Jovanovic: Around 110,000 experts work in ICT sector, number expected to grow to at least 140,000 by 2027

Today, close to 110,000 experts work in the ICT sector, and by 2027, at least 140,000 are expected to work in it, the minister of information and telecommunications of Serbia, Mihailo Jovanovic, estimated at the opening of the 23rd Technobank Conference in Belgrade.

At the opening of the conference, Jovanovic presented the results and the upcoming activities in the development of the ICT sector in Serbia and pointed out that the continuation of investments in the most modern digital, TC and innovative infrastructure was an integral part of the “Leap into the Future – Serbia 2027” plan.

He reminded that, within that, there would be efforts toward a further modernization through the expansion of the State Data Center in Kragujevac through the construction of Block 2, with a capacity of 16 MW, as well as the construction of the innovation district in that city.

– In that district, unique in the region, members of the IT community will be able to work, and the National Center for Information Security and the future fifth science-technology park in Serbia will have a special place there – said Jovanovic.

He said that the entire complex of one of the most significant state capital investments would be an important incentive for new future investments and the creation of new jobs.

– By the end of the year, the construction of Lozionica in Belgrade, the center of creative industries, information technologies, eGovernment and digitization, will be completed as well, whereby Serbia is becoming a regional innovative and creative hub, a center of excellence, urban and dynamic life and creativity – he said.

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