{"id":234,"date":"2021-02-01T11:51:32","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T11:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.3b-ict.net\/?post_type=all-members&p=234"},"modified":"2021-05-28T06:38:48","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T06:38:48","slug":"ict-chamber-of-commerce-masit","status":"publish","type":"all-members","link":"https:\/\/www.3b-ict.net\/all-members\/ict-chamber-of-commerce-masit\/","title":{"rendered":"ICT Chamber of Commerce \u2013 MASIT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Macedonian Chamber of Information and Communication Technologies \u2013 MASIT is a volunteer, non-profit chamber of commerce. The chamber was founded in 2000 as an initiative of the top fifteen Macedonian IT companies and was operating as an Association within the Economic Chamber of Macedonia. In April 2007, on the Annual Assembly of MASIT, the legal transformation of MASIT from Association to Chamber of commerce was agreed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, MASIT is the voice of the Macedonian ICT industry. The chamber represents companies of the ICT sector in Macedonia including: software and IT services companies, hardware companies and distributors, carrier and other telecom companies, as well as training providers and ICT consulting companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A 9 member Managing Board that is elected by the General Assembly governs MASIT. The Managing Board includes the President and the Vice-President.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All of the MASIT activities and initiatives are preformed through the work of the Managing Board and\/or the working groups, where all of the members can participate and discuss their initiatives, needs and problems. MASIT participates in events related to the IT industry and promotes the accomplishments of the members in the area of IT software and services development. MASIT representatives participate in the definition of the IT regulatory framework and help to define national IT standards. MASIT facilitates the ICT through different public-private-partnership initiatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The governing bodies include Managing board<\/a>, Supervisory Board<\/a>, Commission of Honor<\/a>. There is an Executive office where a professional staff is employed. The Executive office handles all of the activities of the Chamber.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Statute of MASIT also defines an ICT Experts Council<\/a>. The ICT Experts Council is consisted of individuals, professionals in the ICT field, working in the Academia, Governmental, Financial and other institutions and organizations, who volunteer their knowledge, experience and expertise in development of the ICT sector in Macedonia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MASIT fosters a regional and international cooperation with other associations and organizations. Regionally MASIT is cooperating with the ICT Associations in the SEE (South-East Europe) region and is a member of the Balkan and Black Sea Cluster Network. Internationally, MASIT became a member of the World Information Technology and Services Alliance \u2013 WITSA (www.witsa.org<\/a>) in May 2005 and since January 2009 MASIT is a member of the European Information Technology Observatory \u2013 EITO (www.eito.com<\/a>). MASIT has an outstanding cooperation with the donor organizations USAID and GTZ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

VISION:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MASIT to be the enabler for growth of the Macedonian ICT businesses, their recognition and image domestically and abroad, as well as enriching the Macedonian prosperity and economy by having stronger, organized and progressive ICT industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MISSION:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MASIT is the voice and resource of a competitive ICT sector, supporting an innovation-driven economy and a key contributor to the nation\u2019s prosperity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GOALS:<\/p>\n\n\n\n