A quarter of a century has passed since the establishment of GBSN Member School IEDC-Bled School of Management; the then IEDC-Center Brdo, established in 1986, was the first management school in Central and Eastern Europe. In 25 years, the IEDC has become one of the most innovative business schools in Europe, attracting business people from all over the world.
IEDC is an international center of excellence, an important business meeting point and a creative environment where leaders and potential leaders come to learn and to reflect. The School is every year visited by over three thousand participants,70 per cent of which come from abroad, and collaborates with over 300 corporate partners from around the world. Since 1986, more than 53.000 participants from 70 countries have attended the IEDC's educational programs.
IEDC is a home to a number of centres of excellence that foster innovation, reflection,creativity, and progress in the field of management, including the Coca-Cola Chair of Sustainable Development and the Centre for Arts and Leadership Development and Research. It is the headquarters of international management development association CEEMAN, the European Leadership Centre, as well as of the national branch of the UN Global Compact.
Prof. Danica Purg, President of IEDC and Ambassador to GBSN, has been named the 2010 Educator/Dean of the Year Award by the Academy of International Business (AIB) for her outstanding achievements in international business education. As the third European awarded she joins an elite list of deans from top international business schools around the world who have received the AIB Dean of the Year Award.
IEDC will be celebrating its anniversary throughout 2011, while the highlight of the jubilee year will be a notable international conference »Change and Sustainable Innovation as Success Factors«, held on 14 October at Brdo pri Kranju; it will bring together around 500respected guests from around the world.
