Practical cooperation Pristina, 2011

Practical cooperation
Pristina, 2011
Disclaimer and tributes
An international team leading by the IPAK Deputy Director Remzi
Ahmeti, Executive officials IPAK Kreshnik Rugova, Kastriot Vrella and
Kreshnik Thaqi has been undertaken company visits, company’s data
sheet, live support assistance in partner research. Informations gathered
have been compared with data office for study and statistics Mr Shyqiri
Krasniqi. International Business College of Mitrovica collaborated with
Mr Qeresa Beqiri and Edmond Pajaziti
.
Kosovo at a glance
GEOGRAPHY
POPULATION
Land area: 10,900
km² (slightly larger
than Delaware)
Land Boundaries:
702 km, landlocked
(Albania 112 km,
Macedonia 159 km,
Montenegro 79 km,
Serbia 352 km)
Terrain: Low flood
plains throughout
central Kosovo,
surrounded by
mountains to the
north, west and
south.
Highest elevation:
Gjeravica 2,856m
Land Use: 52%
agriculture, 39%
forests
Largest City:
Pristina - est. pop.
600,000
Population Description: approx. 1.8 million people (July 2010 est.)
Population in Diaspora: 400,000 - 500,000 people living abroad
Religion: Predominately Muslim, also Orthodox and Roman Catholic
Ethnicity: Kosovo Albanian 92%, Other 8% (Serb, Bosniak, Gorani,
Roma, Turk, Ashkali, Egyptian)
Languages: Albanian, Serbian, Bosnian, Turkish, Roma, English
ECONOMIC DESCRIPTION
Currency: EURO (as of Jan. 1, 2002)
GDP: €5.4 billion (IMF 2010 est.)
GDP Growth Rate: 4.0% (World Bank 2009 est.)
GDP Per capita: €1,800 (World Bank 2010)
Labor Force: 310,000 (CIA 2009 est.)
Unemployment Rate: Over 40% (CIA and World Bank 2010 est.)
Extreme poverty: 15% (World Bank 2010 est.)
GOVERNMENT
Republic of Kosovo (independence declared February 17th, 2008)
President: Atifete Jahjaga
Prime Minister: Hashim Thaçi
Speaker of the Assembly: Jakup Krasniqi
Local Government is currently represented by 36 municipalities
KOSOVA EXPORT
(€)
Esportazioni I Semestre 2011
PAESE
GEN
FEB
MARZ
APR
MAG
GIU
TOT
%
ALBANIA
1,727,7
17
2,050,9
28
2,221,08
1
2,800,79
1
2,751,837
2,027,12
0
13,579,47
3
21.1%
MACEDONIA
2,182,3
04
1,851,6
32
2,335,42
8
1,989,77
4
2,322,865
2,428,60
7
13,110,61
1
20.4%
SVIZZERA
203,979
811,98
2
129,468
4,191,90
1
1,773,305
2,767,24
2
9,877,877
15.3%
ITALIA
1,309,4
28
1,230,5
96
1,170,40
0
1,214,94
8
997,504
770,630
6,693,507
10.4%
SLOVENIA
664,134
785,18
4
1,087,99
0
1,113,09
0
708,284
547,430
4,906,111
7.6%
GERMANIA
427,348
392,73
3
288,960
356,637
425,505
576,334
2,467,516
3.8%
CINA
169,859
0
24,436
121,985
457,538
1,374,35
1
2,148,168
3.3%
41,129
167,43
6
467,084
413,851
281,955
407,803
1,779,256
2.8%
TURCHIA
368,702
44,602
88,209
187,964
186,680
303,757
1,179,915
1.8%
ALTRI
1,280,5
31
1,792,0
11
1,522,35
1
1,603,75
2
1,300,161
1,173,54
4
8,672,351
13.5%
TOT
8,375,1
30
9,127,1
04
9,335,40
6
13,994,6
93
11,205,63
3
12,376,8
19
64,414,78
4
100.0%
SERBIA
source ICE Pristina on data Kosova Customs
Kosova import
(€)
Importazioni I Semestre 2011
PAESE
GEN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAG
GIU
MACEDONIA
20,060,593
19,202,335
25,853,228
29,508,403
32,633,256
32,571,166
159,828,981
15.
3%
SERBIA
15,714,721
18,904,088
30,207,238
22,817,938
26,471,892
28,828,953
142,944,830
13.
7%
GERMANIA
12,779,496
18,714,673
20,169,389
20,293,475
23,740,302
23,946,319
119,643,654
11.
5%
8,551,835
9,561,877
12,669,935
15,354,549
18,347,223
16,056,153
80,541,571
7.7
%
10,432,826
10,434,938
11,199,684
11,723,467
13,353,242
15,227,123
72,371,280
6.9
%
ITALIA
5,739,315
8,915,374
9,043,259
11,087,800
12,089,867
11,641,773
58,517,387
5.6
%
ALBANIA
3,368,910
3,007,293
6,331,069
6,432,185
8,022,846
8,293,591
35,455,894
3.4
%
SLOVENIA
2,844,047
4,590,609
6,331,064
6,186,607
5,928,765
6,905,230
32,786,322
3.1
%
SVIZZERA
787,512
908,843
2,357,201
1,820,149
2,503,834
2,282,614
10,660,153
1.0
%
ALTRI
42,628,112
44,249,373
54,405,892
59,678,388
65,062,879
63,070,806
329,095,449
31.
6%
TOT
122,907,36
6
138,489,40
3
178,567,96
0
184,902,96
1
208,154,10
5
208,823,72
7
1,041,845,52
2
100
.0%
TURCHIA
CINA
source ICE Pristina on data Kosova Customs
TOT
%
Kosova trade balance 1° semester 2011
(€)
Saldo Commerciale I Semestre 2011
PAESE
SVIZZERA
EXP
%
IMP
%
BILANCIA
9,877,877
15.3%
10,660,153
1.0%
-782,276
13,579,473
21.1%
35,455,894
3.4%
-21,876,422
SLOVENIA
4,906,111
7.6%
32,786,322
3.1%
-27,880,212
ITALIA
6,693,507
10.4%
58,517,387
5.6%
-51,823,880
CINA
2,148,168
3.3%
72,371,280
6.9%
-70,223,112
TURCHIA
1,179,915
1.8%
80,541,571
7.7%
-79,361,656
GERMANIA
2,467,516
3.8%
119,643,654
11.5%
-117,176,138
SERBIA
1,779,256
2.8%
142,944,830
13.7%
-141,165,574
13,110,611
20.4%
159,828,981
15.3%
-146,718,370
8,672,351
13.5%
329,095,449
31.6%
-320,423,099
64,414,784
100.0%
1,041,845,522
100.0%
-977,430,738
ALBANIA
MACEDONIA
ALTRI
TOT
source ICE on figures Kosova Customs
Kosova trade balance 1° semester 2010
(€)
Saldo Commerciale I semestre 2010
PAESE
EXP
%
IMP
%
BILANCIA
SVIZZERA
8,217,302
15.2%
9,633,022
1.1%
-1,415,721
ALBANIA
10,766,041
19.9%
24,455,877
2.7%
-13,689,836
SLOVENIA
2,997,927
5.5%
31,155,337
3.4%
-28,157,410
ITALIA
5,407,414
10.0%
38,721,260
4.2%
-33,313,846
CINA
1,391,987
2.6%
57,085,851
6.3%
-55,693,864
TURCHIA
2,008,454
3.7%
67,097,101
7.4%
-65,088,647
696,264
1.3%
107,002,762
11.7%
-106,306,498
MACEDONIA
10,594,978
19.6%
135,114,578
14.8%
-124,519,601
GERMANIA
1,929,166
3.6%
126,596,605
13.9%
-124,667,439
ALTRI
10,074,150
18.6%
314,781,728
34.5%
-304,707,578
TOT
54,083,682
100.0%
911,644,121
100.0%
-857,560,439
SERBIA
source ICE on figures Kosova Customs
Foreign trade partners of Kosovo: exporters
(€)
Interscambio commerciale in valore
Principali Fornitori I Semestre 2011
(Valori in Euro, dati cumulati)
IMP
%
Macedonia
159.828.981
15,3
Serbia
142.944.830
13,7
Germania
119.643.654
11,5
Turchia
80.541.571
7,7
Cina
72.371.280
6,9
Italia
58.517.387
5,6
Albania
35.455.894
3,4
Slovenia
32.786,322
3,1
Svizzera
10.660.153
1,0
Altri
329.095.449
31,6
1.041.845.522
100
Totale
source ICE on figures Kosova Customs
Foreign trade partners of Kosovo: clients
(€)
Interscambio commerciale in valore Kosovo
Principali Clienti I Semestre 2011
(Valori in Euro, dati cumulati)
EXP
%
Albania
13.579.473
21,1
Macedonia
13.110.611
20,4
Svizzera
9.877.877
15,3
Italia
6.693.507
10,4
Slovenia
4.906.111
7,6
Germania
2.467.516
3,8
Cina
2.148.168
3,3
Serbia
1.779.256
2,8
Turchia
1.179.915
1,8
Altri
8.672.351
13,5
Totale
64.414.784
source ICE on figures Kosova Customs
100
Italian companies in Kosovo
(€)
Sum Of
Nr
Punëtor
ëve
SumOfKapita
li themelor
1
328
11250213,72
BANKING AND FINANCIAL SECTOR
13
26
133000
CONSTRUCTION
29
218
8340580
HOTELS AND TOURISM
6
33
23000
MEDICAL
4
12
9000
OTHER SERVICES
3
8
7500
34
235
3826020
1
1
0
SERVICES ACTIVITY
15
36
183100
TELECOMUNICATION
3
18
2000
32
129
500960
7
10
30000
148
1054
24305373,72
Sektori
BANKING SECTOR
PROCESSING
SERVICES
TRADE
TRANSPORT
Total
source IPAK up to date june 2011
Sum Of
Numri I
kopanive
ITC secondment and consultancy
in Kosovo experience
Start date: 10th January 2011
Staff meetings: 24
Other meetings: 20
Reports submitted: 20
Conferences attended as speaker: 2
Company visits: 30
Visits to agro and industrial sites area: 15
Contacts with Italian companies: 100/200
Live Support Services: 30
Tender Notices disclosed: 10
Organization of Events: 5
Information material edited: 3
International projects: 5
Press Releases and Media issues: 10
ITC secondment and consultancy
in Kosovo is aimed at
- acquiring contacts useful for Italian potential investors;
- fostering Italian companies to the business opportunities in tenders of IFIs, Eu;
- increasing Italian direct investments and commercial and industrial collaborations;
- disclosing information related with international cooperation in the Balkans;
- fostering Italian technical specifications in tender contracts of infrastructures;
- rising acquisition of Italian companies in privatization of Kosova companies.
ITC
ITCsecondment
secondmentand
andconsultancy
consultancy
ininKosovo
Kosovoactivities
- activities
- assist local authorities in the development of infrastructure programs in sectors of
environment, energy, transport, logistics, and tourism through the evaluation of strategies in
place in individual countries and through the mapping and analysis of documentation;
- support local authorities in planning and implementing strategies for private sector
development and internationalization of enterprises;
- identify financial instruments in multilateral fields of infrastructure, financial sources to
enable bi-multilateral intervention in support of programming in the country;
- provide business opportunities and investment identifying financial sources bi-multilateral
initiatives for the growth and developement of entrepreneurship (venture capital, risk
capital, security instruments, micro-credit activities, research funding, technical and
managerial training);
(continue)
ITC secondment and consultancy
in Kosovo activities
- perform the mapping of the presence in the country of areas with industrial
vocation and district needs assessment in terms of infrastructure, business
services, presence of mechanisms for control and quality certification;
- make a connection between authorities / bodies in charge of Italian and local
development and internationalization of SMEs, in order to plan specific
promotions sectorial partnership;
- cooperate with the See of Rome in ICE Office Loco organizing business
missions, seminars and bilateral meetings between Italian companies and the
beneficiary countries of the intervention.
Summirize the intent
1 technical assistance to IPAK, Investment Promotion Agency in
Kosovo, in terms of economic and entrepreneurial development with
special reference to small and medium enterprises;
2 participation of Italian companies to business opportunities;
3 increase Italian investments and industrial collaborations;
4 improve participation of Italian companies to tender financed by
international organizations in Kosovo;
CHECK LIST THINGS TO DO
- First of all thank you very much for your hosting
- Exchange information feeling free to ask me everything
and keep in touch and informing me about all you deem
(all information exchanged is to be consider useful to me
for the right comprehension of the context and it will be
used for the finality and the goals of our project)
- Draft newsletter to be spread between Italian business
community
- informing about IPAK and your new reality and
activities stressing the approach dinamic and young of the
staff, at disposal to host visits, business meetings,
providing information and assistance taking care to the
improving business climate for the trade operators;
- continue
CHECK LIST THINGS TO DO
- trade operators can be informed that is the attention
and care of IPAK to facilitate contacts and information to
operate, assisted in this also by international collegues of
foreign administrations like ICE Italian Trade Commission
tries to do;
- informing about IPAK and your new reality and
activities stressing the approach dinamic and young of the
staff, at disposal to host visits, business meetings, providing
information and assistance taking care to the improving
business climate for the trade operators;
CHECK LIST THINGS TO DO
- let do a guide for trade operators doing business in
Kosovo using the guideline of Italian Trade Commission
Office in Skopje;
- monitoring contract and tenders;
Newspapers
Assistance operators
IFIs and DONORS IN KOSOVO
USAID http://www.usaid.gov/kosovo/eng/
A $10 million Development Credit Authority (DCA) loan guarantee with Raiffeisen Bank
targets the agricultural sector and has been fully disbursed,
resulting in loans to 904 agricultural producers.
Two additional DCA loan guarantees are planned,
one with a private bank and the second with a microfinance institution.
USAID also supports the provision of innovative financial products
that directly contribute to an increase in productivity and employment.
Through their assistance, Crimson Capital has provided $1.8 million
in short term working capital to small and medium entrepreneurs,
resulting in almost $20 million in additional sales.
There are plans to offer equipment leasing services, especially to agricultural producers.
IFIs and DONORS IN KOSOVO
Strategic Activities Fund
A $3.7 million Strategic Activities Fund provides flexible funding
to work with businesses to fund or cost-share
specific processes or equipment
that can lead to improvements in the overall
competitiveness of a sub-sector or value chain.
IFIs and DONORS IN KOSOVO
The Commercial Finance Fund –
working capital for business
USAID's Kosovo Small and Medium Enterprise (SME)
Commercial Finance Fund addresses the need for
short-term working capital financing.
The Commercial Finance Fund is a non-banking financial institution
designed to address the needs of the riskier but still viable borrowers,
i.e., entrepreneurs, farmers, processors, women and
minorities with less experience, size and fixed asset collateral.
IFIs and DONORS IN KOSOVO
The Commercial Finance Fund –
working capital for business
USAID's Kosovo Small and Medium Enterprise (SME)
Commercial Finance Fund addresses the need for
short-term working capital financing.
The Commercial Finance Fund is a non-banking financial institution
designed to address the needs of the riskier but still viable borrowers,
i.e., entrepreneurs, farmers, processors, women and
minorities with less experience, size and fixed asset collateral.
IFIs and DONORS IN KOSOVO
USAID http://www.usaid.gov/kosovo/eng/
BEEP www.usaidbeep.org
KPEP http://www.usaidkpep.net
NOA
European Commission Liaison Office to Kosovo
Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
http://www.gtz.de/en/689.htm
Intercooperation www.intercoopkos.org/hpk
Austrian Development Agency http://www.entwicklung.at/en/
Japan International Cooperation Agency www.jica.go.jp
FMI
World Bank
IFC
EBRD
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