19.11.2016

Announcement of Tech and Tourism Innovation Week Winners

The business ideas of grant applicants were pitched in front of the professional jury composed by the experts of the tourism and tech fields, within Tourism and Tech Innovation Week at CBC Innovation Hub in Istog.Those business ideas were presented by 15 groups, of which 10 best ideas were selected and are awarded with a total grant of 3,000.00 € per idea.

The Overall Objective of the ideas is to contribute to sustainable economic development by fostering innovation & entrepreneurship in the tourism industry. In addition, some ideas included creating tourist packages, the development of online applications for smartphones and web, the most worthy representation of the tourism sector as a potential for the growth of economy.

This activity is organized within the project funded by the European Union, “Harnessing innovation and entrepreneurship in a cross-border region Kosovo and Montenegro’’ implemented by STIKK in partnership with NGO Syri i Vizionit.

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18.11.2016

STIKK organised a B2B event in Cologne, Frankfurt and Darmstadt, Germany

STIKK, in cooperation with Capgemini Consulting and with the support of GIZ and USAID, organised a Business-to-Business event in Germany from the 14th until the 18th of November, 2016. This is part of the Export Promotion activities of the Kosovo IT Strategy.

6 STIKK member companies (Adaptivit Engineering, Cacttus, ITEG, LinkPlus, Rrota, and Zetta Technologies) had the opportunity to meet and greet with companies and organisation of the regions of Cologne, Frankfurt, and Darmstadt that work in the field of Information Technology.

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15.11.2016

Opening of the Tourism and Tech Innovation Week

The opening of the Tourism and Tech Innovation Week took place at CBC Innovation Hub in Istog. The number of participants of the Tourism and Tech Innovation Week includes 53 young people, of whom 20 are from Montenegro.

During the week young people will be mentored by experts in the field of Tourism and Tech, while on Saturday the best ideas will be presented in front of the jury of experts. It is foreseen that the most innovative ideas will be rewarded with the amount up to 3,000.00 Euro for further development.

The Tourism and Tech Innovation Week is the best environment to promote entrepreneurship and self-employment.

This activity is organized within the project funded by the European Union, “Harnessing innovation and entrepreneurship in a cross-border region Kosovo and Montenegro’’ implemented by STIKK in partnership with Syri i Vizionit.

The Tourism and Tech Innovation Week is an added value towards Global Entrepreneurship Week that is being held these days in Kosovo.

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