The Prime Minister of Kosovo Albin Kurti said that Kosovo is an attractive and favorable destination for investments and that with a young and dynamic population, according to him, the country has great potential to become a regional center for investments and transfer of business processes.
Kurti made these comments at the meeting of the National Council for Economy and Investments.
He listed some of the factors that support this potential.
"The institutional stability of our country, which is associated with the strengthening of democracy and the rule of law; proximity to Western European markets that offers opportunities for trade and investment; the average economic growth of 6.2% during these last two years, which shows a positive trend in economic development; the development of infrastructure projects in the transport, environment and energy sectors, which are essential for a sustainable economy; rapid development of sectoral groups such as services enabled by information technology, manufacturing, agriculture and food processing which are engines of economic growth; and the great youth, which, combined with the expertise, its multilingualism and the good will of our diaspora constitute an important element for the development of the country", reads the communiqué.
Prime Minister Albin Kurti also spoke about our workforce and the importance of improving education and professional training in line with the needs of the private sector.
"Now that we are talking, there are 23 schools in 14 municipalities across Kosovo, with 12 profiles, a total of about 1,600 students, and we are the first government in post-war Kosovo, where there has not been a single protest, in which the slogan: "We want work". We want higher wages, of course, more dignified working conditions, obviously, but "we want work" is no longer a slogan, and I believe it is as a direct result of 75 thousand new jobs, to 425 thousand from 350 thousand that were in the spring of 2021", said the prime minister.
He added that fair competition from the private sector on the one hand, and appropriate and timely improvements from public institutions on the other, are the key to the continuous improvement of the business environment and the promotion of further economic development.