Dukaj: Montenegro is becoming a regional digitalization hub

This was stated by Minister of Public Administration Marash Dukaj, appearing on the morning program of Montenegro Television, emphasizing that Montenegro has already made significant progress in aligning its legislation with European standards and developing digital services. He noted that Montenegro has aligned its legislation with the European Union’s NIS 2 Directive and is the only Western Balkan country to be a full participant in the Digital Europe Programme. According to him, citizens can access more than 600 options for the electronic payment of services and fees through the public administration system, while the plan is to complete more than 70 new electronic services this year. “In this way, we can use a mobile phone wherever we are—not only in the region but throughout Europe—for electronic services, starting with identity cards, driving licences and other services,” Dukaj explained, stressing that this requires harmonizing legal procedures and enabling digital systems to communicate with one another. “It is important to enable public services to communicate with each other, and institutions to communicate with each other, so that citizens can use services as simply and efficiently as possible and do not have to enter their data several times in the same applications,” Gačević explained. She emphasized that alignment with European Union standards is important for developing a common regional market and facilitating cooperation between Western Balkan economies and EU member states.