A presentation of newly adopted programs for the development of IT skills, titled “IT Skills for the Future – Program promotion and opportunities,” was held at the Science and technology park.

The attendees were addressed by the director of the Directorate for lifelong learning, ms. Jasna Jovanović, the executive director of the Science and technology park, ms. Valentina Radulović, and the setary of the ICT Committee at the Chamber of commerce of Montenegro, ms. Nada Rakočević.

In her opening speech, ms Jasna Jovanović presented the activities carried out by the Ministry of education, science, and innovation to create better conditions for the development of adult education and improve the quality of education provided by adult education organizers. In this regard, for the first time, the Ministry has allocated a budget for this area. Additionally, with the aim of creating educational programs that will lead to faster and higher-quality employment of the workforce, while addressing the challenges posed by the modern market, the ministry initiated the development of IT skills programs to meet the requirements identified by the Chamber of commerce in its analysis.

The Government of Montenegro has recognized the importance of IT skills for the development of Montenegro, and therefore, in the upcoming period, it will prepare a support program that will provide incentives for the implementation of programs in this field.

The results of the Chamber of commerce’s analysis of the shortage of IT professions and the challenges faced by companies in the sector due to the lack of skilled labor were presented to the attendees by the Secretary of the ICT Committee at the Chamber of commerce, ms. Nada Rakočević. According to her, the analysis shows that the most dominant profession at the moment is software engineer, confirmed by 66.7% of the survey respondents. In addition to this, highly sought-after profiles include mobile application developers, as well as artificial intelligence and machine learning engineers, who occupy a significant position in market interest. One of the biggest obstacles in employment is the lack of practical experience among candidates, which makes it difficult to find suitable workforce.

The Executive director of the Science and technology park, ms. Valentina Radulović, presented four IT skills development programs that were recently adopted by the National council for education:

An education program for acquiring the key competency of applying full-stack technologies for web application development.

An education program for acquiring the key competency of digital analytics and data management,

 An education program for acquiring the key competency of design and optimization of user experience,

An education program for acquiring the key competency of data processing and machine learning.

After the presentation of the programs, attendees had the opportunity to ask questions about the mentioned programs, the planned support from the government, as well as other activities that will be implemented in the field of adult education in the upcoming period.