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PRIVATE SECTOR ENGAGEMENT - KRESHNIK SHEHU
Private sector is essential to Kosovo’s democratic and economic progress. Innovation, technology, employment, are only few of avenues that drive and sustain outcomes capable of moving Kosovo toward its journey to self-reliance.
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The private sector plays a key role in Kosovo's development,
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particularly the processing sector, and in that context I can speak
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more competently about the wood processing sector,
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which plays an important role,
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both in terms of promotion of our products
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and in terms of generation of profits.
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If we are able to create some products which
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can be sold outside of Kosovo,
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then benefits are created,
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multiple benefits I would say, such as creation of new jobs
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and profits flowing into Kosovo from abroad.
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Our contribution consists in that we have created a brand,
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which is acceptable to the European community,
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where we now export more than 50% of our output,
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it all goes to the European Union markets.
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However, while making this contribution,
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through increase of demand we experienced,
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we faced the need for additional workforce.
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And that's where we encountered problems,
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as we lacked qualified and skilled workforce,
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so we were forced to invest in the creation
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of a vocational training center.
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In the center which got accredited last year we started
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training young men and women, not just for our needs
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but for the entire wood processing sector.
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And it's there that I believe we have made a great contribution,
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in terms of vocational training in the wood processing sector.
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As far as the work we do goes,
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there are several areas of wood processing we engage in,
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and we have managed to create a brand over time, which was, fortunately,
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well received in the European market.
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And especially in the last 5 years, half of our products are exported
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and this is something which makes us feel good and keeps us motivated
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to work harder and increase our capacities, for a larger export.
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When there's exporting activity going on
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then a better climate is created.
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Our products establish their name in the countries where they're exported,
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and this positively affects the future of this country.
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