DANUB.IT Conference 20.10.2011. Novi Sad OCS concept, functionalities and the future activities What is OCS -Platform – groups Serbian ITO companies, foreign project providers and experienced IT experts and young engineers - System – identification and classification, mach-making, networking - Tool – cooperation and collaboration on projects (commercial, R&D, EU funded), sharing resources, knowledge sharing, marketing and promotion, HR development - Hub – connecting all stakeholders - Funded by the European Union under IPA 2007 until March 2013 How OCS works Use it as: - OCS Company - Project Provider - ICT/engineering professional or student OCS company can: - Search for new business opportunities and market leads - Post the project for which it need additional resources and/or expertise from other OCS companies - Apply for a posted project, either alone or as a member of project consortia of multiple OCS Companies. - Search the HR database in order to identify new possible employees - Be informed on all news related to activities of OCS - Share information and communicate with other OCS Companies How OCS works Project provider can be: - OCS Company itself - OCT team - Reseller / Consulting company - Direct Client – ordering company ICT/engineering professionals and students post their skills in: - IT - Telecommunications - Energy - Electronics/Embedded - Mechanical engineering - Architecture - Civil engineering OCS - trainings and events -Increasing the business capacities of OCS member companies - Training topics: foreign outsourcing markets and business opportunities, legal issues, marketing and promotion, sales, outsourcing possibilities, modern project management methods and resource sharing. - 16 training sessions, 320 people trained in next two years - Promotion on the biggest ICT events - Better insight into Serbia’s IT outsourcing market for foreign companies and investors - Presenting a unified and trusted face to potential partners Why OCS - Enhancing cooperation among IT outsourcing companies - Increasing competitiveness and capacities - Increasing and sharing resources - Scaling for larger operations - Generating new businesses - Access to larger external projects -Increasing marketing and promotion Why OCS - Increased access to educational workshops - HR capacity building - Keep talent in Serbia -Increase global competitiveness of the Serbia IT sector -Increase in value of IT outsourcing services - Increase in the number of EU funded projects - Impact on general export capacities of the country Why project provider -Get project realization offer from the best ITO companies from Serbia - Each specific task of your project to be developed by the company specialized for that specific field - Possibility of large projects execution - Get the best possible solution in accordance to requirements -New resources always available -Guaranteed references Why OCS company - Jointly bid for larger external projects through the OCS platform - Gain access to top talent through the CV database -Drastically increase your marketing and promotion (through networking and joint marketing activities) -Increase your business capacities and competitiveness through training sessions and educational workshops organized by OCS - Be represented and promoted as a part of one large organization - Be part of the biggest knowledge sharing hub Thank you for your attention! For all aditional info visit www.ocs.rs or contact us at info@ocs.rs