The alumni panel is a special event within Career Week, bringing together four alumni of the Faculty, that will discuss career advancement and the role of formal and non-formal education.

A successful career has a different meaning for everyone, but in any case it starts during the student days. That is why our alumni will talk about how students, by engaging in various activities and student jobs, can develop a variety of competencies and entrepreneurial spirit necessary to begin their successful careers.

Our alumni – panelists are:

– Miljenko Vaić, co-owner and director at InCePoSa d.o.o. and Sales Director at PIK Rijeka d.d.

– Nikša Tomulić, co-owner and director at kompare.hr

– Ivana Validžić, Head of Business and Strategy at Brigada d.o.o.

– Aleksandra Ignatoski, Business Analyst at Aestus d.o.o.

The panel moderator is Prof. dr. dr. sc. Ivana First Komen.

The panel does not require registration. The panel begins at 2:00 pm in the Faculty Annex.

Career Week is held at the Faculty of Economics in Rijeka from 21st to 25th October 2019. EFRI business partners will give lectures to students during the Week to share stories about their career paths, as well as inform students about the opportunities offered to them during and after their studies.

32 alumni spent Saturday gathering in Krašograd. Through teambuilding, part of our alumni community has gained insight into the importance of generational and intergenerational connectivity. The Dean and the Chairman of the Board gave short presentations on the importance of the Alumni EFRI , on the work to date and plans for the future.

Through ‘ice*breaking’ games and various sports games such as border guards, rope pulling, bowling and football, alumni were able to get to know each other better and make new acquintances. After lunch, alumni answered questions from their colleagues about student days and career paths.

You can read more about Krašograd on their web site: Ekopark Krašograd

Starting at 10am this Sunday, May 26th, the first event hosted by EFRI Sport, and International Business students will be held, with the support of the Alumni EFRI!

In order to provide our international students with the full experience of studying in Rijeka, we are organizing a sports day by the beach filled with various sports activities with indispensable food, drinks and music.

EFRI International Sports Day will be held at the Kostrena Sports Center from 10:00 to 15:00.

You can apply at the link HERE.

More information (ex. how to get there by bus) can be found at the FB event HERE.

The Faculty of Economics and Business in Rijeka, Alumni and Career Center EFRI are organizing a lecture by Mr. Boris Vujčić, Governor of the Croatian National Bank, on Wednesday, May 15, 2019.

The introduction of the euro is a challenge for Croatia – how the process will unfold, what is the public’s view on the introduction of the new currency in Croatia and when to start introducing the Euro are the topics the Governor will talk about in his lecture titled “Euro: when, why and how? “

The lecture begins at 4 pm in the Annex Hall of the Faculty of Economics and Business in Rijeka

To participate, apply via the online form available HERE.

Alumni EFRI and The Faculty of Economics and Business in Rijeka, will host on Wednesday, May 15, 2019, Mr. Željko Rohatinski, former Governor of the Croatian National Bank.

On this occasion, Mr. Rohatinski will be presenting a book entitled: “The Crisis in Croatia.”. The book deals with the consequences of the global financial crisis on the Croatian economy and society and how to productively increase employment and production capacity of the national economy, i.e. its overall competitiveness in the context of fiscal constraints and still relatively expensive financing.

The lecture will be held on May 15, 2019 at 11 am at the Faculty of Economics in Rijeka, Ivana Filipovića 4, Annex hall.

To participate in the lecture, apply via the online form available HERE.

Alumni and Career Center of the Faculty of Economics and Business in Rijeka are organizing on May 2, 2019, at 11 o’clock, a round table titled: “Energy Development Strategy of the Republic of Croatia”.

The basis for Croatia’s new energy strategy until 2030 will be discussed with a further view to 2050, the so-called The Green Book, drafted by the Hrvoje Požar Energy Institute, which aims at competitive and accessible energy and secure supply.

In the roundtable discussion will participate experts from the relevant fields, in the following order:

– Ph.D. Goran Granić, Energy Institute Hrvoje Požar, Director;

– prof. dr. sc. Bernard Franković, HAZU Scientific Council for Oil and Gas Economy and Energy, Head VI. sections of the Executive Board;

– Ivana Ivančić, First Gas Company, Member of the Management Board;

– prof. dr. sc. Ljubomir Majdandžić, International Center for Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment and

– Ivan Periša, HEP, Director of the System Management Division.

The roundtable moderator will be prof. dr. sc. Nela Vlahinić Lenz, Head of our postgraduate specialist study Energy Sector Economics.

EFRI NETWORKING WEEK – Connect & Act will be held at the Faculty of Economics in Rijeka from March 25th-29th, 2019.

The program aims at connecting current and graduated students of the Faculty of Economics and Business in Rijeka.

A series of lectures from Alumni – successful business people and members of the Alumni community – will be held, through which they will pass on their knowledge, experience and skills to their young colleagues.

In addition to the official part of the program, we also expect informal socializing, a fun-educational quiz and a study visit to the partner company of the Faculty.

More about the program and the exact schedule of all events can be found here.