Tirana 30.03.2016 - Within the common market, Kosovo and Albania aim at building capacities of joint power generation, and will soon conduct a feasibility study with the support of USAID. This was announced by the Minister of Economic Development of Kosovo, Blerand Stavileci and his counterpart, Minister of Energy and Industry of Albania, Damian Gjiknuri.

Prishtina, 03.29.2016 - Sustainable economic growth can only be achieved through quality education, professional human resources, rule of law, efficient management of public finance, market access and the availability of infrastructure, said Deputy Minister of Economic Development, Besa Zogaj-Gashi.

Prishtina, 21.03.2016 – In the next month, the SAA (Stabilization Association Agreement), will enter into force and will create significant opportunities for domestic producers. Produce from Kosovo will enter the EU market without barriers and in turn this will create more opportunities for the establishment of partnerships and promotion of investments, said Besa Zogaj-Gashi Deputy Minister of Economic Development in the B2B International Conference for Women Entrepreneurs, held under the patronage of the Ministry of Economic Development in collaboration with the local Agency REA from Prishtina.

Prishtina, 03.07.2016 – Minister of Economic Development, Blerand Stavileci, is attending the largest global mining conference, which is held annually in Toronto, where he will give a presentation on the mineral resources of Kosovo and investment opportunities in this sector.

Prishtina, 01.03.2016 - Key players of the energy sector of Kosovo met in the High Level Forum “Security of Energy Supply in Kosovo”, organized by the Ministry of Economic Development and supported by USAID project REPOWER, discussing current developments in this sector, where they stressed the need for greater involvement of the business community and international partners in the development of this sector.

Prishtina, 22.02.2016 – The first-of-its-kind Women in Online Work (WoW) pilot kicked off today in Lipjan municipality of Kosovo, convening for the first introductory class 63 female trainees. The training phase in the latter municipality will kick off next week. By providing specialized training on coding and soft skills, this pilot aims at increasing employability of a selected pool of under-/unemployed young women in “green jobs” provided through rapidly-growing online IT outsourcing.

Prishtina, 12.02.2016 – Today, a workshop was held in the Ministry of Economic Development on employment possibilities in the digital economy. Present in this workshop was also Deputy Minister of MED, Besa Zogaj-Gashi, Deputy-Minister of MEST, Anila Statovci, alongside experts from the World Bank, ICT officials, and representatives of MED, STIKK, 3CIS, UBT, GIZ and business representatives.

Prishtina, 29.01.2016 – Ministry of Economic Development conducted today the first consultative meeting on the implementation of the Kosovo Strategy on Information Technology, which was adopted by the Government of Kosovo through Decision No. 14/67 of 30.12.2015.

Prishtina, 18.01.2016 - The field of information technology and electronic communication is the most important promoter of economic development. Thus, MED is trying to give its merited space through promotion, adoption of strategic documents and other activities related to safety in this area, said the Minister Economic Development, Blerand Stavileci.

Prishtina, 30.12.2015 – Finalization of the agreement with the US Company, Contour global, as the investor for the construction of “Kosova e Re” power plant, is the greatest success of the year in the energy sector, said the Minister of Economic Development, Blerand Stavileci. Stavileci made these comments in the concluding conference in 2015, where he presented the achievements of his Ministry during the year as well as the challenges faced. He noted that Energy and Information and Communication Technology are two strategic sectors where significant developments took place.