Vasko Kronevski, Vice President

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Vasko Kronevski, Vice President MASIT November
2006
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Who is MASIT?

• 60 national IT industry companies (September
  2006)
• 52 IT Experts Council members (individuals)
• Represents over 80 of domestic IT market output
• Host of many local and regional events -
  Oversight organization for annual regional SEITA
  conference (SEE IT associations)
• 2005 member of WITSA world largest IT
  association
• 2006 member of WITSA Steering committee

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ICT Cluster CompetitivenessBusiness Environment
Forces of Change
Solvel et al. 2003, p.23
President

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ICT Cluster CompetitivenessActors Composing a
Cluster
Solvel et al. 2003, p.18

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ICT Cluster Actors(MCA, June 2005)
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MASIT vision

• MASIT to be a driving force of a competitive
  Information Communications Technology (ICT)
  industry, an innovation-driven economy, and
  contributor to the nations prosperity.

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MASIT Mission

• Reach thousands of IT decision-makers as a
  member of WITSA and becoming a member of the
  EICTA
• To promote MASIT and Macedonian IT Industry
  Cluster
• International promotion of the accomplishments of
  the Macedonian IT companies in the area of IT s/w
  and services
• To facilitate the IT cluster through the
  public-private-partnership
• To exchange knowledge and ideas - to participate
  in the events related to the IT industry
• To facilitate business relationships - to foster
  the international cooperation with other
  associations
• To participate in the definition of the ICT
  regulatory framework, to create the national IT
  standards

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MASIT members
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IT Mentors Alliance 2005

• Partnership between USAID (MCA project for IT
  Cluster development) and MASIT to
• enhance IT cluster development
• enhance advocacy capabilities (PR activities)
• IT Industry Survey (EITO Methodology, IDC)
• Partnership between GTZ (D) and MASIT to
• improve association management
• improve sustainability
• improve linkage with neighboring countries
• Partnership between SIPPO (CH) and MASIT to
• improve export capabilities

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IT Cluster Stakeholders Alliance

• Partnerships with
• CIT (Committee of IT of the Government of the RM)
• MCA2000
• MADE
• NECC (president of MASIT is a member of the
  Board)
• IT Faculties (7)
• Parliament of the RM
• Ministry of Transport Telecommunications
• European Business Association
• SME Forum
• Central Registry State Statistical Office

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MASIT organizational structure
General assembly
MASIT committees
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Institutional Development Committee 2006

• Board Meetings 2005 - 12 (2), 2006 - 12
• Committee Internal Regulations action plans,
  budgets, internal documents, Intranet for
  activities planning monitoring, 2006 - Business
  Plan, Marketing Plan (PR tools), Annual Report,
  Monthly e-Newsletter, Member of MASIT
• Supervisory Board Ethics Committee Regulations
• Telecommunication Retail Working Groups
  development
• Inter-Cluster Cooperation 2005 Parliament,
  MADE, Faculties, 2006 - Min. of Transport, EBA
• Networking - 2005 WITSA, 2006 EITO membership,
  Conferences
• Self-sustainability New demand-driven services
  introduction Surveys, Reports, EU Projects
• Legal status hiring staff (secretaries), EU
  Projects bank accounts

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Local Market Development Events Planning
Committee 2006

• 4th SEEITA 3rd MASIT Open Days IT vendors,
  MNCs, IT companies 12.05.2006 Governmental
  Building
• IT Public Procurements Project based on WITSA IT
  Procurement recommendations (December 2006)
• IT Services Taxations withdrawing taxes
• EU Projects participation FP6, FP7, IST calls
  2005 -MASIT involved in 2, 2006 - for more than
  20 applications submitted
• Regional IT Promotional Agency Stability Pact
  support?

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Competitiveness Committee 2006

• IT Cluster Facilitation Macedonian
  Competitiveness Activity project ended, new MCA2
  starts in 2007
• NECC Committees participation, NGOs cooperation
• IDC ICT Industry Survey IT market size, 6
  sectors SWOT analysis, relative position of the
  IT industry within the economy (revenues, value
  added, employment, foreign trade), October 2005
  April 2006
• ICT Industry Survey Update IDC, May October
  2006
• ICT in the Vertical Industries WITSA Survey
• ICT Benchmarking Standards introduction EITO
  method.
• Financial Institutions IT Services Guarantee
  Fund?

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Education Workforce Development Committee 2006

• ICT Workforce Demand Survey based on Education
  Round Table (2.06.2005) with the 6 IT Faculties
  to develop internship programs IT education
  curriculum (October 2005 - March 2006)
  12.05.2006 MOD Presentation
• ECDL Introduction CEPIS Membership
• Inter-Cluster Project Development ex. joint
  participation with the IT cluster stakeholders
• Other certification programs according to
  members needs

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Software Export Committee 2006

• ICT Awards introduction of the MASIT Annual
  Awards based on WITSA Annual Awards
• Other Software Awards Contests Microsoft, WSIS,
  Trado
• Conferences Participation CeBit, Systems
  (Germany), Orbit-EX (Switzerland), CBI (Holland),
  Regional IT conferences, Outsourcing
  Near-sourcing conferences
• Training Programs CMMI (IT Mark) Certification,
  PMI Certification, Product Management
  Marketing, Sales
• HRDF2 EU Projects
• EU Countries Visa Regime Relieve

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IT Experts Council 2006

• Surveys
• IT Services Quality Customer Satisfaction
• IT Workforce Demand
• IT Skills Infrastructure
• Workshops
• IT Quality Improvements
• IT Experts Quality Mark s/w development,
  systems integration
• IT Solution Annual Awards Committee (7 workgroups
  leaders)
• ECDL Exams Committee

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Recent activities

• May 2006 - ICT Workforce Demand Survey
• May/August 2006 - Support for WITSA Doha
  Development Agenda - WTO
• September 2006 7 recommendations to the
  government
• September 2006 - Telecommunication Retail
  Working Groups development
• October 2006 ICT CENTER OF EXCELLENCE
• October 2006 - Member of WITSA steering committee

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ICT CENTER OF EXCELLENCE

• Provide facilities, services, logistic and
  financial support, business development,
  marketing coaching, intellectual property
  protection activities, administration and
  follow-up to
• IT innovative start-ups (ideas from
  individuals, Universities, small independent
  Companies)
• RD activities of Macedonian ICT Companies

• Supported by MASHAV
• Learn from Israeli experience
• Design a workable model for the Center of
  Excellence
• Development of business plan
• Supported by
• Leading IT companies
• Financial institutions
• Donor community
• Multinational Companies
• Chambers of Commerce
• Education

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WITSA support for WTO Doha Development Agenda

• Trade in Computer Services (GATS)
• Trade in Software
• Electronic Commerce Facilitation (GATS)
• Trade in ICT goods
• Facilitation of trade in goods and services
• www.witsa.org

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Contacts

• Vasko Kronevski, Vice President
• vasko_at_nextsense.com
• Toni Petreski, President
• toni_at_inet.com.mk
• Anita Nikova, Katerina Damevska
• Executive Secretary
• 389 2 3238.601
• www.masit.org.mk