ZAGREB FORUM ZAGREB, May 14 (Hina) - The exchange of experience and intensifying of cooperation among countries in the region is the purpose of the "E-Business in the Region" conference, which started at the 3rd Business Forum in
Zagreb on Wednesday.
ZAGREB, May 14 (Hina) - The exchange of experience and intensifying
of cooperation among countries in the region is the purpose of the
"E-Business in the Region" conference, which started at the 3rd
Business Forum in Zagreb on Wednesday. #L#
The conference was organised by the ministries of transport,
science and technology, economy and the Infoforum company. The
event gathered experts and representatives of institutions from
Slovenia, Hungary, Romania and Croatia.
Technology integrates the global market and the process of national
economies drawing closer to the world e-community should be headed
by governments. In that regard, Croatia has prepared a bill on
telecommunications and information technology, Deputy Transport
Minister Pavao Komadina said, announcing a world summit on
information technology, to be held in Croatia this year.
Although the process should be headed by governments, it must also
include business, technology and academic communities who should
cooperate, not only on the national, but on the regional level as
well. The traditional traffic infrastructure is no longer
sufficient for a country's development, especially for small
countries like Slovenia and Croatia, said Joze Gricar, a professor
at the Maribor University's E-Commerce Centre.
This particularly refers to countries in the region which are
drawing closer to the EU, i.e. technologically much more advanced
countries. Aspiring countries will have to speed up their
technological development considerably despite obstacles, of
which the biggest one is an insufficiently competitive
environment, Gricar said.
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