Supporting Bodies

UACS Business Council incorporates more than 170 companies, organizations, NGO-s and governmental bodies, united in one goal: To enable better education for young students.

The first constitutive meeting of the UACS Business Council (BC) of University American College Skopje was held on May 22, 2007, at the premises of the University.

First President was Dr. Zivko Gruevski, Honorary Consul of Canada in Macedonia (2006-2009), followed by Iijancho Gagovski, CEO of Microsoft Macedonia (2009-2013), Mr. Antoni Peshev, MBA, CEO of Ultra Computers and Chairman of the Assembly of the Economic Chamber of Macedonia (2013-2017), Ms. Dragana Chifliganec, Executive Director of Adora Engineering (2017-2019), and Ms. Elena Mladenovska Jelenkovikj, Executive Director of Tikves Winery (2019 – 2022).

The current President of the UACS Business Council is Dita Starova, Former Director of the National Gallery, who was appointed as the new President at the 9th General Assembly Meeting of the UACS Business Council, which was held in December 2022.

• To create an environment where both academia and business can have mutual communication to create better curricula, learning outcomes, and learning environments.
• To encourage and support B2B relationships.
• To support the University as an asset for education and consulting in the society.
• To enable internships and jobs for students.
• To provide - when possible - Industry experts.
• Business Council consists of:
• General Assembly – All business council members.
• Clusters - Board of Trustees for each school.
• Business Council Coordinative (Managing) Body consists of:
  1. President of the Business Council
  2. Presidents of Clusters of each school, and
  3. Former President of the Business Council

UACS Business Council is open to cooperation with all companies, institutions, and organizations, that are willing to become members.

If your company/organization/institution wishes to join us, it needs to sign an agreement to become a member of the UACS Business Council.

Contact

+389 (0) 2 2463 156
+389 (0) 2 2463 159

Email

Ms. Sandra Grujevska
sandra.grujevska@uacs.edu.mk

The General Assembly Meeting (GAM) of the UACS Business Council is one of the most important events that brings together our partners, supporters, and community to celebrate progress, discuss future initiatives, and strengthen our shared mission for excellence in education.

At the latest GAM, we reaffirmed our collective commitment to shaping a brighter future through education. This gathering marked key milestones, including the launch of the Foundation for a Better Education and the introduction of two prestigious recognitions: the Zlat Milovanovic Award and the Krliu Award. These initiatives were established to inspire, reward, and invest in future generations of leaders, innovators, and changemakers.

The event served as a powerful reminder of why UACS stands out—not only as an institution of higher learning but as a community driven by purpose, vision, and the belief that education is the key to building a better world. GAM is a platform where collaboration, gratitude, and hope meet, and where new initiatives take root, ensuring continuous impact in the years ahead.

The UACS Foundation was established in 2010. It performs a non-profit activity and is committed to improving and promoting opportunities and quality of higher education in Macedonia. The Foundation has a mission by which is being determined and will realize its strategic and long-term goals.

The mission of the foundation

Starting from the belief that every individual has the potential and values that deserve to be developed and enriched through education and keeping in mind that the progress of society depends on the contribution and active and creative participation of all its members, the Foundation will strive to enhance the availability and quality of the higher education as a vital basis for sustainable development of the society and its integration into modern European and world processes.

The Foundation has three main target groups:

1. The business community, government bodies and institutions, civil society, and individuals for mobilization of financial and material resources to achieve the objectives of the Foundation.
2. The senior high school students – Future UACS undergraduate students.
3. Junior and middle professionals – Future UACS graduate students

The vision of the Entrepreneurship and Leadership Development Institute (ELDI) is to increase the entrepreneurial momentum among students at University American College Skopje. Simultaneously encourage the introduction of modern technology and leadership orientation in the wider business environment to achieve a higher level of competitiveness in the regional and global market.

The Entrepreneurship and Leadership Development Institute (ELDI) aims to:

1. To offer educational programs to encourage entrepreneurial attitude, professional counseling for business ideas, new technologies, establishment of businesses, legal advice, and guidance on funding through mentoring and training, to work on improving the leadership skills of students and the wider business community.
2. The mission will be accomplished in close cooperation with the schools of University American College Skopje and foreign educational institutions, networks, the European Foundation for Entrepreneurship Research (EFER), the RESITA Network, as well as key stakeholders in the country led by the National Council for Entrepreneurship and Competitiveness and Innovation Fund.
3. To train the human resources within the Institute in the area of implementation of international research projects, projects in the field of entrepreneurship and innovation, as well as through the development of modern educational aids in collaboration with foreign universities.