Today we held the first debate club to identify policy overlaps, gaps, priorities and common goals related to multidimensional child poverty.
The club was attended by representatives from the sectors of social protection, education and health, and from the State Statistics Office
Ministry of Labor and Social Policy
Ministry of Education and Science
Ministry of Health
We conducted the club as part of the partnership action with UNICEF MK.
A gallery from the event can be seen here.
In an interview with Lokalno, Blagica Beba Petreski talks about current economic topics.
The second reason for this surge of requests for higher incomes is of course the decision of the #Constitutional Court – and the subsequent #silence on the part of the Government – which unfroze the salary increases of elected and appointed persons, which led to their cumulative growth of 78%. At the moment, I am not going into whether a certain level of salary is appropriate to the difficulty of the work and #responsibilities of a minister, but for such a sudden jump in salaries, it was simply neither the time nor the place. As Finance Think, as well as other reasonable voices in society, we called on the Government to find an #urgent and immediate mechanism to restore the original situation and to open a #dialogue within which an acceptable solution will be reached for a reasonable increase in the salaries of officials.
More: https://lokalno.mk/petreski-rast-na-penzii-koj-izleguva-nadvor-od-zakonskoto-usoglasuvanje-na-dolg-rok-mozhe-da-ja-zgolemi-granicata-za-penzioniranje/
Click on the link to check out opinion on the pension issues that form part of the public discourse currently.
The video could be seen here.
It could be accessed here.
Our Blagica Petreski participated in a forecasting workshop, “The Future of the Western Balkans in 2043”, in Berlin, Germany, July 5-6, 2023, organized by the Aspen Institute Germany.
Stepping back from short-term thinking and daily headlines, the workshop aimed to develop strategic approaches with a long-term focus on peace, prosperity and integration in the #EU.
Our CEO Blagica Beba Petreski has been selected as a Research Fellow at PEP – Partnership for Economic Policy based in Quebec, Canada and Nairobi, Kenya, among 28 selected candidates from developing countries around the world.
Research Fellows contribute to PEP activities through #scientific mentoring, training, research, economic policy events, international conferences, publications and consultancy.
Finance Think has been a PEP grantee on two occasions in the last decade. The selection of Blagica, in a highly competitive process, is the result of long-term fruitful cooperation and #internationalization of our work.
The forum brought together all relevant stakeholders related to parafiscal charges as an important reform area identified in the Economic Reform Program. The debate was about the findings and recommendations produced within the framework of the project.
On 31 May – 01 June 2023, Finance Think participated in the Civil Society Forum for the Western Balkans and Turkey 2023 held in Podgorica, Montenegro, organized by EU TACSO.Otherwise, the forum presented the findings of the Baseline Assessment in relation to the guidelines of the Directorate General NEAR for EU support to civil society in the enlargement region 2021-2027.
