Memberships

Educational Associations and Organizations

  1. Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) – A leading specialized accreditation association for business education supporting, celebrating, and rewarding teaching excellence. http://www.acbsp.org/
  2. European Foundation for Entrepreneurship Research (EFER) – The European Entrepreneurship Colloquium (EEC) is an intensive one week residential programme, specifically designed for European professors and educators seeking to integrate more effective, appropriate and interactive approaches, and practical skills in teaching entrepreneurship. http://www.efer.eu/faculty-training/eec/
  3. RESITA NET – The main objective of the cooperation is the improvement of students’ and graduates’ qualification in the fields of entrepreneurship and innovation, which become an increasing importance for the economic development of countries and regions more and more, considering knowledge, skills and competence concerning the European Qualification Framework. http://www.resitanet.eu/index.php?id=2
  4. Erasmus+ The Erasmus+ programme aims to boost skills and employability, as well as modernising Education, Training, and Youth work. Erasmus+ will provide opportunities for over 4 million Europeans to study, train, gain work experience and volunteer abroad. http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/index_en.htm
  5. National Association of Foreign Student Advisors (NAFSA) – NAFSA is the largest association of professionals committed exclusively to advancing international higher education. http://www.nafsa.org/
  6. Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) – A nonprofit, nongovernmental organization, CIEE is the world leader in international education and exchange. For more than 65 years CIEE has helped thousands of people gain the knowledge  necessary to live and work in a culturally diverse world by offering the most relevant exchange programs available. http://www.ciee.org/
  7. Green Economics Institute, UK  – Green Economics Institute aims to explore new aspects of the political economy and of economics, theory, policy making and practice. It is part of the Green Family of Political Foundations. http://www.greeneconomics.org.uk/page0.html
  8. CEEPUS – The legal basis for CEEPUS is an international Agreement signed by the member states and open for accession. The main activity of CEEPUS are university networks operating joint programs ideally leading to Joint Degrees, esp. Joint Doctoral Programs. CEEPUS covers mobility grants for students and teachers in this framework.

 Business and Professional Associations

  1. American Chamber of Commerce in Macedonia (AmCham) – AMCHAM is the most important chamber for American business in Macedonia It has a strong advocacy role in the development of better business climate.  Rector Bojadjiev has served on a Board of AMCHM in the period 206-2009 as Vice President. http://amcham.com.mk/ 
  2. Economic Chamber of Macedonia http://www.mchamber.org.mk/ The largest association of businesses in the country.President of the Assembly, Tomi Pesev, MBA , is also a president of UACS Business Council
  3. Macedonian Chamber of Information and Communication Technology (MASIT) – Macedonian Chamber of Information and Communication Technologies – MASIT is a volunteer, non-profit chamber of commerce. The chamber was founded in 2000 as an initiative of the top fifteen Macedonian IT companies and was operating as an Association within the Economic Chamber of Macedonia. http://www.masit.org.mk/
  4.  Macedonian Human Resources Association  (MHRA) is a professional, non-governmental, non-political, and non-profit association of HR professionals.Its mission is  promotion of the importance of human resources functions, as well as improvement and increasing the standards and level of the profession of HR management.   http://www.mhra.mk/
  5. National Entrepreneurship and Competitiveness Council (NECC) – promote ideas and policies that will enable broad and sustainable economic development of Macedonia. NECC should contribute to the development of the competitiveness the Republic of Macedonia and knowledge based economy through the growth of domestic industries with high added value due to the fact that they are recognized as the crucial driving force of the economic development. http://www.necc.mk/links