Continuing the long-standing support for regional cooperation in the field of information and communication technologies as part of the "Southeast Europe 2020" strategy, our efforts are aimed at making a concrete contribution to two regional initiatives, an initiative related to roaming services and an initiative in the field of broadband infrastructure and services. Roaming is an area in which our economies can be harmonized with the EU even before entering the Union, and the RCC will support them in this, said the Secretary General of the Council for Regional Cooperation (RCC) Goran Svilanović today at the Forum for Regional Development for Europe of the International of the Telecommunications Union (ITU), organized as part of the international INFOFEST, in Budva.
"The Council's support for digital transformation and the connection of our region with information and communication technologies occupies a prominent place in our upcoming medium-term strategy. As a result, we will continue to pay attention to it in the future. Our approach to the regional initiative related to roaming services is aimed at the organization of a comprehensive "Regional Platform for roaming" and the preparation of a study on the legal and regulatory impact of the Agreement on the reduction of roaming prices in the region, and its impact on the market," Svilanović pointed out.
The RCC announcement states that 55 percent of the most successful business people in Southeast Europe believe that the abolition of fees for the use of mobile phones would be beneficial for their business
Contributing to the regional goal to reduce roaming charges, RCC addressed what more than half of the region's 1.800 top business people surveyed by the Balkan Barometer said that the abolition of roaming charges would be particularly beneficial to their business.
"I am very happy to inform you today that the draft of the study, which in many respects represents the first of its kind, has been submitted to the administrations in the region and that it will soon be finalized so that it really has applicable value. The study introduces numerous innovative recommendations into the discussion, and it also contains a comprehensive overview of institutional, legal and regulatory frameworks and data on roaming traffic in the Western Balkans region 6", said Svilanović-
The Council will continue to be a vocal advocate of a regional approach in the coordination of roaming policies.
Svilanović concluded that the Council for Regional Cooperation will work on the geographical expansion of the Agreement on reducing roaming prices in the region and will continue to be a vocal advocate of the regional approach in the coordination of roaming policies, as well as the more notable integration of information and communication technologies in the 'connectivity' agenda, and to use every opportunity to raise appropriate awareness about it.
On the sidelines of the forum, Svilanović met with Brahim Sanou, director of the telecommunications development office at the ITU. The interlocutors exchanged views on the improvement of cooperation in the field of roaming and the development of broadband infrastructure.
The ITU Regional Development Forum for Europe, which is held within the framework of the traditional and increasingly recognized INFOFEST, is organized by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) in cooperation with the Agency for Electronic Communications and Postal Services of Montenegro (EKIP). The two-day Forum is held in Budva, Montenegro, following on from the regional conference on "Regulations of the Electronic Communications Market".
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