Digitalization as a response to the current crisis

Today, the director of Invest North Macedonia, Mr. Bekim Emini, gave a ceremonial address at an event organized by MASIT, in cooperation and support of the Agency for Foreign Investments and Export Promotion on the topic: “Digitalization as a response to the current crisis”.

The event discussed the topic of digitization and how it affects, acts, and helps during the current crisis by presenting innovative topics, trends, and solutions that are available on the market by ICT companies, as well as sharing experiences and best practices from the country and region on the subject of digitization by eminent experts from the country and region.

Within the Agency’s operations, the ICT sector has taken the place of a priority sector, so the cooperation and support we provide will be expanded even further.

Investment opportunities presented to the business community from Turkey

Dozens of businessmen and investors from the Rumelisiyad business association in Bursa, Republic of Turkey, met today with Vice Prime Minister Fatmir Bytyqi and Bekim Emini, director of the Agency for Foreign Investments and Export Promotion.

During the meeting, the guests were introduced to the country’s investment opportunities as well as the benefits of investment support measures, and many of their questions and concerns about investments in various sectors were addressed.

Many Turkish companies operate successfully in the country, and it is expected that new ones will emerge as a result of today’s meeting and the expressed concrete interest, thus continuing the traditionally good economic and political relations between the Republic of North Macedonia and the Republic of Turkey.

Invest North Macedonia at SUBEX – Suppliers Balkan Expo in Skopje

Signed Memorandum of Understanding between the Agency for Foreign Investments and Export Promotion and the Delegation of the German Chamber of Commerce based in Skopje AHK Nordmazedonien.

Invest North Macedonia is participating with its stand at the SUBEX – Suppliers Balkan Expo business event.

The event is being held in Skopje today and tomorrow under the organization of the Delegation of the German Chamber of Commerce.

At SUBEX – Suppliers Balkan Expo, 20 companies are represented as exhibitors with a stand, and 300 company’s representatives from the Region and Germany are also present at the event.

More than 150 B2B meetings are on the schedule for connecting domestic supplier companies from the IT, metal, electrical, textile, wood and, food industries with buyer companies from Germany, Greece, Romania, Turkey, Albania and, Kosovo.

Textile companies from North Macedonia at a fair in Tirana, Albania

The Agency for Foreign Investments and Export Promotion is taking part in this year’s textile and leather fair 2022 with its own national stand, http://www.expocity.al which was held in Tirana, Albania. Eight textile companies from the country and clothing manufacturers had the opportunity at the two-day event to have B2B meetings with representatives of companies from countries in the region, and participants of the fair.

Our long-time partners Textile Cluster – TTA and SIPPO also took part in the fair.

The Director of the Agency, Bekim Emini, in his address at the ceremonial opening of the fair, highlighted the opportunities that the state offers with special emphasis on the textile industry, which is the second largest sector, with total exports of more than 490 million euros in 2021. Of particular importance is the cooperation and mutual assistance between the countries in the region for the growth and development of the economies of the countries.