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Participation of Serbia in forum on IT development proves it is part of EU

Lisbon, 1 February 2006

Serbian Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government Zoran Loncar said today that by participating in the Microsoft Forum of European government leaders dedicated to the development of information technology being held in Lisbon, Serbia has proven it is part of Europe and of interest not only to Microsoft but also to the European Union.

In a telephone statement to the news agency Tanjug, Loncar said that he informed participants of the process of reforms in public administration in Serbia. He added that the gathering is an opportunity to show that Serbia is a part of Europe not only in a political sense, but also regarding the process of modernizing society.

He said that he informed participants of the forum that the Serbian government will soon adopt the Strategy on the development of an information society that is fully based on the comparative experiences of EU countries, especially countries that have gone through the process of transition.

He expects that in the upcoming month the strategy of reforms in the development of an information society in Serbia will be adopted. It will then be possible to start an intense process of implementing the information technology strategy.

According to Loncar, this will allow the implementation of information and communication technology to be more than just the basis of development and modernization of public administration in Serbia, and will make it the basis for reforming Serbian society as a whole.

The two-day gathering in Lisbon, that is concluding today, is the third global meeting of European and non European government leaders that has been organised by Microsoft.

The gathering is being attended by top representatives of Microsoft, led by Bill Gates, and all deputy directors of the company, as well as the top representatives of the European Commission. Also present are prime ministers of some countries and representatives from almost all European countries.