’ management’s Strategy Department from June to September 2005. Since graduating from my undergraduate course at the Faculty of Economy, Finance and Administration in July 2006, I have been studying economy at the University of Cologne with the help of scholarships from the Mummert Foundation and the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service). With the support of the Zoran Djindjic Fund, I became a holder of a Konrad Adenauer Foundation scholarship for 2006/2007. I remember the day when I saw the advertisement in a newspaper for the Zoran Djindjic Internship Program of German Business and when I envisaged myself doing summer work experience in a leading German company. I had only just turned twenty and found myself at my first interview with the representatives of the Germany Industry Association from Berlin. After a couple of months, I received a letter telling me that I had been accepted into the Corporate Strategy Department of Siemens AG in Munich. That was when the preparations for my trip began, which involved taking exams at short notice so as to be able to devote my time in Germany exclusively to the challenges I would face there. In Berlin, my generation of internees, who were to become my very dear friends, met for the first time. After three days, we had got to know each other so well that we were already arranging visits to one another for the first weekend. In my four months in Munich, I also visited Jovana in Essen, Lidija, Mirna, Ana and Nina in Frankfurt and Ivan in Stuttgart, and also had the pleasure of showing them around “my” city, Munich. The work experience I gained in the small department of a large company was very significant for me as it gave me an insight into the kinds of work in which I would like to be involved in the future. My colleagues were very well-educated and were a good example to me in regard to my future training. I consider my work experience at Siemens and the internship itself my first major achievement, and for me it has been a great stimulus to continue to progress, both on a professional and on a personal level. It was a special honour for me to have been the holder of an internship which bears the name of Zoran Djindjic. While he was Prime Minister, Zoran Djindjic actually visited my department in Siemens. My colleagues often told me of how he had captivated them with his energy. I would think of him every day of my work experience as I entered the main building and leaped up the steps as I hurried to the office. I cannot thank those people who enabled me to spend summer 2005 in Munich enough, from my German teacher, to the lecturers who gave me my references,, to my family, where I always found support, all the way to the people at the head of the program from the Zoran Djindjic Fund and the German Committee on Eastern European Economic Relations. Ana Urosevic, 26 - I remember last November. It was the third time in a row that the announcement had been published inviting applications for internships to gain work experience in Germany. With my knowledge of the German language, my short work experience in banking and above all my great desire to discover for myself the truth of all those myths about German organization and efficiency, I decided to try. After the interview, and a long period awaiting a reply, I received the good news: Deutsche Bank AG was inviting me to gain work experience in Frankfurt for a three-month period. My joy and satisfaction lasted for days as I read and re-read the email, as did my first thoughts about what Germany was like and what it would be like to work with Germans, thoughts which continued right up until the journey itself. After a few months of anticipation and a two-week German language course together, all of the internees gathered in Berlin, where our hosts from the German Committee for Eastern Europe, Nadia Teoharova and Sebastian Nitsche organised visits to and meetings in the Committee, the Bundestag and the Foreign Ministry, and topped off the stay with tourist trips around the city. On the fifth day each of us set off towards their own city, and the real work experience began. My work experience was organised in the form of a kind of three-month training period, such as newly-employed staff in the Deutsche Bank receive, consisting of a round-robin of different departments. In each of the departments, I would observe and learn for the first few days, and then later do it myself. I was greatly helped in this by the readiness and consideration of my colleagues, who were always more than willing to explain the job to me and answer all my questions. This was really very important, as I had never done a lot of the jobs before, nor did I know anything about them beforehand. My most interesting and enjoyable experience was in the DB's Research Centre, in the Country Risk research group, where I spent most of the time. I was impressed by how dynamic they were, how organised, persistent, but also multi-faceted, as employees were constantly encouraged to work, research and educate themselves outside the boundaries of their official job description. My colleagues showed me their reports for the top management and involved me in writing them, as well as in the ranking of countries according to risk. My experience with the people I worked with remained very positive from start to finish, and I even went out in the evenings with my colleagues and spent time with them outside work. My three months’ work experience went by unusually quickly, and today I consider it a significant experience, as great knowledge gained, and habits formed, which I brought back with me to Serbia. That is why I would like to thank all the organisers for their efforts and desire to extend such a great opportunity to young people, an opportunity which can truly change their lives.
Participants in the program:
2008:2010: 1.Bracanović Jelena, 2.Barać Mladen, 3.Bošković Goran, 4.Božić Relja, 5.Dorić Marko,6. Kovačević Nataša,7. Jošanevska Martina, 8.Jovanović Bora, 9.Kačmarčik Igor, 10.Kosanović Miloš, 11.Makuh Bojan, 12.Miladinović Ivica, 13.Milenković Nada, 14.Nešić Nikola, 15.Nikolić Rade, 16.Pešić dragana, 17.Rodić Branislav, 18.Rudivić Milica, 19.Stanojlović Marko, 20.Stević Marija, 21.Stojanović Ivan, 22.Veljković Mirjana, 23.Vidaković Anita, 24.Vučinić Kristina, 25.Živanić Đorđe. 2009: 1.Bursac Vukašin, 2.Čabarkapa Danijela, 3.Ćatović Nikola, 4.Ćosović Marko, 5.Davidović Nemanja, 6.Džakovic Ivan, 7.Gavrilović Marko, 8.Grušić Uglješa, 9.Jovanović Kosta, 10.Marjanovic Aleksandra, 11.Miletić Natalija, 12.Mlađen Miloš, 13.Muncan Marko, 14.Munjaš Vasilije, 15.Petković Danijela, 16.Petrović Maja, 17.Plakalović Marina, 18.Stanivuković Nikola, 19.Tomić Žarko, 20.Vujić Vukan, 21.Vulinović Miroslav, 22.Živić Marina 1. Bogović Jelena 2. Brkić Dragana 3. Čeličanin Žarko 4. Cvetković Strahinja 5. Drobnjak Jelena 6. Gajić Ana 7. Ilić Aleksandar 8. Josić Dejan 9. Jovanović Marko 10. Mikalački Sava 11. Milinković Milan 12. Miljković Marko 13. Novković Ana 14. Obrknežev Miloš 15. Otašević Dragiša 16. Pjevac Jelena 17. Ranđelović Tanja 18. Stamenković Vera 19. Stević Svetomir 20. Stojanović Hristina 21. Tišma Ana 22. Vuletić Tijana 23. Zmijanac Veroljub 24. Ilić Marko 2007: 1. Uskoković Dragana 2. Milenković Saša 3. Miletić Jelica 4. Emini Sanda 5. Todorović Sonja 6. Kosdenar Ognjen 7. Basta Nikola 8. Rakić Mirjana 9. Nikolić Jovana 10. Knežević Marija 11. Partalo Nataša 12. Lukić Sonja 13. Kalentić Marija 14. Radovanović Raško 15. Zlatović Predrag 16. Pejović Jelena 17. Petrović Milenko 18. Kapor Zoran 19. Malentić Nemanja 20. Popivoda Goran 21. Pejčić Dušan 22. Nikolajević Dimitrije 23. Đorđević Anastasija 24. Đorđević Aleksandra 25. Miletić Jelena 2006: 1. Andrijašević Mirjana 2. Bajić Dejan 3. Bojanić Uroš 4. Bujak Ljubiša 5. Golusin Aleksandra 6. Marinković Đorđe 7. Mihajlov Jasna 8. Milić Nebojša 9. Miljković Jelena 10. Nedeljković Tijana 11. Nikolić Dana 12. Orlović Svetislav 13. Panić Borislav 14. Petrov Tatjana 15. Petrović Jelena 16. Račić Aleksandar 17. Slavković Biljana 18. Urošević Ana 19. Uščumlić Blagoje 20. Vucković Ivan 21. Vujkov Aleksandar 22. Stojanić Milan 23. Štrbac Dejan 24. Popesku Mihailo 2005: 1. Drakulić Ana 2. Đuranović Bojana 3. Jašić Branko 4. Karanović Zorica 5. Latinović Zoran 6. Mihajlović Saša 7. Miletić Dragan 8. Saso Ivana 9. Stegić Mladen 10. Stevanovic Miloš 11. Stojanović Nina 12. Todorović Predrag 13. Anđelić Jovana 14. Čović Lidija 15. Farago Mirjana 16. Jeličić Nikola 17. Korać Mirna 18. Markovic Ivan 19. Marsenić Branislava 20. Miljković Dragana 21. Mirički Tamara 22. Nikacević Gordana 23. Ostojić Branislav 24. Takacs Zoltan 25. Vergaš Zoran 2004: 1. Antić Borislav 2. Babić Milan 3. Čabrilo Ivan 4. Djoković Milljan 5. Djoković Predrag 6. Ekmedzić Andrija 7. Filimonović Milan 8. Guzvica Aleksa 9. Kerkez Lara 10. Kljalić Vanja 11. Krstić Goran 12. Lapčević Nebojsa 13. Lukić Sonja 14. Marković Predrag 15. Mihajlović Svetlana 16. Novičić Nataša 17. Pantović Miljana 18. Popović Mirjana 19. Potpara Slavko 20. Radenković Nikola 21. Stevanović Srdjan 22. Stoiljković Nenad 23. Stojanović Marija 24. Trifunović Nikola 25. Uzelac Miloš 26. Zuza Dušan < Prethodno Sledeće > |
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