Trade and Industry Minister Mimoza Kusari-Lila has attended the Western Balkans Ministerial Meeting for Scientific Research and Innovation, organised by European Commissioner for Start-ups, Scientific Research and Innovation Ekaterina Zaharieva in Brussels.
Kusari-Lila has indicated that Deputy Minister of Education and Science, Kryeziu, Kosovo Ambassador to Brussels Agron Bajrami, as well as other ministers and partners from the Western Balkans and Europe attended the meeting.
Today, I attended the Western Balkans Ministerial Platform for Scientific Research and Innovation Meeting, organised in Brussels by European Commissioner for the Start-ups, Scientific Research and Innovation Ekaterina Zaharieva, wrote on Facebook.
According to the minister, opportunities that create scientific research, innovation and development for economic growth and the advancement of the region have been discussed during the meeting.
The EU and Western Balkan partners adopted a joint declaration for strengthening co-operation in scientific research and innovation, as well as for drafting a Joint Action Plan, Kusari-Lila has announced.
She has stressed that Commissioner Zaharieva has named this statement a new chapter in co-operation between the EU and the Western Balkans, in the post of strengthening scientific research and European integration.
During the meeting, the price for innovation, with which new innovators from the region have been praised, has also been set aside.
Kosovo has been represented by Arbnor Klokoqi, founder of the platform Mindy, an initiative that uses technology to facilitate access to mental health services, linking Albanian-speaking with licensed psychologists.
Kusari-Lila has indicated that during the meeting, she has presented initiatives for developing the innovation ecosystem in Kosovo and the country’s potential for advancement in this direction.
Kosovo’s service sector has a positive trade balance, proving its potential for further development and contributing even more to the country’s economic growth, it has written.
The minister has stressed that Kosovo is investing in technological and industrial infrastructure to create conditions for innovation, entrepreneurship development and increased competitiveness.
One of our most important assets is Prizren’s Innovation and Training Park ( The ITP, in which the state of Kosovo has invested 8m euros, has declared Kusari-Lila.
It has also cited financial support for businesses and entrepreneurs during 2026, including 1.9m euros for 34 companies and 15 start-ups, 1m euros for 42m benefits in the IT and communication sector ( TIK), 1.16m euros for innovation in ICT and 1m euros for women entrepreneurs.
These investments are part of our efforts to create an ecosystem where ideas turn into competitive products, services and businesses, creating new jobs and development opportunities, it has highlighted.
According to Kusari-Lila, the meeting has ended with the joint pledge to advance agreed goals and deepen regional and European co-operation in scientific research, innovation and development.
Kosovo has potential, ideas and talented people. Our responsibility is to create the conditions for this potential to turn into economic development, new opportunities and well-being for our citizens, has ended Kusari-Lila.