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2025 Vision Macedonia2025's Research Newsletter Winter 2017-18 2025 Vision Macedonia2025's Research Newsletter Winter 2017-18 Welcome to the second edition of '2025 Vision', Macedonia2025's Research Newsletter! This issue looks at the diaspora in Australia, scratching beneath the surface to see who Macedonian-Australians really are. We also look at the highlights from our sixth annual Summit, which like a fine wine it is getting even better with age. Interviews this month cover the economic outlook for Macedonia from Dimitar Bogov, Governor of the National Bank of the Republic of Macedonia; and telecommunications in Macedonia from Ivan Skenderoski, Founder and Director of Salience, Dubai. We also have our regular look at the quarterly Country Dashboard data and economic news as well as the open calls to our executive education and development programs. Wishing you a great year! Brendan Filipovski, Research manager, Macedonia2025 [email protected] To view the content in pdf. please click HERE Q3 2017: A modest return to growth but 2017 still looking low Macedonia Country Dashboard - 2017 Q2 update: After last quarter's decrease in real growth, Macedonia's economy returned to modest growth in the third quarter of 2017 (0.17 per cent increase in real GDP, year-ending). However, without a big increase in the fourth quarter, real GDP is likely to be well down for 2017. To continue reading please click HERE Who are the Macedonian-Australians? Australia has one of the largest Macedonian Diasporas. Data released from the 2016 census allows us to scratch beneath the surface to see who the Macedonian Australians are. To continue reading please click HERE Macedonia2025 Summit 2017 Highlights There are three main problems that more than 160 countries are facing: Education, Rural development and Poverty. But to face these problems, we need to deal first with one of the key challenges we experience on a daily basis - comfortable mediocrity. Our future is in our own hands; Macedonia must decide what type of country it wants to be and then needs to unite behind this common vision. We cannot be comfortable with mediocrity! To continue reading please click HERE Interview: Dimitar Bogov, Governor of The National Bank of Macedonia - Exports remain to be a Main Driving Force Of the Macedonian Economy Dimitar Bogov - Governor of the National Bank of Republic of Macedonia speaking of the economic growth for 2018, thinks that with the structural changes in the economy towards production and export of higher value added products, the favorable business climate and macroeconomic stability, higher economic growth rates in the future seem reachable. To continue reading please click HERE Interview: Ivan Skenderoski - Founder and Managing Director of Salience, UAE Ivan Skenderoski - Founder and Managing Director of Salience, OAU in a recent interview shares his views on the telecommunications sector in Macedonia, saying that it should move in the direction of developing an optical infrastructure that can support the development of smart cities, IoT and data exchange. To continue reading please click HERE Open call for Executive Scholarships at the Kellogg School of Management (Zafirovski Executive Education Program) Macedonia2025 proudly presents the second open call for the Zafirovski Executive Education Program which provides scholarships for the globally renowned Kellogg School of Management. Kellogg School of Management is part of Northwestern University, whose school of business is ranked third in the United States and second in the US Employer survey. To continue reading please click HERE Open call for Executive Scholarships at SEEC Toronto, Canada Macedonia 2025 offers a program that combines participation in Executive/Leadership Development courses at some of the top Executive Education Centers in North America with job shadowing at a renowned company. This program is designed to provide Macedonian talented executives with a complete North American experience through access to some of the best executive education programs and some genuine business experience in North American companies. To continue reading please click HERE Economic and Business News A recap of the key economic headlines and research for Macedonia in the last quarter. What do I need to know? To continue reading please click HERE The editor is Brendan Filipovski, Research Manager, Macedonia2025. Any personal views expressed in the newsletter are those of the individual authors or interviewees..
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