On June 8th, ICT for Kosovo’s Growth organized the Regional B2B meeting in Mitrovica where ICT Sector meets Non-ICT Businesses in Agro processing and Pastry section Development and exporting. The meeting was open to the public and approximately 59 people were in attendance. During the meeting, attendees shared opinions, thoughts and suggestions for consideration of integrating Information and technology elements into the business of the Agro processing and Pastry section that in Mitrovica Region is very developed.

The keynote speaker was director of Financial sector of Municipality of Mitrovica Mr.Shukri Gashi, who spoke about a variety of issues impacting industries and the importance of digitalization and the possibility of these meetings provide and also cooperation of businesses with each other. Another speaker was Mrs. Aferdita Tahiri from NGO “MUNDESIA”, she gave the credits to a meeting that creates network and opportunities for cooperation and briefly spoke about the possible success of the company’s after integrating elements of technology and digitalization of the equipment.

Following the event, prearranged meetings occurred. In total of 48 bilateral B2B meeting were realised. Attendees shared opinions, thoughts and suggestions for consideration of integrating Information and technology elements into the business of the Agro processing and Pastry section that in Mitrovica Region is very developed. With the presence of nine (9) ICT and thirty seven (37) Production companies, resulted with productive discussions and concrete solutions and proposals that might lead to agreements for cooperation.

All concluded and embraced the need for technology integration in all the production and management system. Consequently, overall implementations have proceeded smoothly and have produced a highly referenceable base that can be leveraged for development and ICT integration. Participants appreciate the form of meetings that took place. Gave them a sense of comfort to be explicitly asked to walk through the production requirements from ICT perspective and to participate in the process of visualizing how the requirements will be implemented.

During the day, meeting participants had the opportunity to choose among various sessions to discuss topics and develop recommendations and possible partner agreements. Topics included: Standardization process; Specialized Technological Suppliers; Efficient mobility; E-commerce; Platforms in managing staff and production processes; Importance of Product design and Branding; Access to Services etc. At the beginning of each session, participants were presented with background information and discussion questions. Then, following a structured process of brainstorming and information exchange, participants in the sessions reached consensus on future cooperation’s and discussed related barriers and solutions.