Scope of the Ministry of Economic Development

BASED ON APPENDIX 1 OF REGULATION (GRK) – NO. 02/2021 ON THE AREAS OF ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTRIES

13. MINISTRY OF ECONOMY (ME) (hereinafter: ME) shall have the following responsibilities:

13.1. Prepares public policies, drafts legal acts, drafts and adopts bylaws, implements them, as well as determines mandatory standards in the field of energy, mining, postal sector, telecommunications, information and communication technology, and digjital economy ensuring approximation with the EU acquis and relevant international conventions;

13.2. Implements public policies and legislation in the area of energy, mining, postal sector, telecommunications, information and communication technology, as well as digital economy in accordance with applicable law;

13.3. Supports the development of the market economy, market liberalization in public services and the introduction of private capital in the public one;

13.4. Prepares periodic analysis of economic indicators and economic evaluation of public policies, and oversees the implementation of economic and sectorial development policies/strategies;

13.5. Assists the Government in exercising the rights of the Shareholder and chairs the Ministerial Commission for Publicly-Owned Enterprises;

13.6. Supervises and evaluates the Boards of Directors of Public Enterprises according to the legislation;

13.7. Ensures the development and implementation of policies and the National Energy Efficiency Plan and monitors the Municipal Energy Efficiency Plans;

13.8. Monitors energy systems, including the treatment of emergency situations related to security of energy supply and promotes the implementation of technical rules and standards in accordance with international standards;

13.9. Through the Energy Inspectorate, conducts the administrative supervision of the implementation of legal acts and bylaws for Energy, Pressure Equipment and Efficiency;

13.10. Coordinates activities related to the negotiation, conclusion and implementation of international agreements within its scope of administrative responsibility;

13.11. Promotes and represents the mineral sector at home and abroad;

13.12. Conducts geological research and in cooperation with other public authorities and relevant institutions, systematically collects, archives, compiles, processes and makes available geo-scientific data regarding the geological resources of Kosovo and at the request of the Government, provides the available reports and expert assessments regarding geo-scientific issues;

13.13. Develops and supports the ICT sector, in particular e-commerce, electronic identification, security of information systems, Artificial Intelligence, and other new technologies (Internet of Things, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Virtual Reality, 3D Printing, etc.); and

13.14. Performs other duties assigned to the ministry with the relevant legislation in force.