Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) is organizing jointly with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) Global the event - Investing in Digitalisation in the Western Balkans followed by the Donor Coordination Meeting: Common Regional Market in the Western Balkans - Regional Digital Area to take place on 28 March 2023 in Sarajevo.

Event will present and discuss successful digitalisation models in the area of soft and hard infrastructure, share key success stories of digitalisation in the Western Balkans, and raise awareness of digital initiatives for the private sector in the region. It will also identify gaps in public and private funding to support successful digitalisation and create a Regional Digital Area.

In the morning session, EBRD and EIB Global will present selected investment projects and initiatives in the area of digital transformation while prominent speakers will discuss digitalisation as a generator of new revenue streams, availability of financing for SME digitalisation, and ways in which digital ecosystems support growth. 

In the afternoon, RCC will bring together Western Balkans ministers, key donors and international financial institutions to coordinate approaches and discuss challenges to digital infrastructure investments and soft digital needs of the region.

Link for online participation: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_KbEfRHc4TP-dnzlO6WGU8A