Jerry Striplin recently participated in a project to facilitate the development of the Information Technology (IT) sector in Macedonia as part of the MASIT project. He was also a speaker at a round table with government, university, and information and computer technology (ICT) officials from the region on Monday 15 December 2003. The workshop addressed "How to improve synergy of ICT activities in the Region" and Jerry participated in a panel discussing the question "Are you ready to partner?"