JP TRAIBLAZING MAGAZINE
JP TRAIBLAZING MAGAZINE
SILLICON VALLEY – TEL-AVIV – TIRANA BY RUDINA HOXHA
spoke with TRAILBLAZING MAGAZINE highlighting that they are working to do more things in a short span of time while he put the stress on the important of Albania’s going into the high-tech scene. The Ambassador states that due to the high-tech, Israel did not feel the impact of the world economic crises in the years that started in 2008. “If you take into consideration the world economic crises in the years that started in 2008, Israel did not feel it. The economy grew by 4.5 % average every year. Why did it happen so? Because of the high tech. Even now, if we talk about this, I think that we lack over 100.000 people in the tech scene because, imagine, Israel cannot produce enough engineers and programmers and people like that for the industries,” Gendler said. According to the Ambassador, “we have to go into the high-tech scene.”
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n the 30th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between Israel and Albania, the Ambassador of Israel to Tirana, H.E. Noah Gal Gendler
“I was Ambassador to Bulgaria and we assisted entrepreneurs to establish some 12-13 companies. Today I believe there
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In addition, the Ambassador is waiting for the moment when the first and the second Israeli major investment occurs, “then we will have a flow. This is the secret.”
Mr. Ambassador, what are the most demanded fields of cooperation between the two countries so far? Normally we talk about tourism and agriculture but my feelings as we discussed earlier is that we have to go into the high-tech scene as well and of course other types of investments like in construction.
Full interview below: Last September Israel and Albania celebrated 30 years of diplomatic relations. How can you describe this moment? According to my experience, I see immediately the difference between states that have 70 + years of relations with Israel and states that have 10, 20 or 30 years. And the difference exists here as well, especially taking into consideration the period before the establishment, i.e. the Enver Hoxha dictatorship and the confinement of Albania not only towards Israel but towards the entire world. There is a lot to be done. What I try to accomplish is to expedite the process because if we do not do it in the coming years, it might be too late for both of us. This is what
The secret is to listen to the Albanian demands to bring Israel in. In a sense it is very easy. Because if you take into consideration the world economic crises in the years that started in 2008, Israel did not feel it. The economy grew by 4.5 % average every year. Why did it happen so? Because of the high tech. Even now, if we talk about this, I think that we lack over 100.000 people in the tech scene because, imagine, Israel cannot produce enough engineers and programmers and people like that for the industries. So, we go abroad. For that, we have two ways. One way is to bring people to Israel. We don’t like it. Better if people would stay in their own country and work. In the high-tech scene, there is no need to meet each other every day, instead you meet online. That’s what we plan to do. I have this experience because I did it when I was Ambassador to Bulgaria and we assisted entrepreneurs to establish some 12-13 companies. Today I believe there
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D I P LO M AC Y
D I P LO M AC Y
We are Working to Create the Triangle –
we are working on. Of course, the initial instincts of the Albanians and Israelis vis-à-vis are very positive, very friendly, but it is not enough. If you want to keep these relations warm and ongoing, you have to do more things in a short span of time. This is our goal here.
are more. They worked as a triangle: Silicon Valley – Tel-Aviv – Bulgaria. The same can be applied here,” Ambassador Gendler said adding “The economy would profit because this would be an income generating aspect.”
