The EU funded “EU Support for the Competitiveness of Kosovo’s ICT Sector” projectwithin the framework of ICT and Digital Skills Training for Improvement of the IT capacities of ICT teachers & trainers/instructors training organized One day group practical Training and Certificates award Ceremony on 24th of July 2020, at Amazona Hotel facility.

This training set is being implemented in partnership with MES, MEE and EARK, with the aim of increasing the ICT and Digital Skills – Education and Teaching Capacities of existing staff working throughout VTC’s and teachers in VET ICT schools.

The three training courses provided online were on the following subjects:

• Java Training, participating 35 teachers & trainers/instructors
• Mobile Application Development (Android) with Java, participating 20 teachers & trainers/instructors;
• Cyber Security, participating 35 teachers & trainers/instructors of VET ICT schools.

 The Java Training and Cyber Security organized additionally a practical group training on 24^th of July 2020, working on practical case study as interactive group exercise.

The award ceremony was opened by the project officer welcoming participants and representatives from the Ministry of Economy and Environment, representative from LuxDev project in Kosovo and other participants.

The representative of Ministry of Economy and Environment, Director of Post – Telecommunications and Information Technology Mr. Agim Kukaj, after welcoming the project and participants, highlighted the importance of the ICT Sector and Digital Skills training towards the employment and overall economic development in the country.  Mr Kukaj encouraged participants to continue participating on the coming project activities aiming at increasing their ICT and digital skills teaching and know-how capacities and transfer the knowledge to their students and trainees.

A warm welcoming of the project and training program was given by the chief technical adviser of representative of LuxDev KSV/020 project in Kosovo. Mr. Daniele Passalacqua, highlighting, also, the importance of the digital skills for the overall socio – economic development of the country.

Then, the representatives from MEE and Lux Dev Kosovo delivered the certificates to the three groups of trainees.

Prishtina, 24th of July 2020