19 young people from the region acquired skills for developing business plans

The seven-day trip within the Camp for young innovators and entrepreneurs 2022 ended with the presentation of 6 business plans that were prepared by all participants under the mentorship of professors from the area of the economy and business.

19 young people aged 18 to 29, through daily interactive lectures by eminent university professors, successful entrepreneurs and experts, acquired new knowledge and skills in the field of innovation and entrepreneurship. Through working in groups and preparing the business plans, got acquainted with the basics of entrepreneurship, business communication as a crucial part in the business world and the establishment of your own businesses.

Apart from entrepreneurship trainings, motivational and entertaining ones were also organized activities where young people were able to hear successful life and business stories, tips for a healthy lifestyle in order to motivate and work on business ideas that the participants were expected to present at the final day of camp.

Time spent in education and entertainment, new knowledge acquired and pleasant atmosphere in this seven-day entrepreneurial trip were an incentive for these young people to express their desire and acquire the right to participate in the three-day Study trip to Greece, which is scheduled to take place in the next period within the project.

All participants of the camp received certificates of participation as well as a book titled “7 Habits of Successful People” by Stephen Covey which applies to the most respected motivator in the corporate world. The participants with the best business ideas will also receive free use of the Co-working space which is located in the premises of the Centre for development of the South-East planning region in Strumica.

The camp was organized to encourage the entrepreneurial spirit of the youth in the region, the motive for cooperation, development of their business ideas in business plans, as well as active participation in the labor market.

Special thanks to all who contributed for the Boot Camp for young innovators and entrepreneurs 2022 to be beneficial for all participants and remembered as a good example of learning, socializing and cooperation:

Petreski and partners – for the support in the complete organization of the Camp, for the shared real examples from the business world, interactive games as well the daily support of the participants in the development of their ideas;

Prof. Dr. Elenica Sofianova – for Business Communication trainings;

Filip Chalovski – for sharing  motivational tips and culinary tricks;

Prof. Dr. Ilija Gruevski – for training on Financial plans;

Irina Trostjanska – for sharing business advice and fitness activities;

Ivona Trajanovska – for sharing advice on financing startups;

Prof. Dr. Vlatko Pacheshkoski – for the trainings for the preparation of business plans;

Elena Bozhinovska – for the shared experience of developing a business idea from the field of social entrepreneurship;

Filip Petreski – for motivating the participants to do their best, always striving for its maximum.

The camp for young innovators and entrepreneurs 2022 was organized by the Centre for development of the South-East planning region in the period from 26.09-02.10.2022 within the project “Business ecosystem as integrated system – BE IN” financed through INTERREG IPA Programme for cross-border cooperation between Greece and the Republic of Macedonia.

With new experiences and good practices from the field, the firefighters completed the first specialized training

On September 29 and 30, 2022, in Bansko, Bulgaria, the firefighters and volunteers passed the first specialized training as part of the activities of the project “Cross-Border Cooperation in Forest Fire Fighting”. Around sixty participants from N. Macedonia and Bulgaria were part of the training which aim was enriching and expanding knowledge in dealing with forest fires.

The training and practical exercises were moderated and conducted by Mrs. Ralitsa Todorova, a certified trainer from the National Association of Volunteers in the Republic of Bulgaria and the Main Directorate for Fire Safety and Population Protection. Volunteers and professionals sat together at the table in order to share old, but also learn new knowledge and experiences from their colleagues. With the mutual exchange of “stories from the field” and through theoretical examples and analyses, as well as a demonstration in the field at the fire station in Bansko, the two days of the first module, which are just an announcement and the beginning of the upcoming specialized trainings, passed successfully. Six two-day trainings are planned to be realized, 3 of them will be held in the Republic of Bulgaria and 3 in the Republic of North Macedonia.

The trainings are part of the implementation of the project for “Cross-Border Cooperation in Forest Fire Fighting” financed by the European Union through the Interreg IPA Programme between Republic of Bulgaria and Republic of North Macedonia 2014-2020, a project that the Center for the Development of the South-East Planning Region is implementing in partnership with the Association of South Western Municipalities, Blagovegrad, Republic of Bulgaria.

Open Call for participation on Entrepreneurship and Innovation Boot Camp 2022

Do you have an entrepreneurial spirit and an innovative business idea?

Want to improve your entrepreneurial skills?

Entrepreneurship and Innovation Boot Camp 2022 opens a call for 19 young entrepreneurs who can contribute to the development of the South-Еast region

Entrepreneurship and Innovation Boot Camp 2022

September 26th – October 2nd, 2022, Dojran

 

The Centre for the development of the South-East planning region together with Petreski&Partners are organizing an Entrepreneurship and Innovation Boot Camp, which will be held from September 26th to October 2nd, 2022 in Dojran.

The camp is organized in the frame of the project “Business eco-system as an integrated system – Be In”, financed by European Union and by National Funds of the participating countries under the Interreg IPA Cross – Border Programme Greece – Republic of North Macedonia.

Main goal of the camp is to encourage the entrepreneurial spirit and innovation of young people from the South-East region and to strengthen the capacities of young people from the South-East region necessary to develop their own business.

 

What will you learn?

The Entrepreneurship and Innovation Camp enables the development of specific skills that are indispensable for establishing your own business. Participants will have the opportunity to learn more about entrepreneurship and innovative business practices, improve their entrepreneurial skills and develop an appropriate business plan through a practical and interactive program.

Participants will have the opportunity to learn from experienced mentors and successful entrepreneurs, hear successful business stories and receive appropriate advice and recommendations on how to develop their own business ideas. Moreover, participants will learn how to prepare a business plan for their business idea and how to present it.

In addition, the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Boot Camp 2022 allows participants to network, get to know other talented young people from the region through fun and motivating content and activities.

 

 

Who is eligible to apply?

You can apply to participate in the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Camp 2022, if you:

1) are between the ages of 18-29;

2) live in one of the ten Мunicipalities that are part of the South-East planning region.

The selection of the best 19 candidates will be based on the quality and innovation of your answers about the business idea you have, the area you want to work in or the problem you want to solve.

At the end of the camp, as a support for their further business development, all participants will receive a Book on entrepreneurship as a gift, and the best of them will have the opportunity to use the co-working space for free, located in the premises of the Centre for development of the South-Еast planning region in Strumica.

Furthermore, all participants of the camp will have the opportunity to be part of a three-day study trip to Greece, which will be additionally organized within the project and during which the participants will have the opportunity to visit business start-up centers, business accelerators and successful entrepreneurs from the other side of the border, in order to further develop their entrepreneurial abilities.

How to apply?

Fill out the application form at the following link: https://forms.gle/94Vf7ZXis5Bt7GGFA.

The application deadline is September 20, 2022.

 

For more information please contact Petreski&Partners: phone number 075/347-712, e-mail: bootcampei.2022@gmail.com or

Centre for development of the South-East planning region: Marjan Molchanov – project assistant, phone number: 072/223-628, e-mail: marjan.molchanov@rdc.mk.

THE ROAD TO THE SHELTER IN STRUMICA IS PUT IN USE

The construction activities following the project “Construction of an access road to the regional shelter for homeless dogs” have been finalized, which means that the road leading to the shelter for homeless animals in the municipality of Strumica is fully functional and has been put into use.

This road is of great importance for the municipality of Strumica, but also for the entire region. As a Center, we are particularly proud of this project because the shelter itself was built through a project implemented by the Centre for development of South-East planing region, which enabled the municipality of Strumica to acquire a shelter in accordance with all standards, which will continue to be used by other municipalities from the region. In this way, the shelter will smoothly perform the work for which it is intended.

With the opening of the shelter, the homeless dogs will get the opportunity for humane and warm care, and at the same time, the long-standing problem that torments the residents of this municipality will be solved.

With the project, in addition to the 561-meter long access road to the shelter, a parking space, green area, parterre and horticulture were arranged at the entrance of the shelter, benches for sitting, trash cans and evergreen trees were also planted.

The total budget of the project is MKD 4,261,600.00, and it is financed by the Bureau for balanced regional development and the municipality of Strumica.

CDSEPR with another project for early detection of fires and improving the capacities of firefighting units in the South-East

The Centre for Development of the South-East Planning Region, within the project “Early Fire Detection And Ranging for disaster prevention and management – eFIDAR” on July 29, 2022, in Hotel Sirius, Strumica, held a press conference attended by representatives of the firefighting units TTPE from Strumica and Gevgelija, the Center for Crisis Management, Directorate for Protection and Rescue, Red Cross Strumica and media from the region. At the press conference, the activities and expected results were presented in order to familiarize the public with the purpose of the project implemented by the SEPR Development Centre in partnership with the Region of Central Macedonia, Greece and the Center for Crisis Management, Republic of North Macedonia within the framework of Interreg IPA Program for cross-border cooperation between Greece – R. North Macedonia.

Project activities include the development and operational evaluation of ICT systems for early fire detection, a cross-border cooperation network for effective prevention and management of natural disasters, smoke detection system that will offer increased accuracy for fire localization, minimizing false alarms and monitoring of large areas in 24/7 operation of selected high-risk areas.

“Within the framework of the project, two specialized vehicles will also be procured for the territorial fire fighting units in Strumica and Gevgelija. A small rescue truck for the use of the Territorial Fire Fighting Unit – Gevgelija, which will also be used for the municipality of Gevgelija, the municipality of Bogdanci and the municipality of Dojran. A pickup truck for first response for the use of the Strumica Territorial Fire Fighting Unit, which will be used for the municipality of Vasilevo and the municipality of Bosilovo, the municipality of Novo Selo” – said Mrs. Julieta Gjurkova, Head of Sector at the Centre for Development of the South-East Planning Region.

“For us firefighters, it will be of great importance for extinguishing fires in open space, especially for inaccessible places affected by forest fires.” – said Mr. Aleksandar Gudev – Commander of TPPE Strumica.

This project is of great importance because it will be beneficial for the needs of the entire region whenever there is a major fire in the forests, many times at least two municipalities from the region are affected, and this type of procurement of specialized vehicles will facilitate interventions on the ground, and will also increase the efficiency of all four territorial firefighting units.

The project is financed by the European Union with a total value of €1,392,073.50, of which the CDSEPR budget is €267,939.50.

SECOND SPRAYING AGAINST ADULT MOSQUITOES POSTPONED DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS

The citizens of the municipalities in the South-East region are informed that the second spraying against adult mosquitoes, which was scheduled to be carried out on July 25 and 26, 2022, is POSTPONED.

Spraying is postponed due to unfavorable weather conditions, occurrence of precipitation in the planned period, therefore it is planned to be carried out during the week.

Citizens from the South-East region will be further notified of the exact date for the implementation of the planned spraying against adult mosquitoes.

CDSEPR HOLDS CLUSTER WORKSHOP

On June 21, 2022, in the premises of the Centre for Development of the South-East Planning Region, within the project “Support to Social Enterprises”, the Regional Office for Social Entrepreneurship from the South-East Planning Region, organized a workshop for clusters. This workshop was attended by farmers from the South-East region, who are engaged in growing early vegetable products and fruits, as well as organic production.
The purpose of the workshop was to introduce the participants to the benefits of associating farmers in clusters and organizing them, as well as networking with institutions to achieve their goals.
The cluster workshop was led by Nevin Baran, a renowned trainer from Turkey who assisted over 300 small and medium enterprises, 9 existing clusters and numerous new clusters not only in Turkey but also in Cyprus, Romania, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Kosovo, Georgia, Mongolia and in the least developed regions.

THE FIRST SPRAYING AGAINST ADULT MOSQUITOES IS POSTPONED DUE TO UNFAVORABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS

The citizens from the municipalities in the South-East planning region are informed that the first spraying against adult mosquitoes, which was scheduled to take place on June 14, 2022, is POSTPONED.

The spraying is postponed due to unfavorable weather conditions, i.e. occurrence of precipitation in the forecast period, so it is planned to be carried out during the next week, when they will improve.

The citizens of the South-East planning region will be additionally informed about the exact date for the implementation of the planned spraying against adult mosquitoes.

112 firefighters from the region dressed their personal protective equipment for extinguishing forest fires

On the day of the firefighters, May 20, Centre for Development of the South-East Planning Region took part in the event and contributes this year. The celebration of the firefighters’ day this year will be remembered by the firefighters from the South-East for a long time in their memories. 112 firefighters from the region today for the first time wore their personal protective equipment for extinguishing forest fires, which includes a protective suit (pants and jacket), boots, gloves, helmet (with goggles and lantern), masks with filters and mask – balaclava .

On the faces of the firefighters, the satisfaction was visible. They pointed out that in their work as firefighters for the first time they receive personal protective equipment that is of such quality and with which they can get closer to the standards of European firefighters. Acknowledgement for successful cooperation and support of the Centre for Development of the South-East Planning Region was awarded by TFFU Strumica.

The Centre for Development of the South-East Planning Region provided personal protective equipment for extinguishing forest fires to 50 firefighters from the municipality of Strumica, 27 firefighters from the municipality of Gevgelija, 22 firefighters from the municipality of Radovish and 13 firefighters from the municipality of Valandovo. For the day of the firefighters, the director of the Centre Ms. Zhulieta Gjurkova, together with the mayors of the municipalities of Strumica, Gevgelija, Radovish and Valandovo signed a protocol for handing over the equipment and wished them to use their suits as little as possible, but in case of need to extinguish forest fires, they are fully equipped to intervene in the field.

The next step that will raise them on the ladder to achieve European readiness in firefighting will be the training conducted by internationally certified trainers, which is expected to begin in early autumn after reducing the fire risk season.

The implemented and provided activities are part of the implementation of the project for “Cross-Border Cooperation in Forest Fire Fighting” funded by EU through the Interreg-IPA CBC Republic of Bulgaria – Republic of North Macedonia Programme.

 

 

 

Promoting volunteerism from young ages

The CDSEPR as part of the activities from the project “Cross-Border Cooperation in Forest Firefighting”, together with the partners from Bulgaria, has carried out an information campaign to promote firefighting. Being a volunteer firefighter is an honor, a selfless commitment to saving human life, nature, and homes. The love for voluntary firefighting should be instilled from a very young age.

 

On the day of the firefighters, when the professional firefighters officially received their personal protective equipment for protection from forest fires, children from the primary school from Valandovo visited the Territorial Firefighting Unit in their municipality. The children together with the Mayor of Valandovo, Mr. Pero Kostadinov, and the Director of the Center, Ms. Julieta Gjurkova had the opportunity to see and try the new equipment for extinguishing forest fires, to learn what it means to be a firefighter, how to extinguish fire, what should be done when the phone rings for a fire alarm, etc. The event was a great opportunity to promote how from an early age children are encouraged to become heroes – volunteer firefighters in the community. The possibility of extinguishing the simulated fire, as well as driving with the vehicles of the fire brigade was a special pleasure and great joy for the children, but also for the firefighters who received very sincere children’s smiles in return. Volunteering is the moment of raising of civic awareness for wider social engagement for the benefit of the community in which we live, one of the most essential and most useful activities that we as human beings can undertake from a very young age.

The project for “Cross-Border Cooperation in Forest Fire Fighting” is co-funded by the European Union through the Interreg IPA Cross-Border Cooperation Program between the Republic of Bulgaria and the Republic of North Macedonia 2014-2020 and is implemented by the Centre for Development of the South-East Planning Region, in partnership with the Association of Southwest Municipalities, Blagoevgrad, Republic of Bulgaria.

Alone we can’t do as much as we can do together!