OVERVIEW OF 2021 ACTIVITIES
We’re Giving Our All To Emerge From The Crisis Despite the overall economic situation due to the COVID-19 pandemic, MFIC member companies continued to invest, create jobs and regularly service all of their financial obligations, thus supporting Montenegro’s economic recovery. Fruitful cooperation with the Montenegrin Government ensured that state policy measures were aligned with the interest of the business community to support further reforms and new avenues of growth
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he pandemic hasn’t stopped the work of the Montenegrin Foreign Investors’ Council. On the contrary, as this short overview of activities shows, the past year proved to be very productive.
FEBRUARY 2021
WORKING TOGETHER TO FURTHER DEVELOP E-SERVICES
business processes and the further encouraging of digitalisation and the development of e-services.
GOVERNMENT WILL BE A RELIABLE PARTNER
Montenegrin Deputy Prime Minister Dritan Abazović met with Christoph Schoen, President of the Montenegrin Foreign Investors' Council, and MFIC BoD members Nela Vitić, Pál Kovács, Ivan Bojanović, David Margason and MFIC Executive Director Ivan Radulović.
Montenegrin Minister of Public Administration, Digital Society and Media, Tamara Srzentić, met with MFIC representatives to discuss concrete activities that need to be implemented in order to improve digital business and achieve the greater efficiency and transparency of public services.
The Ministry of Public Administration, Digital Society and Media listens carefully to the needs of the business community, in order to reduce bureaucracy and simplify procedures with the aim of further developing the digital economy and thus building an administration that is service-orientated and based on the needs of citizens and the economy, highlighted Minister Srzentić. MFIC will be a dedicated partner to the Ministry of Public Administration, Digital Society and Media in the digital transformation of 48 | MONTENEGRIN FOREIGN INVESTORS COUNCIL 2021
Deputy PM Abazović stated that Montenegro is a country of opportunities and, although the situation with the novel coronavirus is extremely specific, he is of the opinion that this is still the right time to invest in Montenegro. “We are open to investors and want to send you a clear message that you have a reliable partner,” highlighted Abazović. MFIC offered further support to the reform process, modernisation and digitalisation of society.
MARCH 2021
FURTHER IMPROVEMENT OF DIGITALISATION PROCESS NEEDED IN MONTENEGRO
A meeting of the ICT Committee of the Montenegrin Foreign Investors’ Council was held on 12th March and included discussion of priority measures for improving the digitalisation process in Montenegro,
