STIKK organize a B2B event in Frankfurt and Stuttgart, Germany

In the course of the activities for IT and export promotion strategy, STIKK in cooperation with Capgemini Consulting and with the support of GIZ organized a B2B meeting with German companies. 6 STIKK company members (INET, Cacttus, Adaptivit, Atikos, Rrota, Komtel) ICK (Innovation Centre Kosovo) and IPAK had the opportunity to meet with companies and organizations in the region of Frankfurt and Stuttgart that work in the field of Information Technology.

During this event, STIKK signed a cooperation agreement with bwconn/MFG(Public Innovation Agency for ICT and Media), OSB Alliance (Open Source Business Alliance) and FLOSSK, the first of its kind in the region.

This was a good opportunity for companies to promote their products and services and it was an opportunity to establish contacts with companies focused on outsourcing in the field of web and software development. This event was organized on 30th October (in Darmstadt and Frankfurt) and 31st October, 2013 (in Stuttgart).

Scrum Training

The next training organized by Kosovo Association of Information and Communication Technology (STIKK) was held from 7th-11th October, 2013 and was dedicated to Scrum Methodology. The training lecturer was Mrs. Bonka Roustcheva which has a long experience in the application of modern methods for managing software projects.

Key topics of the training were:
– Agile methods
– Scrum Master for Certification

The training was attended by 14 participants. Training was dedicated to all STIKK member companies who have the vision and are preparing to join the foreign markets.

Participation at “E-Government and Open Days SEEITA”

On 24th October 2013, STIKK took part in the “E – Government and Open Days SEEITA” conference, organized by the Chamber of Information and Communication Technology – MASIT which took place in Skopje, Macedonia.

The conference was an excellent opportunity to get an insight of what the Government of Macedonia has done so far in the field of “E-Government”, what is the current status of development and what are the plans for the future. In addition, the conference also provided an overview of the experiences of France in the field of E-government development as well as the capacity of Macedonian companies from the ICT industry in the process of building the “E-government services and solutions”.

Workshop on Advocacy and Lobbying Strategy

STIKK together with SPARK organization within the framework of ICT Value Chain project organized a one-day workshop for local partners to this project.
This workshop was led by Ms.Vjollca Cavolli which shared STIKK experiences and journey in different processes and issues of Advocacy and Lobbying, where the main goal was the efforts and achievements of policy changes and certain decision-making structures which affect the development of the sector.