In Paris, yesterday marked the beginning of the OECD Forum 2015, whose this year's theme is »Investing in the Future: People, Planet, Prosperity«. The forum addressing key issues such as investment, inclusive growth, climate and sustainable development goals has been attended by high representatives of countries, institutions, the economy and diplomacy.

At the focal round table entitled »Unlocking Investment«, which followed the opening, the president of VZMD - PanSlovenian Shareholders` Association and Board member of the European Federation of Investors and Financial Services Users (Better Finance), Mr. Kristjan Verbič, as the first discussant, posed a question for the President of the Supervisory Council of the European Central Bank (ECB), Ms. Danièle Nouy, and underlined the importance of trust, primarily of individual investors, and kindly asked for the clarification of and opinion on the extremely different criteria for performing stress tests which significantly affect investors, and which, in Slovenia, brought about highly contentious expropriations. (you can view the question and answer by clicking on the link starting from 59:29 minute onwards: http://webcastcdn.viewontv.com/client/oecd/forum2015/02062015_blue.html)  

The focal panel was also attended by Mr. Ronald Cohen, President of the G8 Social Impact Investment Taskforce, Arda Ermut, President of the Investment Support and Promotion Agency of Turkey (ISPAT), İlhami Koç, Vice President of Isbank, Eric Labaye, President of  McKinsey Global Institute, Richard Trumka, Thierry de Longuemar, Vice President of Finance and Risk Management, Asian Development Bank (ADB), and President of Trade Union Advisory Committee (TUAC), who also commented on the question posed by Mr. Verbič. The latter has participated in the OECD Forum for the fourth time consecutively where he also posed a weighty question regarding the expropriated bondholders and shareholders of the Slovenian banks for the Forum keynote speaker and the Prime Minister of Slovenia, Ms. Alenka Bratušek last year.

Following the yesterday's opening address by the representative of the United Nations, Ms. Helen Clark, OECD Secretary General, Ms. Angela Gurríe and the French Minister of Environment, Sustainable Development and Energy, Ms. Ségolène Royal, own opinions and views will be delivered by 226 speakers out of which 19 ministers, prime ministers and presidents of countries such as Czech Republic, France, Greece, Iceland, Italy, South Korea, Mexico, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Turkey in two days.

Under the sixth this year's tour of the international business-investor programs: Invest to Slovenia (investo.si) and International Investors` Network (invest-to.net) Mr. Verbič arrived in Paris from Skopje, where he participated in the international delegation of the business delegation of business angles, who visited Albania, Kosovo and FYR Macedonia, but the road will take him to Taipei where he will participate in the delegation of the European Commission's Mission for Growth.

After fruitful presentations in the past two years in Abu Dhabi, Astana, Almaty, Baku, Belgrade, Bled, Bratislava, Brussels, Buenos Aires, Buffalo, Bucharest, Cape Town, Celje, Dubai, Vienna, Eindhoven, Grodno, Helsinki, Istanbul, Yaroslavl, Qatar, Kiev, Copenhagen, Ljubljana, Madrid, Minsk, Montevideo, Moscow, New Delhi, New York, Ouagadougou, Paris, Piran, Praia, Pristina, Reykjavik, Skopje, Tehran, Tirana, Tokyo, Toronto, Warsaw, Vitebsk, Wiesbaden in Zagreb, the international business-investor programs of VZMD continue to provide efficient presence and presentation for its partners on five continents this year as well.