Knowledge society in the context of the economic development with a focus in Kosovo
| Author | Fatmir Gashi |
| Position | NLB Prishtina |
| Pages | 308-313 |
ISSN 2410-3918 Academic Journal of Business, Administration, Law and Social Sciences Vol 1 No 2
Acces online at www.iipccl.org IIPCCL Publishing, Tirana-Albania July 2015
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Knowledge society in the context of the economic development with a focus
in Kosovo
MSc. Fatmir Gashi
NLB Prishtina
Abstract
Building the knowledge society in a globalization world where information is considered a strategic
resource is very important for every country. In the last two decades the development of societies
has shied from a concept of information to knowledge society. Kosovo has been proclaimed as a
country of knowledge society by its government, too. But, what challenges did Kosovo have toward
building knowledge society? What are the main problems and perspectives? All these questions
are analyzed in this paper. Based on the development of basic elements of knowledge society, as
well as problems and challenges that Kosovo is facing, this study has attempted to answer the
question of how far Kosovo has advanced towards knowledge society and what should be done
by the government to support and develop the main sectors that contribute to the development of
knowledge society and integration of country in developed societies.
Keywords: Knowledge society, education, lifelong education, innovation, information technology.
Introduction
Knowledge and information have a signicant impact on people’s lives. Knowledge is more
than information. It means the processing of information and transferring it in knowledge.
Knowledge is important not only for economic growth but also for empowering and
developing all sectors of economy. It is the general opinion that knowledge has replaced
industrial organization and production as the main source of productivity. Society
of knowledge is identied as a society based on the creation, dissemination and use
of information and knowledge in order to achieve economic and social development
(UNESCO, 1990, 2). e concept of knowledge societies appeared in the late 90-s, as an
alternative to the information society. Concept of information society is closely connected
with the idea of “technological innovation”,while the concept of knowledge society includes
a dimension of social-, cultural-, economic-, political-, institutional transformation as
well as a pluralistic and development perspective.
Main pillars of Knowledge Society are: Education, Information and Communication
Technology. Education is not only in traditional academic learning but also includes
informal learning, trainings and learning in the workplace. Lifelong learning is required in
the global economy, because it involves an emphasis, in primary and secondary schools,
on learning general skills and competencies, such as communication, mathematics and
science skills, new literally skills, problem-solving and interpersonal skills. Education is
the main sector that contributes to all other sectors by providing the required skills and
know-how for a stable economic development. Innovation is described as the mean of
support for economic development and economic functioning. It involves adapting and
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