Author: Marija Vasilevska
The Macedonian American Alumni Association (MAAA) aims to enhance the relationship between the United States and North Macedonia by bolstering bilateral collaboration in the areas of education, culture, and arts, and promoting knowledge transfer initiatives between the citizens and organizations in both countries, and creating meaningful societal value. To achieve this objective, proactive steps have been taken to strengthen the cooperation with the academic community. Among those steps are the initiatives for signing Memorandums of Cooperation with two more state universities in December 2022.
On December 6th, in Bitola, the president of the Macedonian-American Alumni Association (MAAA), Ms. Verica Jordanova, and the dean of St. “Kliment Ohridski” University, Bitola, Mr. Igor Nedelkovski signed a Memorandum of cooperation. The Memorandum will serve as a ground to further advance the cooperation between MAAA and the universities in North Macedonia in addition to the promotion of the U.S. educational programs and exchanges. The meeting was followed by a fruitful discussion about further planning of future actions between MAAA and St. “Kliment Ohridski” University.
In addition to this, on December 22nd, a Memorandum of cooperation was also signed with the University of Tetovo, i.e. with the Tetovo University`s rector Prof. Dr. Kushtrim Ahmeti in the University`s premises in Tetovo. This Memorandum is yet another stepping stone towards the cooperation between MAAA and the state universities in North Macedonia. The event was also attended by MAAA Exectuive Board members Prof. Dr. Bashkim Ziberi and the Organizational Secretary Ognen Janeski, as well as the Exchange and Alumni Coordinator from the U.S. Embassy in Skopje, North Macedonia, Mr. Gazmend Ilazi, the prorectors of the University and other MAAA members!
MAAA will continue to spread its network of cooperators with whom it will take joint actions for supporting sustainable development and sharing of knowledge among the members of the society.
