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MASIT - ICT chamber of commerce

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General Information
The date when the cluster organisation was established: 
Saturday, 26 February, 2000
Number of staff in the management team of the cluster organisation : 
6-10
Legal form of the cluster organisation: 
Registered Association
Regions: 
Macedonia
Membership to European Strategic Cluster Partnerships (ESCP-4i, ESCP-S3 or ESCP-4x): 
GIVE
Membership to other networks/partnerships: 
NameWebsite
EITO
http://www.eito.com/
WITSA
http://witsa.org/witsa-wp-site/
Cluster Management Team: 
NameSurnamePositionTelephoneEmail
Anita
Nikova
Cluster Manager
+38975 280 505
anita@masit.org.mk
Biljana
Prlickova
Internationalisation Responsible
+38975 280 506
biljana@masit.org.mk
Elena
Petrushevska
Internationalisation Responsible
+38975 240 988
elena@masit.org.mk
Stefan
Dodevski
Internationalisation Responsible
+38978 296 487
stefan.dodevski@masit.org.mk
Link to team description on the cluster's website: 
http://www.masit.org.mk/index.php/en/menu-title-1/2019-01-25-14-19-14
Languages spoken: 
English
Macedonian
Sectoral and Industrial Focus
Sectoral Industries: 
Information Technology and Analytical Instruments
Technology fields: 
Cloud Technologies
Computer Software
S3 EU priority areas: 
e-Government (e.g. e-Procurement, e-Participation)
e-Health (e.g. healthy ageing)
Emerging industries: 
Digital Industries
Composition of the cluster
Total number of members: 
80
Number of SME members: 
77
Number of larger company members: 
10
Number of research organisations/universities/technology centres: 
1
Number of other ecosystem actors : 
6
Link to the cluster members’ list: 
http://masit.org.mk/index.php/en/menu-ttile-2/mt2-sub-title-4
Entrepreneurship and scale-up support facilities in the cluster's ecosystem (see "Organisation type"): 
Name and link of major players: 
Cluster Strategy
Mission/Objectives: 

Macedonian Chamber of Information and Communication Technologies - 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.

Today, MASIT is the voice of the Macedonian ICT industry representign more than 50% of the companies on the ICT sector in North Macedonia. 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.

VISION:

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.

MISSION:

MASIT is the voice and resource of a competitive ICT sector, supporting an innovation-driven economy and a key contributor to the nation’s prosperity.

Do you have a formalised strategy?: 
Yes
Do you have a specific strategy focus that addresses internationalisation ?: 
Yes
Services
Support services provided: 
Internationalisation support (= Access to third countries markets)
Facilitation of collaboration between members
Facilitation of cross-sectorial cooperation
Promotion of activities (marketing/ visibility)
Provision and facilitation of access to training for members
Details of support services: 

MASIT Services:

MASIT Training Academy

  • Technical trainings
  • Management trainings

 Internationalization

  • Information on ICT events
  • Trade fair participation

Business opportunities:

  • Information on public tenders
  • Promote ICT to potential consumers

 

Networking and cooperation:

  • Information exchange among members
  • Parties &Networking Events
  • International business network

Events:

  • Organization of events
  • SEEITA and MASIT Open Days conference – www.seeita.org
  • SCTE Balkan Broadband

Lobbying activities:

  • Relations with government
  • Relation with other institution
  • Relation with donor organizations

Knowledge availability:

  • Position papers
  • Information on ICT market trends
  • ICT workforce partnership
  • ICT workforce demand survey

Others:

  • Participation on EU projects
  • ICT Excellence Award
Cooperation Activities
International Cooperation
The main countries targeted by the cluster organisation: 
China
Egypt
Morocco
Taiwan
United States
Our cluster organisation undertook the following international activities to support our members: 
Participation at missions/events/study visits/fairs
Trans-national Cooperation
The main countries targeted by the cluster organisation: 
Austria
Bulgaria
Germany
Latvia
Romania
Our cluster organisation undertook the following trans-national activities to support our members: 
Participation at missions/events/study visits/fairs
Which clusters do you collaborate with?: 
Clusters that are in the frame of Balkan and Black ICT Network
Support Programmes
Participation in Funded Support Programmes: 
European ProgrammesName & Description (Regional/National)
FP7
H2020
CIP/COSME
INTERREG
  • WINS-ICT “Western Balkan Countries Inco-Net Support in the field of ICT” EU Funded Project (FP7) http://www.wins-ict.eu/. WINS ICT is an initiative funded by the EC 7th Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development under the ICT theme of the Cooperation Programme.
  • IDEAL-IST7fp EU funded project (FP6) http://www.masit.org.mk/?idealIST_home. Ideal-ist reduces the barriers faced by organizations wishing to participate in the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) program by offering transnational partner search.  The Ideal-ist network is co-financed by the European Commission and has 49 national representatives in all Member States, Candidate Countries and Associated States, as well as Western Balkan Countries, Newly Independent States and Mediterranean Countries.
  • SCORE EU funded project (FP6) http://www.score-project.eu . The main contribution of the SCORE project will be the development of ICT Strategic Research Agendas for the participating Western Balkan countries (Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Serbia) and a Policy Paper with “Recommendations for shaping EU scientific co-operation with the Western Balkan Region in the field of ICT research: 2007-2013” that will enable EU RTD policy-makers to define realistic research policies and agendas for the region.
  • SEE Innovation EU Funded project (FP6) is an EU-funded project aiming to assist candidate and third countries from the South Eastern Europe (SEE) region in defining a more targeted approach to future cooperation in the forthcoming Framework Programme 7 of the European Commission, and to assist SMEs from both groups of countries to actively participate in European ICT research activities.