Articles In This Issue
Digitalisation
Mihailo Jovanović, Government Office For IT
Digitisation Has Changed The World
The world is changing rapidly, with globalisation and digitisation significantly increasing the pace of our lives and bringing us closer together than ever before,...
Digitalisation
Mladen Šarčević, Serbian Minister Of Education, Science And Technological Development
Adapt Education To The Needs Of The Market
The Government of the Republic of Serbia has included education among its priorities and is very seriously engaged in adapting the education system to...
Digitalisation
Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner For Digital Economy And Society
Laying The Foundations Of A Digital Europe
"Our main task is to help our co-legislators swiftly adopt the remaining proposals to meet the objectives set in the EU’s legislative priorities, as...
Digitalisation
Houlin Zhao, ITU Secretary-General
Enormous Potential Of ICT For Good
ICTs play a crucial role in the creation of a range of IoT solutions, which are now helping to improve the efficiency of energy...
Digitalisation
H.E. Arne Bjornstad, Ambassador Of Norway To Serbia
IT sector – Serbia’s Greatest Potential
Information technology is included in education in Norway from the very beginning. It is not so much learning about it as integrating it into...
Digitalisation
H.E. Denis Keefe, UK Ambassador To Serbia
UK Supports Serbia’s Digitisation
British Embassy support in this area, through the Good Governance Fund, will be crucial, while digital will be a key area of focus for...
Business
Predrag Ćulibrk, Telekom Srbija CEO
Conditions For Stable Growth
Telekom Srbija is a natural partner of state institutions in the digital transformation process, as it is a simultaneously a reliable partner of the...
Business
Željko Vujinović, General Manager, Microsoft
Age Of Digital Transformation
Digital transformation implies close cooperation among all market participants – the state, businesses and citizens
No single subject is more important than any other, everyone...
Business
Goran Pitić, Societe Generale Bank
Technology Makes A Cashless Society Inevitable
“It is certain that Serbia will not be able to catch up with the likes of Sweden or Canada for a long time, but...
Business
Udo Eichlinger CEO, Siemens Serbia
Digitalization Is Inevitable
Digitalization changes everything and it is no longer a question of following trends or not, for many businesses it is a question of survival!
Serbia...
Business
Dejan Vukotić, Director At AOFI
Serbia Part Of Worldwide Network Of Export Insurers
Membership in the Berne Union, which gathers together almost all of the world’s largest agencies dealing with the insuring of export credits and foreign...
Digitalisation
Tatjana Matić, Ministry Of Trade, Tourism And Telecommunications
Broadband Internet Promotes GDP Growth And Employment
Increasing use of broadband internet, which allows high-speed data transfer rates, by just 10 per cent impacts on the growth of GDP by up...
Digitalisation
Jasmina Vignjević, Digital And E-Commerce Committee of The FIC
Efficient And Transparent Bureaucracy Attracts New Investors
Greater efficiency and transparency of bureaucratic procedures is achieved with the automating of processes and electronic procedures, and that is an important prerequisite for...
Digitalisation
Vera Nikolić Dimić, AmCham Executive Director
Efficient eGovernment Most Important For A Better Business Environment
The members of the American Chamber of Commerce in Serbia – more than 200 U.S., international and local companies – recognise the establishing of...
Digitalisation
Vladimir Knežević, Oracle Serbia & Montenegro
Technology Shouldn’t Be Feared, But Used Wisely
Public Cloud services in the IT world are no longer unknown. Our idea is to present a cloud machine to Serbia that would be...
Business
Nataša Marković, Galeb
When The State And Entrepreneurs Row In The Same Direction – Success Is Guaranteed
“Although Serbia’s fiscal system is of a much better quality than many solutions in the region, there is still room for improvement, and we’re...
Business
Artur Turemka, Mastercard
Serbia Growing Cashless Society
“The matter of building a cashless society is a matter of the financial inclusion and education of citizens. Even in Europe, 138 million people...
Digitalisation
Žarko Kecić, National Internet Domain Registry (RNIDS)
Modern Business And Domains
Owning a domain name gives you a free choice of where and on what terms your company's web site is hosted, and lets you...
Digitalisation
Branko Milutinović, CEO, Nordeus
Without Digitisation, We Remain At The Start
A society that fully digitises and reorientates its economy towards new business models and new ways of generating value will create new values and...
Digitalisation
Zoja Kukić, Editor And Author Of StartIt
We Want To Empower Youngsters
“We’ll continue spreading awareness about IT and entrepreneurship as skills of the future, and in 2018 there are plans to open new centres in...
Business
Đorđe Krivokapić, Share Foundation
Serbia Awaited By GDPR Alignment
Serbia is harmonising with the General Data Protection Regulation, the adoption of which has created a unique legal instrument with direct application in all...
Digitalisation
Jelena Bojović, Policy Director, NALED
Abolishing Stamps Leads To Economic Growth
Fostering eGovernment development, NALED has initiated a systematic approach with strong coordination of all stakeholders - the state, businesses and the civil sector -...
Business
Cisco
Cisco In The Age Of Digitisation
Today’s unprecedented pace of technological change and digitisation is akin to a vortex. Anything that fails to adapt, risks being displaced
Technology now connects everything...
Digitalisation
Zvonko Obradović, Serbian Business Registers Agency
Progress On The Doing Business List Thanks To Simplified Company Registration
Serbian Business Register’s Agency (SBRA) was among the first state institutions to start introducing e-services for the economy. Last year also saw the introduction...
Digitalisation
Dejan Masliković, Deputy Minister Of Culture And Information
Digital Transformation Of Culture
We will use I.T. and applications to present the wealth of our culture, art and creative industries to the general public. This process involves...
Digitalisation
Marija Kujačić, E-Government Development & Standardisation
The Office For Information Technology And E-Government Is Ready For Faster IT Development
Digitalisation is one of priority tasks of the Serbian government, whose goal is to establish a transparent, efficient and economical public administration. The means...
Business
Bogdan Laban, Mayor Of Subotica
Digitisation Pioneers
Subotica took the initial steps towards digitising the work of city services three decades ago, and those was the first such steps in Serbia....
Business
Vidoje Petrovic, Mayor Of Loznica
First In Serbia To Update Address Register
Loznica is not reducing the pace that brought it the title of the fastest-growing local self-government in the provision of eServices. The City, which...
Business
Miroslav Jokić, Head Of The City Administration , Sremska Mitrovica
Mobile Application Will Provide Better Communication With Institutions
Sremska Mitrovica has been carefully defending the title of one of the best local self-governments in the field of e-Governance for years. The city...
Business
Dr Slobodan Milenković, Mayor Of Vranje
We are Developing A New City Portal
Within the Exchange 3 programme, the City of Vranje is one of the first local governments in southern Serbia to implement e-Government with the...
Digitalisation
Milos Ignjatović, President Municipality of Zvezdara
Employee Training Important To Total Results Of Digitisation
Employees of the City Municipality of Zvezdara have strived, via the municipal website, to enable citizens to access different information, have electronic forms available and register municipal problems. Zvezdara also generated its services on the national eGovernment Portal three years ago
Digitalisation
Vladan Kocić, President Of The Municipality Of Rakovica
Ensuring Efficient Communication
We want to ensure that the population and the business community are given efficient and transparent services, so that they spend less time completing administrative procedures, but we also want to improve the efficiency of the municipal administration
Digitalisation
Jovan Repac, President Of The Municipality Of Plandište
Great Room For Progress
The Municipality of Plandište, located right on the border with Romania and the winner of this year's award for campaigns against the grey economy, has plenty of room – alongside existing e-government services – to improve the efficiency of its administration and ease communication with the inhabitants of rural settlements
Digitalisation
Radisav Čučulanović, President Of The Municipality Of Kladovo
‘Instant’ Documents
The staff of the Kladovo local government have already undergone training to use the eZup IT system. With this system, the Municipality will be able to issue all documents required by citizens electronically and at any time
Business
Dragan Tošić, President Of The Municipality Of Bečej
eSessions For Better Transparency
Introducing new technologies into the work of local assemblies is in the general interest
During the project realised in Bečej with the UNDP in 2014,...
Digitalisation
Goran Miljković, President Of The Municipality Of Bela Palanka
GiS At The Service Of Investors
"The geographic information system (GiS) is of invaluable importance when it comes to solving problems in planning and management, and we will continue to work on its improvement"
Digitalisation
Đorđe Radinović, President Of The Municipality Of Stara Pazova
We’ll Create A Platform To Pay Taxes & Fees Online
We are awaited by a major undertaking in the period ahead. Thanks to a unique platform and software, entrepreneurs from the Stara Pazova area will be able to register and pay taxes and other charges via the internet
Digitalisation
Milan A. Nedeljković PhD, President Of The Municipality Of Vračar
Electronic Communication Becoming Part Of Daily Operations
With an awareness that time is the most expensive commodity today, and that this is the reason for the growing importance of advanced technologies, staff at the City Municipality of Vračar are monitoring the development of electronic communications and introducing them even more into regular operations
Digitalisation
Stana Djember, President Of The Municipality Of Čoka
Networking Of Municipal Services To Continue
Over previous years, digitisation has arrived in part of Čoka’s establishments and institutions, primarily in the field of healthcare. We intend to continue the...
Digitalisation
Nikola Nikolić, President Of The Municipality Of Despotovac
Digitisation Of Cultural Heritage
The residents of Despotovac are proud of their rich cultural and historical heritage, as well as the introduction of new technologies that will also mean a lot to researchers from Serbia and the world
Digitalisation
Borislav Antonić, President Of The Municipality Of Bač
We’re Introducing An eRegistrar And eSessions
During the year behind us, the Municipality of Bač also became active on the introduction of eGovernment, which is one of its strategic goals, and that’s why it’s announcing the introduction of several services for 2018
Digitalisation
Novica Janošević, President Of The Municipality Of Kučevo
We Expect Better Efficiency And Transparency
We are now introducing e-Government, connecting to the e-Zup system and, as of March 2018, we expect to fully apply e-Government in Kučevo
Digitalisation
Zoran Jevtić, President Of Mali Zvornik Municipality
Continued Investment In e-Government Development In 2018
This small municipality in western Serbia has enabled citizens and businesses to utilise various electronic platforms, and was also among the first in the country to launch implementation of the eZUP information system. In the period ahead, it will work to improve the security of the information system
Digitalisation
Čedomir Božić, President of the Municipality of Žabalj
Digitisation In The Service Of Local Tax Administration
The introduction of digitisation for the local tax administration will mean more efficient functioning of the service itself, but also faster and simpler payments of taxes and changes in tax records
Digitalisation
Nebojša Nenadović, President Of Bojnik Municipality
Tailor Online Services To Citizens’ Needs
The Municipality of Bojnik is located in the Jablanica District and belongs to the group of the most undeveloped municipalities in Serbia. Despite this, and the fact that computer literacy is among the lowest in the country here, the local self-government is not giving up on further introducing electronic administration
Digitalisation
Boban Janković, Mayor Of Mionica Municipality
New Technology For A New Approach To Education
In addition to citizens' training, the Mionica Centre for Education and Development runs courses for staff of the state administration
Digitalisation
Vladica Dimitrov, President Of Dimitrovgrad Municipality
Motivation Is Key To Progress
The further development of e-services also requires a media campaign, then the strongest possible promotion of the national portal, believes President of the Municipality of Dimitrovgrad, Vladica Dimitrov
Digitalisation
Dr Predrag Terzić, Mayor Of Kraljevo
GIS In The Service Of Tax Administration
The Geographic Information System in Kraljevo has been applied for four years. Significant steps have been taken to date in the development of web-based...
Digitalisation
Milorad Milinković, President Of The Municipality Vladimirci
We’re Introducing eCounters
New services will enable citizens to more quickly realise their rights
NALED Celebrates Its 18th Anniversary at the September Gathering of Members and Partners
Around 1,000 state and local leaders, business figures, representatives of the international community, and the diplomatic corps gathered at...
Serbia’s Foreign Exchange Reserves Increased by €111.7 Million in August
Serbia's gross foreign exchange reserves grew by €111.7 million in August, bringing the total to €28.225 billion, according to...
AMD Opens New Development Centre in Serbia
American technology company AMD has opened a new engineering design centre in Serbia, with offices in Belgrade and Niš,...
Serbian Young Computer Scientists Win Four Medals at the International Olympiad in Alexandria
The Serbian team, consisting of Nemanja Majski, Miloš Milutinović, Mihajlo Jančević, and Uroš Kostadinović, won one silver and three...
Europe House opened in Belgrade – The place we meet
The Europe House in Belgrade was opened today in the presence of state officials, representatives of diplomatic corps and...