ICT in Serbia

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ICT in Serbia
Radmila Medakovic secretary

• ELITEX
• New Delhi, 25 26 April 2005

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Overview

• Profile of the Republic of Serbia
• Serbian Chamber of Commerce
• Information Technology Association
• ICT sector in Serbia

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Profile of the Republic of Serbia Basic Facts

• Area 88.361 km²
• Population 7,5 million (excluding Kosovo and
  Methohia)
• Nationality Serbs
• Ethnic Groups Serbs (82.86), Bosnjaks (1.82),
  Romes (1.44), Yugoslavs (1.08), Croats (0.94),
  Montenegrians (0.92), Albanians (0.82),
  Slovakians (0.74), etc.
• Employed 1.850.000
• Capital Belgrade (1.576.124 inhabitants)
• Other major cities Novi Sad (179.625), Ni
  (175.391), Kragujevac (147.305), Subotica
  (100.386)
• National Currency 1 dinar 100 para, 1 EUR
  cca.80,51 dinars, 1 USDcca.61,3363 dinars
  (March, 2005)

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Serbian Chamber of Commerce

• Serbian Chamber of Commerce is interest-based,
  independent and business-professional
  organization of enterprises, entrepreneurs and
  other types of organizations performing economic
  activities on the territory of Serbia, linked by
  common interest.
• Following the examples of the EU countries,
  adopting the Euro-continental model and
  respecting our own tradition, the work of all
  chambers and commerce in Serbia is regulated in a
  modern manner, in accordance with the Law on
  Chambers of Commerce adopted on November 21,
  2001.

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ICT Association in Serbian Chamber of Commerce

• The ICT association currently consists of more
  than 2000 corporate members.
• The IT Association plays an active role in
  contributing the age of the information society.
• Through its operating activities the ICT sector
  has become better recognized, and therefore
  substantially influences the preparation for
  legislation, which will govern the IT market.
• Cooperate with government bodies and
  institutions, as well as with other associations
  in the ICT field.

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ICT Association

• The target in activities of the ICT Association
  is
• to enable enterprises engaged in ICT activities
  to effect directly the creation of economic
  environment for more successful operation,
• to create modern technical and technological
  precondition for the application and development
  of information and communication technologies,
• to identify a framework for economic and social
  development in general.

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ICT Association members and groups

• Members
• All enterprises predominantly involved in ICT
  activities,
• Enterprises and organization users of ICT that
  have outstanding information development
  function,
• Scientific and educational institution engaged in
  ICT

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ICT sector in Serbia
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ICT sector in Serbia
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Serbian Internet market The number of Internet
users in Serbia
2004 2.2 million SM Cyber space users
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Regional location of companies in ICT
Source OECD 2003
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ICT sector in Serbia

• ICT sector has a high annual growth rate of 18,3
  and 5-year projected CAGR of 16,8.
• Source
• IDC, Market analysis and ICT sector trend in
  Serbia Montenegro, 2003 - 2008 (2003). CAGR
  Compounded Annual Growth Rate.

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ICT sector in Serbia

• Since 2000. Serbia has found way to build
  information
• society in general.
• We have adopted
• law about telecommunications
• law about e-signature
• law about info-tech parks
• We have started the process of
• establishing partners relations with leading
  world
• companies in ICT sector
• software legalisations
• operation systems localization for the use of
  Serbian
• language

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ICT sector in Serbia

• Advantages
• Qualified personnel resources
• Creativity, flexibility and receptivity for new
  trends
• High technological level not lagging behind the
  world trends
• High level knows and skills
• Tradition
• Internationally competitive industry of software
• Competitiveness on non-price bases - highly
  qualified
• labor
• Price-based competitiveness
• Geo-strategic position

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Development regional cooperation

• Free Trade Agreements
• The South East Europe Free Trade Area enables
• duty-free access to a market of 60 million
  people.
• The diversity of the eight countries in the
  area, in
• terms of their position, legal environment,
• growth potential, availability of resources
  and
• prices, offers a great opportunity for
  companies
• to combine different parts of the region in
  order
• to achieve the best business performance.

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Development regional cooperation

• Free Trade Agreements
• Serbia and Montenegro has a Free Trade
• Agreement with the Russian Federation
• Memorandum of understending and cooperation
• with the IT Association Russian Federation

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ICT in Serbia
Secretary Radmila Medakovic radmila.medakovic_at_pks.
co.yu
itodbor_at_pks.co.yu
ELITEX New Delhi, 25 26 April 2005