Prishtina, 27.01.2015 – Minister of Economic Development, Blerand
Stavileci, reported today before the Assembly Committee on Economic
Development, Infrastructure, Trade and Industry, where he presented the
situation of publicly owned enterprises and telecommunication, as well
as the legislative agenda of MED.

On this occasion, Minister Stavileci said to the members of the
Committee that despite challenges faced by POEs, such as financial
instability, some of them achieved progress which was directly reflected
in the services provided to the citizens, including the water sector,
energy, heating etc.

Stavileci requested a higher level of accountability from the Boards of
Directors of POEs, and added that the selection of new Board members
should be reflected in order to comply with the professional selection
criteria and increase the performance and implementation of Government
policies.

The Minister of Economy stated that the MED priorities will include the
energy sector, mining, information technology and increase the
performance of POEs, and announced that, after discussions with relevant
stakeholders; the PTK Strategy will be developed, setting the direction
of the enterprise.

The Minister said that the legislative calendar of MED for this year includes 9 draft-laws relevant for the economy.

From their part, members of the Assembly Committee expressed an interest
on the performance of POEs, PTK and the Law on POEs, respectively the
Law on Trepça.