Was held The Minister of Local Self-Government Risto Penov opened the first policy coordination meeting between the competent institutions and the donor community on the topic "Digitalization at the local level".

The coordination process is led by the Ministry of Local Self-Government and the Embassy of Switzerland in cooperation with the Secretariat for European Affairs and the Delegation of the European Union.

The Deputy Prime Minister in charge of good governance policies, Slavica Grkovska, the Minister of Information Society and Administration, Azir Aliu, the State Secretary in SEP Drita Halili Abdiu, the director of ZELS, Dusica Perišić and the Ambassador of Switzerland, Veronique Hulman Marti spoke at the meeting.

Representatives from UNDP, the EU Delegation and USAID presented the projects through which activities for digitization of local services are implemented.

The first coordination meeting initiated a dialogue on the topic of "Digitalization at the local level" for the purpose of more effective municipal services to citizens and increased transparency and accountability. This process of thematic coordination will support the institutions to improve the harmonization, coordination and implementation of digitization and digital transformation activities in a coherent way.