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Invest in ICT in Croatia

B E S T- C O S TD E S T I N AT I O N

Investments in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) have been the most dynamic component of investments in recent years in Croatia. Croatia’s accession to the EU in 2013 provided a boost to local IT companies and the ICT sector as a whole.

Today, the Croatian ICT sector employs around 44,000 people and generates a revenue of around 3.5 billion EUR.1

E X E C U T I V E S U M M A R Y

THE CROATIAN ICT SECTOR IS ONE OF THE MOST DEVELOPED SECTORS OF THE CROATIAN ECONOMY WITH AN AVERAGE ANNUAL GROWTH OF 4%.2

1Croatian Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Basic Structural Indicators 2018 for 20172 Eurofast: Croatian Tech Companies drive economic growth and development, 2017 (data for 2016)

INVEST IN ICT IN CROATIABEST-COST DESTINATION

Croatia is a Mediterranean country located in the very heart of Europe. On July 1st 2013, Croatia became a full member of the European Union. Croatia has a population of 4.089 million. The country is divided into 20 counties and the City of Zagreb, its capital and the largest city. The importance of the geographical position of Croatia is also enhanced by the Adriatic Sea, the northernmost gulf of the Mediterranean which is the closest to the central part of the European continent. The most important routes are centred along the Sava River, the Adriatic and the Drava River.

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3 Croatian National Bank, Basic Macroeconomic Indicators 2018

Official name The Republic of CroatiaCapital ZagrebGovernment Parliamentary democracyPopulation 4.089 millionOfficial language CroatianLand area 56,594 km2Territorial organization 20 counties and the City of ZagrebLocal time GMT+1Climate Continental, Mediterranean and AlpineCurrency kuna (HRK)Telephone code +385Country code domain .hr

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IN 2018, THE GDP OF CROATIA WAS ABOUT 51.6 BILLION EUR, RESULTING WITH THE ANNUAL GROWTH OF THE ECONOMY OF 2.6 %.3

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Croatia has a long and rich history of high-tech innovations, all the way from Nikola Tesla (who is best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternative current (AC) electricity supply system) to Marin Soljačić (who invented efficient wireless non-radiative mid-range energy transfer). Many international companies have recognised the potential of Croatia and have established their innovation centres in Croatia, such as Ericsson, Microsoft and IBM. The ICT market in Croatia is constantly increasing and there is a significant growth in the number of startup businesses, and many new state-of-the-art data centres have been opened.

In 2013, the Croatian national cluster for the ICT industry was founded, providing a networking and cooperation platform for ICT companies.

*2018 estimateSource: The International Trade Administration (ITA), U.S. Department of Commerce, Croatia – Croatia - Smart Technologies, 2018

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Smart investors should think about Investing in Croatia.

S M S P A Y - B Y - P H O N E P A R K I N GIn 2001, Croatian innovators introduced the first SMS Pay-by-phone street parking service. The Croatian capital of Zagreb was the first city in the world to introduce this technology.

M P 3 P L A Y E RIn 1997, while he was studying at the University of Zagreb’s Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing (FER), the Croatian innovator Tomislav Uzelac created AMP, which is considered to be the first successful MP3 player.


Croatia has an educated, highly skilled and motivated labour force. Over the past 15 years, the Croatian ICT industry has become deregulated and modernised, which has turned it into an attractive location for ICT recruitment and staffing.

Since Croatia joined the EU, the ICT sector has become one of the most propulsive sectors of the Croatian economy, employing around 44,000 people, and continuously growing. Global investors actively cooperate with higher education institutions ensuring that the Croatian education system continues to tailor itself to the market’s needs.

Over 30,000 graduates per year

Over 4000 graduates from technical, engineering and ICT universities per year

over 1000 graduates from technical, engineering and IT undergraduate institutions per year

over 28,000 graduates from technical, industrial and craft secondary schools per year

Source: CBS 2018 for 2017

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COMPETITIVE LABOUR FORCE

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200.4 164 161.7 155.5 143.2 143.1 143.1

Source: EUROSTAT 2018 for 2016

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ACCORDING TO THE CROATIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS, THE AVERAGE GROSS MONTHLY SALARY IN THE CROATIAN ICT SECTOR IN 2018 IS 1,633 EUR.

H I G H Q U A L I T Y I C T E D U C A T I O N

VARAŽDIN514 graduatesFaculty of Organisation and Informatics, Varaždin

RIJEKA415 graduatesFaculty of Engineering Rijeka95 graduatesDepartment of Informatics of theUniversity of Rijeka

SPLIT538 graduatesFaculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture Split (FESB)

OSIJEK369 graduatesFaculty of Electrical Engineering, Computing and IT Osijek

ZAGREB978 graduatesFaculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing Zagreb671 graduatesTechnical Polytechnic in Zagreb81 graduatesAlgebra, Zagreb51 graduatesCollege for Information Technologies, Zagreb

Source: CBS 2018 for 2017


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With more than 15.000 individuals enrolled annually in undergraduate and graduate studies, lifelong learning, certification trainings, international MBA program, and digital academies for youth, etc. Algebra is one of the largest integrated educational organizations in Croatia, accredited by national and EU regulators but also international technical vendor programs.

Algebra’s Educational Quality Assurance System is recognized as the best in Croatia, according to the results of the quality assurance system audit carried out by National Agency for Science and Higher Education. In 2014 Algebra was selected and awarded the Microsoft Worldwide Learning Partner of the Year! Few years later, in 2017, our scientists won the first European Big Data Hackathon, a competition organized by the European Commission.

Besides our role as a learning springboard for digital professionals, Algebra develops strong relationship with B2B partners through:

Ú Career Center outreach program, such as internship cooperation, scholarship offering and job placement

Ú Entrepreneurial Incubator Program which offers strategic partnership to local companies looking to invest in innovative start-ups nurtured in our entrepreneurial incubator

Ú Design and Implementation of Training Programs for companies through the network of 500 local trainers + 500 trainers in our international network: on-site trainings, SMART trainings and on-line virtual classrooms: software development, advanced networking skills, systems engineering, project management, service management, soft and managerial skills, mini-MBA

Ú Employment & Training Campaigns: advertising, live and online events,

candidate testing for professional skills, hackathons, selection process, assistance with active labor measures and national employment support, up-skilling of selected digital professionals, on the job mentoring and shadowing

Ú Internal Innovation Development and Applied Research Programs within horizontal application of Data Science, Machine Learning and Cybersecurity – the aforementioned is being conducted in cooperation with our Algebra LAB, accredited applied scientific institution and fully operational EU Digital Innovation HUB

“For the last 20 years Algebra is one of the Croatian greatest source of digital leaders, engineers, developers and creative specialists. Our mission is to help people find what they love doing and enable them to be excellent in chosen digital field. Our passion and dedication helped our alumni students which are now spread all over the world, working in companies like Google, Amazon, Microsoft, IBM, McAfee, Intel, Dell, Siemens, Ericsson, etc. Digital career development is our playground, which we support by our quality assurance system and 150 full time employees. That is the reason why we can help any organization to build and maintain successful digital team that delivers tangible results.”Hrvoje BalenMember of the board, Algebra.

https://www.algebra.hr/en/ https://www.facebook.com/algebra.hr/


Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing is the leading research and education institution in the Republic of Croatia in the fields of Electrical Engineering, Computing and Information and Communication Technologies. The Faculty enrols more than 3500 students at all study levels. Along with the undergraduate, graduate and doctoral studies, 5 specialist studies are regularly carried out at the Faculty. The specialist studies are designed to educate specialists in key areas for the economy: “Information Security”, “The Regulation of the Electronic Communications Market”, “Transformers”, “Railway Electrical Systems”, and “Project Management”.

Our students are encouraged to learn and acquire new practical knowledge and skills by participating in FER summer internship programme, which includes more than 200 Croatian companies. FER is one of the leading Croatian institutions regarding successful applying for the EU funds. Currently, 163 research projects are being carried out at FER, almost one third of which are international projects, mostly within the H2020 programme.

“FER systematically boosts student entrepreneurship through the Career Center’s student entrepreneurship programme. Thus, the Faculty is directly allowing student innovation ideas to enter the market through newly established start-ups. Job Fair, with almost 100 participating companies and more than 3000 student visitors is the largest career fair in Croatia. With this annual Fair, FER systematically and directly introduces students to the opportunities for employment and career development in Croatia and abroad, as well as connects employers with the best students of the University of Zagreb.”,Dean, Associate Professor Gordan Gledec, Ph.D.

https://www.fer.unizg.hr/en https://www.facebook.com/fer.zagreb/

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During their studies, our students are introduced to the world of work, and are involved in solving real engineering problems through traineeships, work on their final papers and graduation theses.

The educational process consists of three levels with study programmes (undergraduate, graduate, postgraduate), in the field of electrical engineering, computer science and information and communications technologies, being continually upgraded and harmonised with recent scientific discoveries, economy and labour market needs.


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Cooperation with the economy, encouragement of entrepreneurship and transfer of knowledge and technologies are fundamental indicators of the Faculty’s development. Perfect example for successful cooperation with partner companies is the master's (graduate) study programme in Automotive Computing and Communications (AutoCom).

Namely, the first initiative related to the AutoCom study programme started in 2016 with companies RT-RK Osijek and Rimac Automobili. Upon defining the basic structure of the AutoCom study programme, other companies were invited as well to participate in defining the study programme in January 2017. Four companies, namely Yazaki, AVL AST, Xylon and GlobalLogic responded to the proposal. They all take part in the study program as guest lecturers, comentors at master thesis, via offered internships, etc.

Encouraged by the success of AutoCom in Croatian which has started in 2017, FERIT decided to offer from year 2019 the AutoCom study programme in English as well, attracting best students, lecturers, experts and partner companies from all sides of the world! For details please see:

http://autocom.ferit.hr/ https://www.facebook.com/autocom.ferit

“Continuous collaboration with Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Information Technology Osijek is a great opportunity to offer our expertise in the field of electrical engineering and computer engineering in directing and employing young talents. By participating in the design and implementation of the Automotive Computing and Communications program we want to encourage young professionals to study these special areas of engineering. Rimac Development Office in Osijek has been established with the aim of encouraging talent retention Croatia, engaging them in the work on some of the most interesting projects in the industry. We believe that Osijek has great potential for further development as a technology hub”Mate Rimac Founder and CEO of Rimac Automobili

„From the very beginning of our cooperation, the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Information Technology Osijek has proven to be a reliable partner. The cooperation has resulted in the implementation of the study programme in Automotive Computing and Communications, which, in our opinion, is a perfect example of the cooperation between the academic community and industry. Like the Faculty could have counted on us in defining the study programme, the Faculty and its students can count on our support in carrying out the study programme.“Zvonimir Kaprocki General Manager RT-RK Osijek

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Among four thousand graduates from tehnical, engeneering and ICT universities per year in Croatia, a significant number of graduates comes out from Faculty of organization and informatics Varaždin, University of Zagreb. Located in north - west of Croatia, this Faculty is providing several programmes in ICT and economic sector, which are yearly completed by approximately 500 graduates.

With more than 50 years tradition in high education, Faculty of organization and informatics is well known for providing high education and professional skill acquirement by more than 100 professores and associates. Organized within 7 departments, 3 research centres and 11 labs, Faculty is a respectable higher education institution, internationally recognized in the interdisciplinary field of informatics, organization and business and is renowned for its excellence in student education, research synergy and its professional and teaching activities. The aim is to educate students to remain competitive within the labor market so they can become the initiators of economic and social changes.

„The study programme is demanding but rich in content in order to provide the future professionals with the knowledge required by the labour market. Since the field of study is wide - ranging and therefore impossible to be fully covered with the obligatory courses, the students are offered a wide range of additional courses to choose according to their own affinity and personal career development plan.“Dean, Prof. Neven Vrček, PhD

https://www.foi.unizg.hr/en https://www.facebook.com/foivz/


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Known for its career-oriented education, this American college has been present in Croatia for over 20 years, which makes it the private institution of higher education with the longest tradition in providing undergraduate programmes in Croatia. Experiential learning and putting knowledge into practice is an integral part of studying at RIT Croatia. Cooperative education is mandatory and each student undergoes 800 – 1,200 hours of co-op during the four years of study. More than 80% of graduates find employment within six months from graduation (RIT Croatia Graduates, Class of 2017).

On its campuses in Dubrovnik and Zagreb, RIT Croatia offers the four-year Web and Mobile Computing / Information Technology undergraduate programme that prepares students for perspective and sought-after professions in the areas of programming and web and mobile application design.

“The credibility and the quality of education is of fundamental importance, because this is what has a direct impact on one’s future career. When you take into account all RIT Croatia alumni and their completed co-op hours over the past 20 years – more than 350 years of co-ops were completed in more than 3,500 companies! With this approach and focus on applied knowledge, it is no wonder that RIT’s students find jobs even before they graduate!”Don Hudspeth Dean and President of RIT Croatia

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Today Faculty of engineering offers undergraduate and graduate university study programs in mechanical engineering, naval architecture, electrical engineering and computer engineering. It also offers a three-year doctoral study in the area engineering sciences, in the fields of mechanical engineering, naval architecture, electrical engineering, computer engineering, fundamental engineering sciences and interdisciplinary engineering sciences.

P R O G R A M O F C O M P U T E R E N G I N E E R I N G

Program of computer engineering at the Faculty was accredited in the academic year 2008/2009 which was followed by foundation of the Department of Computer Engineering in fall 2008.

The Department comprises the fields of computer- and communications- engineering, which follows the current trend in the world, of mutual convergence and interleaving of these two crucial technologies of the today. At this very moment Department of Computer Engineering counts 16 members and is comprised of 7 different sections and laboratories. The Department can offer Section of Communication Systems, Section of Software Engineering, Section of Intelligent Computing


Systems, Laboratory for Communications and Network Systems, Software Engineering and Information Processing Lab, Laboratory for Application of Information Technologies, Laboratory for artificial perception and autonomous systems. This facilities are well utilized for education of new generations and training of working professionals in the context of their life-long learning as well.

Interdisciplinary researchers at this important Department are engaged in the development of artificial intelligence and algorithms for human-machine interaction, algorithms for e-learning and m-learning, and the work on digital processing of speech and image. This recognized and award-winning experts carry out research in software engineering applied to the medical field as well as development of methods to test new software.

COOPERATION WITH COMPANIES

Faculty of Engineering nurtures cooperation with companies in Croatia as well as abroad through contracts of cooperation in development of projects of mutual interests. Faculty also provides direct contact of our students and future employers through complete learning experience. To further extend cooperation with the economy a special board was founded and composed of experts from Faculty’s partner companies and professional bodies. This cooperation allows ongoing adaptation of learning process to the new development in technology which is especially advanced and evident in ICT sector.

http://www.riteh.uniri.hr/ https://www.facebook.com/Sveu%C4%8Dili%C5%A1te-u-Rijeci-Tehni%C4%8Dki-fakultet-206613789358010/

„A great part of activities at the Faculty is conducted through the cooperation with the economy and institutions in surroundings as well as all over the world. Such collaboration enables the flow of information, acquired knowledge and approved experiences in both directions. The continuous improvement of such synergetic actions presents one of the main designations on which the development of the Faculty is based. More than 8000 diplomas issued since 1960. and continuously increasing demand for our engineers in the labour market is confirmation of our quality and dedication.“Jasna Prpić-OršićDean of the Faculty of Engineering in Rijeka, Croatia.

“At Siemens Croatia, we were among the first to recognize the importance of digitalisation, and we owe a great part of our success to the skilful transformation of large amounts of data into added value for our customers. No less important is our employees’ high level of awareness about the importance of new technologies and digitalisation, which enables them to share and exchange their experiences

and specific knowledge quickly and easily with colleagues around the world. Their proven expertise helps us to continue investing in the company’s further growth and bring value to our customers in industry, infrastructure and energy sectors.”Medeja Lončar CEO, Siemens


Croatia is an excellent location for investors who want to expand their business in Central, Eastern and Southeast Europe, as well as for start-up businesses. As the country has a population of only 4.089 million, Croatia’s market potential is relatively small in global terms, but Croatian consumers and companies have already proven that they have the ability to absorb new technologies very rapidly. In this respect, Croatia can serve as an excellent market for the development and application of new technologies in the field of the ICT sector. Many multinational companies, such as IBM, Microsoft, Ericsson, etc. confirmed Croatia as an ICT investment destination.

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Internet penetration in Croatia is the highest in the region, in line with those found in the EU countries. Available broadband access platforms include ADSL2+, cable, FTTX and WiMAX.The ICT Sector in Croatia, 2018

3.49 million Internet users

102.30 Mobile phones per 100 inhabitants

74% households with computer

76% households with Internet access

Source: HAKOM 2018 for 2018; CBS 2018 for 2017


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Source: Office space across the world Cushman & Wakefield, 2014

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“IBM’s client innovation centres are critical in delivering information technology services to our clients around the world.”Damir Zec Country Leader, IBM

As an associated company of Ericsson Group Sweden, Ericsson Nikola Tesla operates on the global market with activities that include marketing and sales, research and development, design of E2E communications solutions, services in multiservice and mobile networks domains, including complex system integration in all business areas.

“Digital transformation trends and close collaboration between the ICT industry and academia result in a highly qualified young workforce that is, coming straight from college, given the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology in ICT industry. Ericsson Nikola Tesla has been the leader of this collaboration trend in Croatia for many years. The largest research and development centre in Croatia, achievements in Health Information Systems, development of the One Stop Shop for Joint Information System of Land Registry and Cadastre are only a few examples of our successful business activities having a worldwide impact.”Gordana KovačevićPresident of Ericsson Nikola Tesla

IBM technology has been present in Croatia since 1937 (and in its present office for 23 years), and it has helped shape the country’s technological development. We chose Zagreb for our facility based on criteria including its highly educated and experienced professionals, language skills and a favourable business environment.

The mission of the IBM Client Innovation Centre is to deliver services to global IBM clients in their native language, and to provide

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“The ICT sector has immense potential, and that is something that we, here at Vipnet, recognized a long time ago. It is also the reason why we make continued investments in the development of that particular business segment. For us, a major step forward in that area has been our acquisition of Metronet, the largest B2B operator, which has enabled us to provide our business users with full telecommunications and ICT services, thus supporting their growth and development even better. As the domestic telecom market’s leader in innovations, Vipnet constantly develops

innovative ICT solutions, and our success is evident from the many international innovativeness awards that our ICT services have won so far. Both Vipnet and Croatia in general boast top-quality experts with competencies and know-how that have earned them respect and recognition even beyond national borders. With that, Croatia’s ICT industry remains both competitive and successful, and has considerable potential for further growth.”Jiří DvorjančanskýCEO Vipnet

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