Through Tech4Tech Community, Raiffeisen Bank Kosovo intends to ensure continuous development and innovation in bank’s technology, provide its employees more opportunities for professional development, and at the same time a more diverse learning environment for students and other individuals in Kosovo who are interested in technology. 

In 2022, Raiffeisen Bank Kosovo had about 300 technology employees working in four different departments in the bank. They were involved working in several business initiatives that required new technology developments and innovative solutions to provide superior customer experience through agile methods. Some of the technology people were directly engaged in Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) projects or were attending various trainings on the latest trends of technology developments. 

Therefore, the idea was to bring together all tech people, so they have the possibility to exchange their knowledge, be innovative and support each other professional development. Thus, in June 2022, “Tech4Tech Week” was organized bringing together employees of four departments: IT, Security, Data Analytics and Competence Centre. The name "Tech4Tech" was chosen to represent the technology people of our four departments in Raiffeisen Bank. The activities organized within this week involved conferences with RBI group experts, panel discussions on latest and significant technology topics, other learning activities, agile rituals, and practices as well as entertainment gaming tournaments were appreciated and liked very much by all participants. 

Thus, it was decided that the technology people in Raiffeisen Bank continue to collaborate within one community, and since then they are named “Tech4Tech Community”. In addition, as one community, they will be able to offer a more attractive environment to various technology students who join Raiffeisen through internship programs or RISE Program, Raiffeisen Internship and Scholarship for Engineers, a first type of this program in Kosovo introduced in 2022.