If you’re interested in supporting Macedonia2025 and its mission to promote economic development, entrepreneurship, and leadership in  Macedonia, here are some ways you can get involved:

1. Donate: You can make a donation to Macedonia2025 to support its programs and initiatives. You can donate online through our website, or contact the organization directly to learn about other donation options. 100% of donations are dedicated to our programs.

2. Volunteer: Macedonia2025 relies on the support of volunteers to help run its programs and events. If you have expertise in a particular area, such as entrepreneurship, marketing, or finance, you can volunteer your time to help mentor entrepreneurs, teach workshops, or provide other forms of support.

3. Attend events: Macedonia2025 hosts a variety of events throughout the year, including conferences, workshops, and networking events. By attending these events, you can learn more about the organization’s work and connect with other like-minded individuals.

4. Spread the word: You can help raise awareness about Macedonia2025’s mission by sharing information about the organization with your friends, family, and colleagues. You can also follow the organization on social media and share its posts to help spread the word.

5. Partner with Macedonia2025: If you’re a business or organization that shares Macedonia2025’s mission, you can partner with the organization to support its work. This could include sponsoring events, providing in-kind donations, or collaborating on initiatives that align with both organizations’ goals.

No matter how you choose to get involved, your support can make a difference in promoting economic development and entrepreneurship in Macedonia through Macedonia2025’s programs and initiatives.

Macedonia2025 offers a wide range of programs and initiatives that can benefit individuals and organizations interested in economic development, entrepreneurship, and leadership in Macedonia. Here are some ways you can benefit from Macedonia2025 programs:

1. Education and Training: Macedonia2025’s programs offer a range of educational and training opportunities for entrepreneurs, business leaders, professionals and young talents. These programs can help you develop new skills and knowledge that can benefit your career or business.

2. Mentorship and Networking: Macedonia2025’s programs provide opportunities to connect with mentors and network with other like-minded individuals. These connections can help you build valuable relationships, gain new insights, and access new resources.

3. Business Support: Macedonia2025’s programs provide support for startups, small and medium-sized businesses, and other organizations. This support can include mentorship, access to capital, business planning assistance, and more.

4. Innovation and Digitalization: Macedonia2025’s programs focus on promoting innovation and digitalization in Macedonia. By participating in these programs, you can learn about the latest trends and developments in your industry, and gain new ideas for your business or organization.

5. Leadership Development: Macedonia2025’s programs offer leadership development opportunities for individuals at all levels. By participating in these programs, you can develop the skills and knowledge needed to become an effective leader and drive change in your organization or community.

6. Young talent development: Macedonia2025 has programs to benefit young talents aged 11-19. By participating in these programs, you can develop the skills and knowledge needed for the future of work.

To benefit from Macedonia2025’s programs, you can explore our website to learn about the current open calls and events, and sign up for our newsletter to stay up-to-date on upcoming opportunities. Additionally, you can reach out directly to us to learn about ways to get involved and benefit from our programs.

Yes, Macedonia2025 offers programs and initiatives specifically designed for business leaders like yourself. Here are some programs that may be of interest to you:

1. The Zafirovski Executive Education Program (Kellogg): provides scholarships for Macedonian business leaders to the globally renowned Kellogg Executive Development Program. The program aims to enhance the competencies and performance of Macedonian business leaders and contribute to the further development of the Macedonian economy and workforce.

2. The Bitove Family Entrepreneurship Program (Catalyste+): provides senior Volunteer Advisers with experience in diverse sectors and industries to assist entrepreneurs/MSMEs in improving their business operations by providing skills development, training, coaching, mentoring and related best practices, business tools, processes and systems.

3. Connect2MK Platform: connects Macedonian businesses with appropriate experts from the diaspora, who offer mentoring and partnership opportunities, therefore helping them grow and prosper in an international environment.

4. Macedonia2025 Summit: attending the Macedonia2025 Summit can be an enriching and rewarding experience that provides you with valuable insights, connections, and opportunities to grow professionally and contribute to the economic development of North Macedonia. It is the largest economic conference in Macedonia featuring keynote speakers, panel discussions, and workshops that cover a wide range of topics related to business, entrepreneurship, and economic development.

Yes, Macedonia2025 offers programs and initiatives specifically designed for young entrepreneurs like yourself. Here are some programs that may be of interest to you:

1. Business and Entrepreneurship Development Training: The Leader Project: enables high-potential individuals to develop local, regional or international business solutions that create opportunities for their communities. At this ten-day program, participants have the opportunity to learn through business case studies, which are part of the Ivey MBA (Management and Business Administration) curriculum at the renowned Ivey School of Business in London, Ontario, Canada.

2. The Bitove Family Entrepreneurship Program (Catalyste+): provides senior Volunteer Advisers with experience in diverse sectors and industries to assist entrepreneurs/MSMEs in improving their business operations by providing skills development, training, coaching, mentoring and related best practices, business tools, processes and systems.

3. Connect2MK Platform: connects Macedonian businesses with appropriate experts from the diaspora, who offer mentoring and partnership opportunities, therefore helping them grow and prosper in an international environment.

4. Macedonia2025 Summit: attending the Macedonia2025 Summit can be an enriching and rewarding experience that provides you with valuable insights, connections, and opportunities to grow professionally and contribute to the economic development of North Macedonia. It is the largest economic conference in Macedonia featuring keynote speakers, panel discussions, and workshops that cover a wide range of topics related to business, entrepreneurship, and economic development.

Yes, Macedonia2025 offers programs and initiatives specifically designed for high school students like yourself. Here is a program that may be of interest to you:

Support Fund for Talented High School Students “Talents Today – Leaders Tomorrow,” provides financial means to help talented youth from the country to advance their full potential. Each year, Macedonia 2025 and its partners award scholarships to 10 individuals in the total annual amount of 60,000 MKD per person. These scholarships provide the selected ten students with the opportunity for continuous talent and skills development through additional training and participation in international competitions. Moreover, Macedonia2025 offers a possibility for mentoring and internships in prominent companies to the program participants.

Yes, Macedonia2025 offers programs and initiatives specifically designed for middle school students like yourself. Here are some programs that may be of interest to you:

1. Ohrid High-Tech Excellence Camp: a week-long program which follows a curriculum delivered by certified STEM lecturers, with the aim of further developing the coding and robotics skills of middle school students. The program delivery focuses on modern, highly effective teaching and learning methods, consisting of both theoretical and practical sessions at the medium/advanced coding and robotics levels. Furthermore, the program provides an opportunity for Macedonian youths from all over the world to create networks, to establish friendships, strengthen and build on native Macedonian culture, explore local nature and our cultural heritage, and experience Macedonian cuisine and specialties.

2. STEM it like a girl: promotes careers (professions) in the STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields with the focus on STEM education and career for young girls and women. The program aims to reduce the gap in education of young women and men, reduce the professional segregation of women in low-paid occupations and professions with low opportunities for advancement, and reduce the stereotypical division of “male” and “female” occupations. This will reduce gender differences in the labor market (activity, employment and wages) and women will have a greater role in economic development and greater economic independence.

There are several ways to get involved as a member of Macedonia2025:

1. Board of Directors: The management structure of Macedonia2025 is composed of a Board of Directors (currently 21 directors) and led by Chairperson. Becoming a member of the Macedonia2025 Board of Directors is a prestigious and selective process. The organization’s Board of Directors is comprised of experienced and influential business leaders who are passionate about supporting economic development and entrepreneurship in North Macedonia. If you are interested in becoming a member of the Macedonia2025 Board of Directors, you can reach out to the organization’s leadership team to express your interest and inquire about the selection process. It is recommended that you have significant experience in business leadership, entrepreneurship, and economic development, as well as a deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing Macedonia.

2. Advisory Board: a body consisting of world-leading experts that collaborate with Macedonia2025 to help make our country’s economy, society, and quality of life better. The Advisory Board provides expert guidance, recommendations, analysis, quality assurance, access to funding and research for Macedonia2025. The Advisory Board is a prestigious group. Members are leading experts in their field or sector of business. They have qualifications from world-renowned institutions or have business experience with leading or pioneering companies. Feel free to contact Macedonia2025’s Senior Associate for International Relations at galena@macedonia2025.com for more information on the Advisory Board membership.

3. Ambassadors Club: a group of successful professionals of Macedonian origin from around the world, all of whom share one goal: To help us build a stronger nation! As a network of exceptional individuals, the Ambassadors join their efforts to assist in the implementation of Macedonia2025’s projects and events, adding value to the networking opportunities within the organization, as well as contributing to the expansion of the Macedonian market and fundraising opportunities. If you would be interested in joining our Ambassadors Club, we would love to hear from you. Feel free to contact Macedonia2025’s Senior Associate for International Relations at galena@macedonia2025.com for more information on the Ambassadors Club membership.

In addition, you can also explore other opportunities to get involved with Macedonia2025, such as attending events, volunteering, or becoming a sponsor. These opportunities can provide you with valuable insights, connections, and experiences that can help you build your skills and contribute to the organization’s mission.

To get involved as a member of Macedonia2025, you can visit the organization’s website and explore its membership options and volunteer opportunities. You can also follow Macedonia2025 on social media to stay up-to-date on its latest initiatives and events.

Macedonia2025 is an international, independent, non-political “think & do” tank founded in 2007 by Macedonian expatriates in order to drive sustainable economic growth that will improve opportunities for citizens, companies and foreign investors. Our organization is predominantly financed by Board of Directors membership fees, donations from individuals, corporations, and foundations.

As the name of the organization (Macedonia2025) shows, the idea of our founders was to support the country to become part of the developed Western world by 2025. Hence, at the time the Country Dashboard was created, preliminary targets were set of what the country should achieve by 2025, so that it prospers rapidly towards EU and NATO, and is a better place for living.

Our vision is to assist the creation of a prosperous economic climate and a ‘stronger nation’ that will improve opportunities for citizens, domestic companies and foreign investors. We seek to promote sustainable economic growth through fostering competitiveness, entrepreneurship, innovations and values-based leadership.

The country dashboard aims to positively influence the government and other stakeholders through related countries’ experiences and best practices. Our efforts were also professionally supported by McKinsey & Company, which provided a synthesis of country dashboard best practices and peer country dashboard examples. Within this process, we ‘funneled down’ a large number of potential metrics (i.e. indicators) to ‘top metrics’ that we found most valuable and informative for Macedonia, alongside with an extensive input from Macedonia2025 Board Members.

Yes, Macedonia2025 offers volunteer opportunities for individuals interested in supporting economic development, entrepreneurship, and leadership in Macedonia. As a volunteer, you can contribute your skills and expertise to help organize and execute the organization’s programs and initiatives, and make a positive impact on the community.

Volunteer opportunities at Macedonia2025 may include assisting with event planning and execution, supporting fundraising and sponsorship efforts, providing mentorship and guidance to young professionals and entrepreneurs, and helping with administrative tasks and research projects.

To become a volunteer at Macedonia2025, you can visit our website and fill out a volunteer application form. The form will ask for information about your skills and experience, as well as your availability and interests. Once your application is submitted, a representative from Macedonia2025 will contact you to discuss potential volunteer opportunities that align with your skills and interests.

Volunteering at Macedonia2025 can be a rewarding experience that provides you with valuable skills, connections, and insights, while also contributing to the economic development and prosperity of Macedonia.