GROW modular management development program, designed for Pivovarna Laško Union and being delivered in blended format from November 2019 till the end of 2021.

IEDC Alumni Club Poland will be led by Anastasia Paruntseva as a President, Kateyrna Konovalova as a Vice President and Katarzyna Iwanowska as a Board Member

Aleksandra Kregar, the IEDC doctoral student defended her PhD dissertation

IEDC Alumni Club Croatia and CROMA – Croatian Association of Managers organized a networking event in Zagreb

On June 23 the first event of the IEDC Alumni Club Poland took place. Prof. Danica Purg, President of the IEDC-Bled School of Management, welcomed all the participants and expressed her support for the alumni initiative. Dr. Nenad Filipović, Executive Education Director, in his lecture “What After the Pandemics?” touched upon a lot of interesting and thought-provoking topics, talking about a lot of challenges today’s managers are facing.

IEDC – Bled School of Management was listed 23rd place in the WURI "World's Universities with Real Impact" in Entrepreneurial spirit (among TOP 50)

Iskraemeco wins the 10th IEDC Case Study Competition Slovenia organized and led by IEDC Alumni Club Slovenia

Springer Publishing House has published a book on Hidden champions based on a study conducted in 22 countries around the world (including China and Mongolia) by the IEDC-Bled School of Management, Postgraduate studies and CEEMAN. The editors of the book are Prof. Danica Purg and Dr. Alenka Braček Lalić.

Almin Adžović, the IEDC doctoral student defended his PhD dissertation

H.E. Mr. Marco Hennis, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Slovenia accompanied by Derk Jan Nauta, Deputy Head of mission was received by Prof. Danica Purg, President of IEDC – Bled School of Management and colleagues at IEDC

Zhejiang University, one of Asia's leading research universities has named Prof. Danica Purg the chairwoman of the Academic Board for International Research Center for Hidden Champions.

Maša Dimić Zekić successfully completed her EMBA in 2020, and with her engagement as the president of the club, she will certainly contribute with her energy and ideas to the further development of the club.

A courtesy visit at IEDC from the new director of Advantage Austria, Mag. Wilhelm Nest and Mr. Stefano La Croce, Deputy Director

Dr. Amadea Dobovišek and Zoran Simunić, IEDC Alumni led the webinar for CROMA

On Friday, February 5, the IEDC completed the last module of the Grow Management Development Program for Pivovarna Laško Union, designed in 7 modules and complemented by reflection papers. Participants' feedback confirms the program was a great success.

International Executive MBA Class is represented by altogether 20 participants from 10 countries

Views of world gurus on leadership challenges have been published in proceedings of the conference entitled: Impending Global Leadership Challenges: Lessons Learned from the Covid-19 Crisis

IEDC has partnered with the NLB Group, which prepared a special offer for our IEDC EMBA participants - a personal loan with a lower interest rate and without approval costs, for financing the tuition fee as well as other costs related to the EMBA study program.

The IEDC Alumni Club Croatia elected the new presidency of the club. Ivana Krajinović, CEO of Adria Media Zagreb and our EMBA alumna, will lead the IEDC Alumni Club Croatia as the President. She is also joined by Zdravka Škugor, MBA, and Adrian Alajković, MBA.

35 executives from 9 countries received their Executive MBA diplomas and 2 PhD diplomas