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INTERVIEW
The occasion for this interview is can be any entrepreneur, manager of a
the Club of Managers – Entrepreneurs sector in the companies, who wants to
that you established within the Eco- be a part of a successful connection,
nomic Chamber of Macedonia. What was continuous learning and exchange of ex-
the motivation for the establishment of periences. We also invite the companies
such a Club? that are not members of the Chamber to
become members of the Club, thereby to
J. Georgieva: The Economic Chamber feel all benefits from the membership in
of Macedonia, following the trends in a Club that offers an extensive range of
the European countries on one hand, services, and what is most important,
however also the needs and the demands everything in one place. Everything that
of our companies on the other hand, cre- the companies need, we provide them,
ated a new tool wherewith in one place we connect them with institutions, with
it gathered the companies in order to banks, we help them to solve their prob-
support them and to provide their con- lems, we offer our expertise, analyses,
stant growth. We made ourselves com- wherewith they will get to a decision
pletely available to our companies with more easily, etc.
our logistics, with the knowledge, with
the professionalism, however also with One of the main activities of the
the good contacts and the cooperation Club of managers – Entrepreneurs is the
we have with the domestic institutions realization of educational programs.
on one hand, and the network we have Tell us more details about this.
established with the international insti-
tutions on the other hand. The Club of J. Georgieva: The numerous educa-
Managers – Entrepreneurs within the tional programs and trainings that are
Economic Chamber of Macedonia is an offered in the market enable the man-
exclusive opportunity for membership in agers to encourage the professional de-
a network of growing small and medium- velopment of their employees, however
sized companies. Our members have the what is an advantage for our Club is
opportunity to join the Club and to share the constructive program and network
experiences, contact and knowledge intended for several levels of manage-
in order to realize continuous growth ment in the companies. For this reason,
and support of the business through the Club of Managers – entrepreneurs
constant education and contacts with organizes events and offers programs
the companies and the required insti- which ultimately should contribute for
tutions. The goal of the Club is to pro- the sharing of knowledge and experi-
vide learning through relaxed, however ence aimed at long-term support of the
productive atmosphere. The members companies, and creation of new oppor-
have an opportunity to attend educa- tunities for growth and for connection
tional events during the whole year with with the desired partners. The educa-
a program stipulated in advance which tional events include trainings intended
includes several events per month. Also for development of “soft” skills required
the educational events are attended by for every activity, however also profes-
entrepreneurs from the large companies sional trainings which will enable the
that share their experiences for success, companies to acquire knowledge from
however also the opportunities for coop- different fields that are important for
eration with the others. the current operations of every compa-
ny. In addition, within every level, there
Who can become a member of the are one-day seminars on topics from dif-
Club, are there some special conditions, ferent fields in the part of ISO standards,
before and after the membership? finance, human resources, and particu-
larly topics in the part of all legal chang-
J. Georgieva: A member of the Club es and monitoring and provision of in-
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