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Opportunities to Foreign Investment in Kosovo
roughly €700 million. But if we take the whole ICT sector, investments are much larger,
around €1.2 Billion. The investments in this sector should continue by attracting strategic
investors.
According to Kosovo Railways data, investments in the last ten years with the railways
made by the Kosovo government and donors are around €15 Million, which primarily
related to investments in maintenance of rail lines. But the main challenge remains
investments in capital projects knowing that investments in railway are very expensive.
This sector could be attractive for foreign investors.
Roads are a very important matter for Kosovo to maintain its economic growth. Kosovo
made investments in this sector for the last 10 years and infrastructure has improved but
there is need to continue to invest in this sector and now mainly on local roads. Total
amount of investments from 2001 to 2010 are roughly €800 Million. Last year the
Ministry of Transport started the project of building new highway Morinë-Merdare costly
about €700 Million. This highway connects Kosovo with Albania. The construction of
this highway could have started later because it was not an urgent need. This amount of
money is huge for Kosovo's limited budget and has become a fiscal burden for the
budget of Kosovo. Further to this, there is needed to invest in health and education sector.
These are two important pillars for the Kosovo's development, moreover two sectors that
need urgent investments to improve capacity building.
Energy sector is very important for Kosovo's economic development. Total amount of
investments made in the last 10 years is about €1.4 Billion.
Water supply is another significant sector. According to the Ministry of Environment and
Spatial Planning from 2009 until 2011, total amount of investments is over €8 Million.
Kosovo now needs to create a sound business environment. Based on the project survey
with existing and potential investors it was noted that there are several important areas to
now consider.
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