Skopje Economic Finance Forum

@IvailoIzvorski : EU being a convergence machine that lifts every country to high income, your country faces a bright future. #SEFFmessages #SEFF2023

#TomasBocek @COEbanknews “SEFF is very important, because it brings together politicians, economists, IFI’s, academicians, to discuss very important questions for the whole WB region, on how to advance in the path of EU integration.“ #SEFFmessages #SEFF2023

@WorldBank #XiaoqingYu We introduced an example that showed that by just simply reducing border crossing time by 3 hours that could be equivalent to 2% tariff reduction. #SEFFmessages #SEFF2023

“Joining the Union will be of huge advantage for the citizens and the business sector. We are all inpatient, but we have to show patience to achieve our goals. I’m confident that this is possible!” @JHahnEU #SEFFmessages #SEFF2023

Ivan Kostic #PMI Digitalization and infrastructure are the way to secure competitiveness of our companies #SEFF2023 #EuropeYesEuropeNow

Dragan Davitkov @AmChamNMK We’ve done good and acted strategically. It is really easy to build bridges but sometimes it is difficult to cross them. I’m happy AmCham have successful stories to tell and hope to have many more to share #SEFF2023 #EuropeYesEuropeNow

Last but not least Panel No. 4. The Global Trends and Business Opportunities were discussed among our fantastic panelists: #AbdylmenafBexheti, Trajan Angeloski #SSK, Aneta Antova Pesheva #MASIT, Aneta Dimovska @Chamber_MK, #MendiKjura, #DraganDavitkov & #IvanKostic.

#MendiKjura - Among the priorities of our Chamber is to draft a joint plan at least for 10 years to redirect the young to be more marketable on the labor market. Also there is the digitalization of economies to be more competitive #SEFF2023 #EuropeYesEuropeNow

Aneta Antova Pesheva #MASIT: We as a country, urgently need a single digitalization strategy.  Let’s adopt a one strategy and stick to it #SEFF2023 #EuropeYesEuropeNow

Trajan Angeloski #SSK The reform of public administration and digitalization is a big challenge for our further pathan to EU #SEFF2023 #EuropeYesEuropeNow

Aneta Dimovska @Chamber_MK : In global perspective the key challenges for countries and businesses in the coming period, are related to the growth of population and ww level of migration, the development of AI, and climate change #SEFF2023 #EuropeYesEuropeNow

An interesting discussion on Panel 3- Geopolitics, Policy Making and Finance. Thank you, @ArtanGrubi , #LjupchoNikolovski, #AnitaAngelovskaBezoska, #NicolasMarquier, H.E. @AmbSilvestri , H.E. Petra Drexler @GermanAmbSkopje .

#AbdylmenafBexheti  In the past three years the challenge was to take measures and drafting policies. But during the crisis there are opportunities as well. There are opportunities in our geopolitics #SEFF2023 #EuropeYesEuropeNow

@GermanAmbSkopje There is evident influence of geopolitics on business decisions #SEFF2023 #EuropeYesEuropeNow

@AmbSilvestri To answer your question, Europe-definitely yes, and for the timing - Now is the right timing for eu integration process #SEFF2023 #EuropeYesEuropeNow

#Angelovska Bezhoska We need to strive for more integration in terms of trade and finance. The cost of deglobalization is between 3-8% of GDP #SEFF2023 #EuropeYesEuropeNow

#LjupcoNikolovski #MZSV 30 years we are talking about consolidation in agriculture, and now thanks to our commitment to EU, we are leaders in agriculture consolidation

@Fatmir_Bytyqi , @kresnikbektesi , #TomasBocek #CEB, #MatteoColangeli @EBRD , #JacquesMiniane @IMFNews , @IvailoIzvorski @WorldBank, #ZhivkoMukaetov, @BjornGabriel @EIB , thank you for participating the panel Markets, Institutions, and Economic Prosperity