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B2B Meetings

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Television Media

States of the Region

Std. Awards in Design

All-Kosovo Woodworks Crafted with Pride, Bringing Nature's Beauty to Your Home!

Arieta Pozhegu

Executive Director of AWPK

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6-th Edition

Objectives

Competitiveness, potential, exports, financing, and development of the wood processing industry in Kosovo.

E-commerce and digitalization in the wood industry.

Collaboration between academia and the private sector to promote and develop innovation.

Support from various international and institutional partners in Kosovo.

Increasing public awareness of the importance of the wood and furniture sector for employment and economic growth.

Networking and Internationalization of the wood industry of Kosovo.

Opening of the Convention/Session 1

Opening of the Convention. Moderator: Gonxhe Konjufca

09:30-10:00 Registration of attendees - Coffee will be served
10:00-10:40

Opening Ceremony

ALBIN KURTI - Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosovo
ZENEL KELMENDI - Chairman of the AWPK board
ROZETA HAJDARI - Minister of MIET
EILEEN DEVITT - Mission Director, USAID Kosovo
JONAS WESTERLUND - Sweden Ambassador in Kosovo
10:40-11:00

VIP Tour of the Wood Products Exhibition

Dignitaries guided by AWPK Director and members of the AWPK board (in the meantime, the sessions with panelists continue)

Session 1- Wood Industry potential and exports
Moderator: Dren Zatriqi

10:40-11:10

1.1 Wood Industry potential and exports

SUZANA HARXHI - CEO Bizarro
ARGUJAN HOTI - CEO Hoti Excluzive
IDEAL VEJSA - CEO Maden Group
BURIM BAJRAKTARI - CEO Modium L.L.C
ZAMIRA PODE - Expert for Marketing, Luxemburg
11:10-11:25

1.2 ProCredit with banking solutions for wood processing exporters

BESNIK HAZIRI - Head of Medium Business Department, ProCredit Bank

General Condition of the Wood Processing Sector in Kosovo

11:25 - 11:35

2.1 Annual report on the work of the wood processing sector, SHPDK 2024, and planning for 2025.

ARIETA VULA POZHEGU - Executive Director, SHPDK

Current and ongoing activities 2024/2025

Presentation of the platform by SHPDK for promoting the wood industry/members of SHPDK through the catalog/MAP Kosovo.
11:35-11:50

2.2 Analysis of the Wood Industry Sector in Kosovo –Digital Platform

DONIKA MACASTENA - Private Sector Engagement Manager USAID Private Sector-Led Workforce Development Activity Implemented by IREX
11:50 - 12:00

2.3 Delegation from the Diaspora for B2B

Presentation of 12 companies from the Diaspora for B2B meetings
12:00-13:00
LUNCH BREAK

Session 3/Session 4

Session 3 - Donor Activities in the Wood Processing Industry
Moderator: Diana Burri
13:00 - 14:00

3.1 Donor Activities in Kosovo and Plans for 2024/2025.

ZEF DEDAJ - U.D.Director, KIESA
SKENDER RAMA - Chief of Party, USAID Kosovo Compete Activity
AGNESA JASHARI - The new agency near the Prime Minister's office
AGON DULA - Partnership Facilitator/National Project Leader of the MAE/023Lux Dev
EDONA NAHI - Programme Component Manager, Fit for Jobs, GIZ Kosovo
ARTAN AVDIU - Chief of Party, Kosovo Inclusive Economic Engagement Activity CDF – USAID
ANTON GOJANI - Lead Facilitator for Developing VET Agency of Kosova, MSJ Project-SDC Funded
VESA SHEHU - Regional Coordinator, Regional Challenge Fund/ Kosovo Challenge Fund – KfW and SDC Funded.

Session 4 - E-Commerce and Digitalization in the Wood Industry.
Moderator: Gazmend Ahmeti

14:00-14:35

4.1 – The presentation of the wood industry through the digitalization of processes

ARBER BAKIJA - Ceo, Bbros & Mika Soft
BLERIM SYLEJMANI - KIT
ARION KABASHI - Co Founder dhe product developer IMMIGRAND LLC
14:35- 14:45

4.2 GetQuality Software - How to Improve and Manage Quality

YLLI RASHITI - CoFounder Get QUALITY
LUMBARDH VOKSHI - CoFounder Get QUALITY

Session 5/Session 6

Session 5 - Academia and the Wood Industry.
Moderator: Miftar Veseli
14:45 - 15:30

5.1 Collaboration of Universities/Colleg es with the Industry (Student Design Competition and Semester Work)

EDMOND HAJRIZI - Rektor, UBT
ILIRJANA GECI - Director, AAB
AGRON BAJRAKTARI - Rektor, USHAF
FLAKA XËRXA BEQIRI - Prodean UP
KRESHNIK SHEHU - CEO, Shehu Academy
RIAD DËRGUTI - Project Manager, Dekoriti Training Center

Session 6 - The design student competition prizes.
Moderator: Rexhep Ilazi

15:30 - 16:20

6.1 Design Contest Award Ceremony

ZENEL KELMENDI - SHPDK
HASHIM DESHISHKU - SHPDK
FLORA ARIFI - USAID Kosovo
ZEF DEDAJ - KIESA
-Closing remarks-

Digitalization Pavilion in front of the Beethoven Hall

Business-to-Business (B2B) - 13:00-17:00

B2B meetings with potential local and international buyers organized by AWPK. To take place in VIVALDI HALL

The interested in meetings with foreign partners must first register on the list for "Business-to-Business Meetings."