S&T Country Report - Albania - WBC-INCO Net

cooperation between Macedonian and German companies, by means of
organising fairs, is implemented.
- IFC/PEP Southeast Europe (is part of International Finance Corporation –
IFC, World Bank Group). The programme operates in Albania, Bosnia and
Hercegovina, the FYR Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro and was formally
launched in July 2005 and has been established for an initial period of five
years. PEP-SE's private sector development programmes are co-financed by
following countries: Austria, Canada, IFC, Netherlands, Norway, Slovenia, and
Switzerland. For more information, please visit: http://www.ifc.org/pepse.
1.4 Financing
There are a number of international donor initiatives: CARDS, European Bank for
Reconstruction and Development, USAID, World Bank. Significant financial support
is also coming from Government of the Netherlands (Ministry of foreign Affairs of the
Netherlands), Austria, Canada, and Slovenia, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische
Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), BAS Programme, TEMPUS Programme, SINTEF
Macedonia (Norway), and Foundation - Open Society Macedonia donation, etc.
2 Existing Innovation Structures in the Former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia
2.1 Key Government Players
Name: Ministry of Economy (MoE)
Contact: "Jurij Gagarin" No.15, (BETON A.D. building), 1000 Skopje, FYR
of Macedonia
Email: Not available
Website: http://www.economy.gov.mk/
The Ministry of Economy (MoE) is responsible for the preparation of the national
policy for the development of entrepreneurship and small and medium-sized
enterprises. Priorities of the Ministry to be fulfilled:
• Development of the institutions to support entrepreneurship and
competitiveness;
• Optimisation of the business environment to encourage start-up businesses;
• Promotion of entrepreneurship and delivery of support to entrepreneurs; and
• Maximisation of SMEs’ access to financial support.
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