With the presentation of the research “Transmission mechanism from the public finance management to (better) health and educational outcomes in the Western Balkans”, our Blagica Petreski concluded her stay at the University of Illinois Chicago, within the framework of The Fulbright Program supported by the U.S. Embassy North Macedonia.
Our Blagica Petreski is visiting People Powered – The Global Hub for Participatory Democracy from New York, USA.
With Josh Lerner (pictured), we discussed current collaborative #initiatives and toured several completed Brooklyn projects that are working thanks to the participatory budgeting that the hub promotes and facilitates.
Finance Think is a pioneer in #participatory budgeting in municipalities in North Macedonia. On this topic, follow us in the new initiatives during 2023!
The event for the promotion of the recommendations from the project “Gender-responsive planning at the local level: The case of Prilep and Krushevo” was held in a varying concept, with the conveying of the recommendations through visualizations.
The project is supported by Reactor – Research in Action and their partners through the action “Advancement of gender equality in the EU accession process”. The action is financed by the European Union and co-financed by Sweden.
Our Maria Bašeska is participating in the Regional Conference “Elephants in the Civic Space”, which is being held in Podgorica, Montenegro, December 20-22, 2022, within the SMART Balkans initiative.
Finance Think is participating in the third panel discussion on the topic “The Macedonian economy is European – mobility, competitiveness, development”, organized by the Secretariat for European Affairs.
Our Blagica Petreski spoke in the second panel dedicated to cluster 3 Competitiveness and inclusive #growth, together with ministers Kreshnik Bekteshi, Jeton Shaqiri, Bisera Kostadinova Stojchevska, Admirim Aliti, and Director of the PRO Sanja Lukarevska.
In our Macro-Monitor published this Friday, based on #model calculations, we came out with a GDP projection for 2023 of 2.4% and an inflation projection of 8.9%. Both numbers are under significant #risks. The GDP projection is under downside risk, that is, according to current information, the probability of achieving a lower rate than this is higher, compared to the probability of achieving a higher rate. With #inflation, the uncertainty is in both directions, because the movements and sources of the pressures are difficult to predict, especially the geopolitical developments. However, for now, forecasts indicate that some price pressures will subside, reducing the likelihood of double-digit inflation in 2023.
With colleagues from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), we discussed current economic issues in the country and the region.
We make a continuous contribution to the consultative process in the country, through an objective, evidence- and data-based analysis of current economic trends and economic policies.
Our WEBecon network had a successful regular meeting, where we discussed governance issues and activities for the coming period.
Our Blagica Petreski met with representatives of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing knowledge and engagement in global affairs, from Chicago, USA.
The reception was followed by a networking event in which the US Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China, Nicholas Burns, and the Council’s Faye Hartog Levin discussed the major issues in the relationship today and their prospects.