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Today, Administrator Samantha Power announced that USAID is exploring ways in which partner countries, including Colombia, Kosovo, and Zambia, can transform the way people connect with their government through the adoption of e-government tools. 

The lack of information about specific market demands can be a challenge for food processors to enter new market segments. To address this issue, USAID, in partnership with the Association of Fruit and Vegetable Processors of Kosovo (PePeKo), supported the Food Sector Forum, to promote expansion of Kosovo’s agricultural sector.

Laureta Burrniku, a young woman from Kacanik, Kosovo, has defied the odds of many youth from outside the capital, Pristina, who often struggle to find professional opportunities due to the lack of training and networking opportunities.

Doni Fruits, one of the largest fruit and vegetable suppliers in Kosovo, is successfully strengthening its food safety and quality assurance processes. Thanks to the support of USAID, a training and quality assurance unit was established within the company, enabling Doni Fruits to meet the high international standards required for export growth.

I leave Kosovo, immensely optimistic about its future. This young country, one of the youngest in the world, has made incredible strides in what to me feels like a long time, but is in fact the blink of an eye. In those 24 years since 1999, I feel privileged to have had the chance to return here, as USAID Administrator, when there are so many tools in the development toolkit that can be brought to bear to continue to deepen this partnership, these bonds between our two peoples, and this incredible story of a democracy on the move. 

Dear viewers, the visit by Ms. Samantha Power, the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Cooperation [Development] and a member of the National Security Council led by President Biden, has been the most important visit to Kosovo by an official of the Biden administration.

Today, Administrator Samantha Power joined Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosovo Albin Kurti and Minister of Economy Artane Rizvanolli to announce Kosovo's first-ever solar auction.

And now, again, it is wonderful to join you at this solar auction launch — because one thing is clear, as we discussed with the Minister who has shown such leadership in this area – Kosovo’s bright future is not going to be powered by the energy of the past.

Let me just say that as the most senior representative of the Biden Administration to visit Kosovo, I have come, as well, to reinforce the message that others in the Administration had sent about the importance of implementation of the agreements that produce the normalization that would be incredibly important for Kosovo and for Serbia. Normalization is going to be really, really good for business. 

I just completed an amazing hike with remarkable young people who bring really diverse histories, really diverse perspectives, come from different communities here in Kosovo, but share a desire to see the common humanity in everybody.