DEJAN MILANOV, REPRESENTING THE DAR ŠUMADIJE CITIZENS' ASSOCIATION, INITIATED A THREE-MONTH EVENT CALLED THE "MORE THAN A GAME" LEAGUE, INVOLVING FOURTH-GRADE PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM ARANĐELOVAC AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.

As part of the competition, students are tasked with overcoming a series of obstacles on the "More Than a Game" course, designed according to the Mensa learning system. This course helps develop eye accommodation, fine motor skills, balance, gross motor skills, auditory accommodation, mental serialization, and classification, while also stimulating the development of neurons and synapses in the brain, which supports healthy child development. Bekament, as a socially responsible company, was pleased to support the event with a donation, believing that such initiatives contribute to improving conditions for the development, education, and life of children.

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ON THE OCCASION OF CHILDREN'S WEEK, ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, BEKAMENT WAS PLEASED TO HOST STUDENTS FROM GRADES 1 TO 4 OF THE "DUŠAN RADONJIĆ" PRIMARY SCHOOL FROM BANJA IN ARANĐELOVAC AT ITS FACTORY COMPLEX.

During the organized visit, the students had the opportunity to tour the Training Center, be introduced to some products from Bekament's wide range for the first time, and explore an interesting showroom of decorative techniques.

On the same day, Bekament also hosted students from the First Technical School in Kragujevac (one class of construction technicians and one class of architectural technicians) with the aim of enhancing the quality of their education. During their visit, the high school students toured the production facilities and gained insight into the production process of finishing materials for construction, as well as their practical application within the Bekament Training Center. Additionally, technical support engineers presented systematic solutions (thermal insulation façade systems and ceramic laying systems) that sparked great interest among the students.

Filled with impressions and smiles on their faces, the students concluded their visit, and Bekament will always support such initiatives that provide opportunities for theoretical knowledge to be supplemented through practical instruction.

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THE 4TH LEAN AND KAIZEN CONGRESS, TITLED "SEIZE THE OPPORTUNITY AND TRANSFORM INTO A LEAN COMPANY," WAS HELD FROM OCTOBER 3 TO 4 AT THE CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL IN BELGRADE.

This year, the congress brought together more than 300 participants in one place, making it the largest Lean and Kaizen event in the region. Besides networking and socializing, attendees had the opportunity to hear from seven different panels, featuring directors from renowned companies operating in Serbia. In Panel 2, titled "LEAN COACHING – HOW TO CREATE A CULTURE OF CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT WITH EMPLOYEES?", HR directors shared their experiences on how to create a culture of continuous improvement with people (not just tools).

Ivan Radukanović, HR Director at Bekament, was one of the panelists, where he had the opportunity to discuss various current topics related to employee care with the other participants—from motivation, methods for improving their knowledge and interpersonal skills, to performance reward systems and achieving greater employee satisfaction within the system they work in. We share with you a segment of Ivan's presentation, where during the panel he stated the following: "We are oriented towards empowering our teams to increase team performance, not individual performance. We want employees to encourage each other, to work as a team and achieve success together, and therefore we aim to create team responsibility, not individual responsibility. We want to involve our employees as much as possible in the system, in our culture, because it is important for them to understand that changes start with them." You can view the entire panel HERE.

ON SEPTEMBER 20, 2022, A BUSINESS CONFERENCE WAS HELD AT BANSKI DVOR IN BANJA LUKA, ORGANIZED BY THE EMPLOYERS' UNION OF THE REPUBLIC OF SRPSKA, AS PART OF THE "CONTRIBUTION OF CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS TO IMPROVING THE IMPACT OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP ON THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF BIH – EISE" PROJECT.

The goal of the conference was to identify key economic and social challenges, as well as directions for creating a productive and socially just community through dialogue among employers, representatives of the Republic of Srpska Government, academia, and companies. The conference included four panel discussions on various topics, one of which was "Human Capital in the Era of Automation and Digitalization."

Discussing this important topic were Ivan Radukanović, HR Director at Bekament, Dr. Zoran Stojiljković, professor at the Faculty of Political Sciences in Belgrade and president of the Independence Union Serbia, Dejan Jokić, Executive Director for Finance at m
, and Predrag Zorić, President of the Employers' Association of the Metal Industry and Director of Kolektor CCL, Laktaši. The panel featured diverse opinions and reflections on whether digitalization and automation present an opportunity or a challenge, whether and how the education system is being reformed in accordance with the times, and the role of employers in human resource development. Panelists also discussed whether innovation and motivation are the paths to quality jobs.

On this occasion, Ivan Radukanović stated in his presentation: "In an era of high staff turnover, we at Bekament strive to maintain an optimistic attitude and work proactively, systematically interviewing and building a pool of potential employees. With this approach, we try to recognize talent, respond quickly when vacancies arise, and find the right candidate for a given position. At Bekament, we are also continuously working on automating and digitalizing our work processes with our employees, which provides greater flexibility and resilience to staff changes. Through new technologies, we have managed to reduce overtime hours for our employees, allow them more personal time, and at the same time increase their salaries due to lower product costs resulting from higher productivity."