For the eleventh time, the Sports Association of Serbia was the organiser of the sports fair, which lasted from September 23 to 25. The eSports industry was also presented on it. One of the teams presented at the Sports Fair is LINK eSports, the first student association. the first student association.

LINK eSports – promoting the importance of eSports among students

LINK eSports is part of the LINK Educational Alliance. It was founded to promote the importance of eSports among students. The association contributes to the development of eSports in Serbia and the Balkans. Members of LINK eSports are pupils and students of our high schools and faculties, such as International School, Savremena gimnazija Information Technology High School – ITHS, High School for Information Technology School – ITS and Faculty of Contemporary Arts.

Associate Professor Milena Ilić, the representative of LINK eSports, emphasised that for them, it presents an important part of the business. They have been working on it since the beginning of 2022, because eSports is very attractive to young people and, among other things, a distance learning program is being prepared as a contribution to the education of responsible eSports and gaming.

LINK eSports performed at the fair with the Serbian e-Sports Association, with which it established a partnership.

Gaming industry employs a large number of different experts

How important it is is shown by data that during two years of the pandemic, gaming recorded a double increase in revenue. It also employs a large number of different experts, especially data analysts, then web and game designers, and even programmers, and among them, there are also foreigners from various countries. However, we lack these experts in our country – partly due to them leaving the country, and partly because there are still no school and educational programmes for those certain occupations and skills.