SEE ICT Forum Board

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SEE ICT Forum Board
Toni Petreski, MBA SEE ICT Forum, Board
President MASIT, Assembly Chairman INet Inc., CEO
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Stability Pact (1999 gt) RCC (2008gt)
Initiative for Electronic South Eastern Europe
UNDP Secretariat in Sarajevo
eSEE Agenda Plus -Single Information
Space -Innovation Investment in ICT
Research -Inclusive Information Society
bSEE Task Force bSEE Action Plan -Policy and
Regulation -Content Services -Broadband
Infrastructure -Dissemination and social
inclusion
SEE ICT Private Sector Forum Leading int. ICT
Companies Regional ICT Companies ICT Associationss
eGovernance Center Supported by SEE
Governments SEE ICT Forum Board
10 signatory countries Albania Bulgaria Bosnia
and Herzegovina Croatia FYR of Macedonia Greece Mo
ldova Montenegro Romania Serbia UNMIK/Kosovo
Main stakeholders Stability Pact for
SEE Government of Slovenia UNDP USAID INA
Academy Microsoft Siemens SRC.Si Cisco CSI
Piemonte Others Center Advisory Committee ICT
Private Sector Forum Board
9 participating countries Albania Bulgaria Bosni
a and Herzegovina Croatia FYR of
Macedonia Moldova Montenegro Serbia UNMIK/Kosovo
SEE ICT Forum Board SEE ICT Associations eGov
Center Stakeholders International ICT
companies Regional ICT companies UNMIK/Kosovo
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SEE Centre for e-Governance DevelopmentLjubljana,
Slovenia - www.cegd.eu

• Single coordination point in the region regarding
  eGovernance, eCommerce and the overall
  development of modern pu blic administration in
  South East Europe (Director Mr. Blaz Golob)
• Main goals
• Build open information society, increasing
  transparency and minimize the digital divide
  between EU member states and SEE countries
• Train and advise leaders and regional governments
  in the use of information and communication
  technologies to improve democratic and economic
  processes in SEE
• Promote e-solutions in the areas of
  e-procurement, e-customs, e-commerce, e-justice
  and e-education
• Generate political and inter-governmental support
  for the accompanying reforms and changes in the
  way governments in the region do their business
• Encourage regional ownership and close
  coordination with other regional initiatives

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SEE ICT Forum

• BAC-led ICT Forum
• Kick-off the BAC-led ICT Forum in late September
  2006 in Budva, Montenegro on the margins of the
  annual Montenegrin INFOFEST (ICT trade fair)
  and the eSEE/bSEE working group meeting
• 2nd ICT Forum was held in Belgrade, April 2007
• 3rd ICT Forum, in Ljubljana, May 14, 2008
• Include a private sector element in the eSEE/bSEE
  Ministerial meeting, represented and chaired by
  the BAC-led ICT Forum

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SEE ICT Forum MISSION

• The ICT Forum aims to forge a closer alliance
  between the Governments of the SEE region and the
  private sector community that will have capacity
  to improve the ICT related business environment
  and provide valuable input to the eSEE and bSEE
  initiatives.
• The ICT Forum aims to
• Provide Private Sector Input to
• RCC/eSEE/bSEE Initiatives
• Regional Governments
• CeGD Program
• Provide a platform of collaboration among the
  regions ICT companies

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SEE ICT Forum Participants (Open)

• Co-chairs of the BAC-led SEE ICT Private Sector
  Forum
• ICT associations in the SEE region
• Executives from international ICT companies
  active in the SEE region
• Executives from SEE regional and local ICT
  companies
• Representation of the ICT Forum TO RCC /eSEE
  CeGD
• SEE ICT Forum Board initiated during the 3rd ICT
  Forum, in Ljubljana, May 14, 2008

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SEE ICT Forum Board Members (1)

• SEE ICT Forum Board - Board President elected
• Toni Petreski MASIT, Assembly Chairman
• Board Members - ICT associations in the SEE
  region
• Albania - AITA Dritan Mezini / ISSETI Ornela
  Koleka
• BiH BAIT - Brano Vujicic, President
• Bulgaria BASSCOM George Brashnarov, Chairman
  / BAIT Ljubomir Dimitrov, President
• Croatia CRO.ICT - Boris Krstanovic / HUP ICT -
  Hrvoje Sagrak, President
• Kosovo KICTA Visar Dobroshi, MB member
• fyRo Macedonia MASIT Vasko Kronevski,
  President
• Moldavia Valentin Metzger
• Montenegro Vladan Tabas
• Romania - TBD
• Serbia ISS Miodrag Ivkovic, President
• Greece SEPVE - Anastatios Tzikas, President /
  SEPE Pantelis Tzortzakis, President
• Slovenia - ZIT-ICT Dusan Zupancic
• Turkey TUBITAK - TBD

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SEE ICT Forum BoardMembers (2)

• Executives from international ICT companies
  active in the SEE region (committed through the
  CeGD)
• Microsoft - Ilijanco Gagovski
• INA Academy Despina Anastasiadou
• Siemens - Milan Visinski
• Cisco - Laszlo Molnar
• SRC.SI - Jana Babnik Gomiscek

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SEE ICT Forum Objectives

• Propose specific PPP models for successful
  project implementation to be used be eSEE/bSEE WG
  representatives on a regional or national level
• Promote country specific dialogues on IS/ICT
  issues (bringing together government agencies
  with local participants in the BAC-led ICT forum)
• Stimulate periodic exchanges with eSEE/bSEE WG to
  promote joint activities
• Provide Private Sector Input to the 5 years
  strategic program and One year operation plan
  (OYOP) of the CeGD
• Publish periodic summary reports on
  competitiveness of the ICT sector in SEE
  countries (with EITO support?)

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SEE ICT Forum Board Immediate Priorities

• Publishing periodical summary reports on
  competitiveness in the ICT sector in the SEE
  countries, coordinated in consultation with
  eSEE/bSEE representatives and taking into
  consideration already available relative reports
  (SEE Observatory, INA SEE ICT Monitoring Re view,
  NRA reports, SEE ICT Labour Benchmark Reports,
  etc.).
• Provide access to public data to the private
  sector that are developing ICT content and
  services (e.g. roads, maps, directions, weather
  info for applications used when crossing
  borders).
• Identifying obstacles to market development and
  open questions related to regulatory reforms.
• Establish national contact points gt SEE ICT
  Forum Board Members gt Private Sector Advisory
  Committee of the CeGD

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SEE ICT Forum Board Immediate Priorities

• Regional Cooperation for ICT Industry Excellence,
  Promotion Branding based on the Quality
• Promotion of the SEE IT ICT Quality
  Certifications Standards (CMMI, IT Mark, ITIL)
• Provide content for the SEE ICT Forum Portal -
  www.seeictforum.org
• Logistics?
• INA Academy Submitted Proposal to Hellenic Aid to
  fund some operations of the ICT Forum
  (partners Western Balkan ICT Associations)

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SEE ICT Forum Further Considerations - PPP

• Present the private sector views and experience
  on PPPs in SE Europe to Government
  representatives in the eSEE/bSEE Ministerial
  meetings
• Foster the establishment of a PPP Competence
  Center s in each SEE country providing public
  sector training and consulting on management and
  implementation of PPP Projects.
• PPP dialogue during the 6th SEEITA (South East
  Europe Information Technology Associations -
  23.09.2008, Ohrid)

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• If you are willing to be an active contributor to
  the
• SEE ICT Industry developments,
• JOIN THE SEE ICT FORUM

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• Toni Petreski, MBA
• SEE ICT Forum, Board President
• toni_at_inet.com.mk
• Mob 389 70 234.489
• www.seeictforum.org