IT – Albanian  Telegraphic  Agency. https://en.ata.gov.al News Agency Thu, 09 Feb 2023 18:02:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Rama: IT engineers in public sector, higher salaries than in private sector https://en.ata.gov.al/2023/02/09/rama-it-engineers-in-public-sector-higher-salaries-than-in-private-sector/ https://en.ata.gov.al/2023/02/09/rama-it-engineers-in-public-sector-higher-salaries-than-in-private-sector/#respond Thu, 09 Feb 2023 18:02:53 +0000 http://en.ata.gov.al/?p=199021 TIRANA, February 9/ATA/ Prime Minister Edi Rama said today that the government is considering an alternative salary pyramid in terms of special professional and technical skills, starting with technology.

During a meeting with students benefiting from the new scholarship program, which is equal to a minimum monthly salary, Rama said that, “The state cannot help being the strongest competitor in the market when it comes to high-tech human resources “.

“So, we must and will offer our young people the opportunity to join the public sector and serve as high-tech engineers at various levels with equally or even better salaries than the private sector”, he said.

“We can’t make them work 12 hours a day, if we can’t offer them salaries, which are competitive with those of the private sector at least, and thus for other professions”, he said.

The prime minister emphasized that, “Albania is entering another phase in terms of salaries, in terms of rewarding skills, but the private sector is also entering the same phase”.

“If you look at the private sector, there is a significant movement towards increasing salaries because the private sector is realizing that in order to keep qualified human resources here, it has to be much more competitive in terms of salaries, and then also competitive in terms of productivity”, he added.

Rama expressed his conviction that, “Albania will come more and more to the level that more people will want to return here”.

“Albania is a country that will be the champion of this region for tourism, for exports in agriculture, in the field of energy, a net exporter of energy and which of course will always be a beautiful country, where people will always be more and more convinced that here there are enough things to make them smile,” he said./r.e/p.s./

 

]]> https://en.ata.gov.al/2023/02/09/rama-it-engineers-in-public-sector-higher-salaries-than-in-private-sector/feed/ 0 Ibrahimaj: IT professionals in public administration will have competitive salaries https://en.ata.gov.al/2023/02/01/ibrahimaj-it-professionals-in-public-administration-will-have-competitive-salaries/ https://en.ata.gov.al/2023/02/01/ibrahimaj-it-professionals-in-public-administration-will-have-competitive-salaries/#respond Wed, 01 Feb 2023 15:30:48 +0000 http://en.ata.gov.al/?p=198268 TIRANA, February 1/ATA/ Minister of Finance and Economy Delina Ibrahimaj stated today that within the month of February, the Albanian government will approve the salary level for the professionals, who will be included as part of the public administration.

During a briefing after the government meeting, Minister Ibrahimaj said that, “In July, Albania was the target of a cyber attack, which put our systems to the test. We are working to have a qualified IT team and the government is working so that the IT sector has salaries comparable to the market and maybe even higher than them”.

“We have worked intensively during January with the aim of not only finalizing the structures for IT professionals in the entire state sector, but also some special professionals to have salaries higher than the market salaries, competitive with the market”, underlined Ibrahimaj.

Minister Ibrahimaj said that, “All these decisions will be approved within the month of February, and we aim for the public sector to be the most preferred employer for those categories of professionals who have not been approached so far in better paid professions from the private sector”. /k.s/j.p/p.s./

 

]]> https://en.ata.gov.al/2023/02/01/ibrahimaj-it-professionals-in-public-administration-will-have-competitive-salaries/feed/ 0 Albania, first in region for number of IT graduates https://en.ata.gov.al/2021/08/06/albania-first-in-region-for-number-of-it-graduates/ https://en.ata.gov.al/2021/08/06/albania-first-in-region-for-number-of-it-graduates/#respond Fri, 06 Aug 2021 15:08:03 +0000 http://en.ata.gov.al/?p=157313 TIRANA, August 6/ATA/ Information and Communication Technology is one of the most potential sectors for the Albanian economy.

Minister of Finance and Economy Anila Denaj said that at the end of 2020, there were registered 2974 active ICT companies.

According to Denaj, Albania ranks first in the region in terms of the number of IT graduates per capita.

“1787 students graduated in Information and Communication Technology in the academic year 2020-2021. 28.2% of enterprises in 2020 had ICT specialists, while 12.8% of them sold products or services through e-commerce. The companies relied on competitiveness and innovative capacities, while the legal framework is aligned with EU legislation and policies”, said Denaj.

According to her, the Albanian Investment Development Agency (AIDA) supported companies to develop and grow in the market./a.a/r.e/p.s./

 

]]> https://en.ata.gov.al/2021/08/06/albania-first-in-region-for-number-of-it-graduates/feed/ 0 Growing demand of market for IT professionals, most well-paid jobs https://en.ata.gov.al/2021/06/21/growing-demand-of-market-for-it-professionals-most-well-paid-jobs/ https://en.ata.gov.al/2021/06/21/growing-demand-of-market-for-it-professionals-most-well-paid-jobs/#respond Mon, 21 Jun 2021 10:47:00 +0000 http://en.ata.gov.al/?p=152656 TIRANA, June 21/ATA/ Communication and information technology is developing towards new programs and strategies so that to ensure stability, efficiency and productivity in all business processes. At present-day, most business operations and transactions are automated, digitized, and embedded in technology.

The market demand for professionals in this field is only growing, as this sector offers the highest salaries and the best opportunities for advancement in the profession.

According to the report released by INSTAT, during the first quarter of this year, the number of employees in this sector increased by 5.5%, compared to the first quarter of 2020, while the salary fund increased by 4 times.

Net sales in volume also increased by 4.8%, compared to the first quarter of 2020.

The most promising jobs in the field of technology are mobile application development, data administrator, web developer, network administrator, software engineer, or even security specialists.

To boost this sector the government has provided incentives to the Technology and Innovation (ICT) sector, reducing the profit tax from 15% to 5% for companies operating in the software production / development sector. /j.p/p.s./

 

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