American Chamber of Commerce in Macedonia
• Hosted a gathering for key AmCham supporters with DAS Reeker when he visited
Skopje;
• Sent representatives of the local enforcement community to AmCham Croatia’s
annual IPR conference;
• Met with the Director of the State Industrial Property Office, Safet Emruli, and the
President of the National IPR Coordinative Body regarding increasing communication
and coordination on projects of common interest;
• Met with President Ivanov’s cabinet and Prime Minister Gruevski’s Advisor on HR and
Education issues in preparation for the Business-University Cooperation event;
• Met with the newly-formed U.S. Embassy Youth Council to gauge areas of mutual
interest;
• Met with the leadership of ZAMP, Macedonia’s main collective management
organization of copyright music rights with regard to our IPR advocacy initiatives;
• Met regularly with the Director of the “11.Oktomvri” orphanage to give/receive
feedback on our CSR committee initiative as well as seek assistance with programrelated issues.
Support of Student Initiatives
Throughout 2013:
• AmCham provided fundraising assistance to the 2013 Preparing Global Leaders
Institute’s summer program held in Struga, Ohrid, Bitola and Skopje;
• Helped recruit volunteer lecturers for the Summer Work and Travel Alumni
Association’s StartUp Academy. Special thanks are owed to Verica Hadzi-Vasileva
Markovska from Analysis and Advisory Group and Maja Nikolovska from Eurostandard
Banka
• Sponsored the Summer Work and Travel Alumni Association’s SmartUp conference.
AmChams in Europe Best Practices Conference – Helsinki and Tallin
AmCham Macedonia’s Executive Director attended AmChams in Europe’s 2013 annual Best
Practices Conference from 18-20 September in Helsinki, Finland and Tallin, Estonia. At the
gathering, 35 participants from 27 AmChams from across Europe had the opportunity to
listen to views from key figures including Jussi Pajunen, Mayor of Helsinki; Tiit Paananen,
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