Two important Government Cabinet decisions

In December, the Government of the Republic of Kosovo made two very important decisions related to the ICT sector.

THE INSTITUTE OF BUILDING BECOMES AN INCUBATOR FOR IT BUSINESSES

As a result of STIKK’s continuous lobbying and advocacy for two years, the Government decided on 23 December 2015 (Decision No. 10/65) that the building where the Institute of Building in the Cadastral Zone of Lower Bernice, with an area of 8000m2 announced that from henceforth will be a Business Incubator for enterprises that work in the ICT sector. The Ministry of Trade and Industry will administrate the building, nevertheless STIKK and its member companies will directly benefit from this initiative.

Vendim për Inkubator për IT Biznese (Bërnicë): https://stikk.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Vendim_Inkubator_per_IT_Biznese_-_Bernice.pdf

THE NATIONAL IT STRATEGY HAS BEEN APPROVED

During the meeting on the 30 December 2015, the Government of Kosovo decided (No. 14/67) upon the approval of Kosovo’s National IT Strategy. This strategy was prepared during 2014 by STIKK, Ministry of Economic Development, and other stakeholders, with the support of GIZ and the Norwegian Embassy. The strategy itself contains 9 pillars of intervention, implementation of which will significantly contribute to the further development of this sector.

Vendim për Strategjinë Nacionale të IT-së: https://stikk.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Vendim_per_Strategjine_Nacionale_te_TI-se.pdf