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    DIGITAL ECONOMY AS A FACTOR FOR REALIZING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT-COMPARISON OF PRACTICES OF SIX SOUTHEAST EUROPEN COUNTRIES
    (2017-07)
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    Petkovska Mirchevska, Tatjana
    Progress made in storage, processing and transmission of digital data allowed merger of the departments of computerization, telecommunications and audio-video transmission, transforming into a significant sector of the digital economy. Advances in digital economy has realized a significant increase, (OECD, 2013: 22) implementing as an inevitable aspect in many parts of the society as retail, transportation, education, health, social interactions, banking and other elements. The growth of the digital economy is also driven, supported and facilitated throughout wide access to computers and the World Wide Web (Internet). In the world today, information and communication technologies are an integral part of the personal lives of people, businesses and governments, leading to convergence of ICT and the economy and help promote sustainable growth. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to consider the development of digital economy as a mean for sustainable development of the economic growth in the six countries of Southeast Europe i.e. Republic of Macedonia, Slovenia, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia. According to this, a research has been conducted, in order to determine the prospects and possibilities for development of digital economy. The research was conducted using the comparison method, where the gathered NRI data (including four main categories and ten subcategories) for the six countries of the Southeast Europe where compared in order to determine the prospects for development of digital economy. The findings of this paper show that the six European countries taken into consideration trail behind the other world countries in the majority of indicators. However, they each excel in different fields for development of the digital economy sector, and with mutual collaboration they could enhance and further increase the development of digital economy and boost the prospects of sustainable development in their countries as well as the Southeast Europe region.
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    MUNICIPALITIES IN NORTH MACEDONIA IN THE ERA OF DIGITAL ECONOMY
    (Institute of Economics – Skopje, 2020)
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    Sucubaşi, Bilal
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    The main objective of the paper is to evaluate how municipalities in North Macedonia use the benefits of digital economy and to assess the level of digital transformation of existing e-services at municipal level in the country. The focus of interest in this research are the e-services related to the following three functionalities: 1) transparency and accountability, 2) communication with the citizens and companies, and 3) approvals, permits and other services. The research was conducted through on-line observation of the websites of the municipalities in Republic of North Macedonia, and a separate set of indicators have been defined for each of the three studied functionalities. According to the research, the application for “issuing and monitoring construction permits” is the most dominant e-service in the municipalities in Republic of North Macedonia, followed by “Publishing the budget of the municipality for the current year” and “Publishing the minutes and adopted decisions of the Municipal Council”.