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Cluster members and MCA staff took part in the launch of the tourism portal
http://www.exploringmacedonia.com in January 2005. The Cluster assisted with
research, contacts, preparation, content and overall development of the portal, which
was developed by e-BIZ project and a local IT company. The portal serves as a onestop-shop
for booking tourist experiences in FYR of Macedonia.
Industry/Sector (technology area): Tourism
International activities: Not available
Name of
initiative:
IT Cluster
Contact: Not available
Email: Not available
Website: http://www.mca.org.mk/index_en.htm
The IT Cluster is working on positioning FYR of Macedonia as an outsourcing
destination for software development, with special emphasis on the European
market, utilizing its competitive advantages - extremely high skill base, short time
span for product development and delivery to any European country. The
establishment of two consortia (MacedoniaIT and ITSM Group) was an important
milestone in the Cluster’s work. Within this framework, more than 100 people were
trained in business-to-business telemarketing skills and more than 80 meetings with
prospective clients in Vienna, Zurich and London were held.
Eight cluster members formed ‘MacedoniaIT’ to focus on software for the services
sector, such as banking. Following in their footsteps, ‘ITSM Group’ with five
members was formed around document management applications.
With MCA assistance, the consortia established policies for joint marketing, decision
making and sharing contracts and eventually hired sales representatives. They
received “cold call” training and learned how to do more effective follow up with
potential clients.
Industry/Sector (technology area): ICT, High-Tech
International activities: Not available
Name of
initiative:
Contact: Not available
Email: Not available
Digital Technology Cluster (Sub-group of the IT Cluster)
Website: http://www.mca.org.mk/index_en.htm
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