Meet Us

Here are all the friendly faces that make up your Youth on Board team. Our team has a wide variety of skills and experience that helps shape all our work. Together, we are working to offer youth and our partner communities the best possible programs.
"Passion rebuilds the world for the youth. It makes all things alive and significant."
That’s why our team is dedicated to providing you with the best experiences, that help you achieve a brighter future.

Pane Stefanov

Project Manager

Sanja Maksimova

CEO

Kiril Jordanov

CEO

Kiril Jordanov

Kiril Jordanov, Economist– President and Coordinator of Youth on Board Kiril Jordanov is an advisor for public procurement and Coordinator for implementation of the strategy for youth in the Local government in Shtip. He is also a private advisor for financial-legal and administrative procedures. Kirill has a professional background in domestic and international projects as an organizer and applicant.

He also has been a participant, leader, trainer and expert in many project implementations. Kiril’s educational background is in economics and finance for more than 8 years. He is also constantly working as a youth worker, project developer, project coordinator and project monitoring.

Looking back at the beginnings of his work in the field of youth, we go back to 2013 when Kiril became the vice president of the Youth Council of the Local government. During this period engaged with youngsters and youth workers, developing and realizing programs and projects for youngsters with different backgrounds he gained a lot of knowledge, experience and skills. A challenge for Kiril now in terms of youth is to work in non-formal and Informal education, capacity building, structure dialogue between youngsters and decision makers, developing programs and projects, supporting young initiatives, working as a trainer, coach or expert, youth researcher and analyst. All of the above-listed challenges he is now realised through the organization Youth On Board with the help of his wonderful teams.

Todor Marjanovikj

Project Manager

Todor Marjanovikj

Todor Marjanovikj is a Project Manager for Youth on Board in Shtip, North Macedonia.

He has extensive experience in project management, international collaboration, and youth development through non-formal education. Since 2018, Todor has been actively involved in over 30 Erasmus+ projects, transitioning from participant to leader, and eventually, to a facilitator and trainer. His role at Youth on Board includes managing Key Action 1 (KA1) and Key Action 2 (KA2) projects, coordinating teams, and ensuring the successful execution of various initiatives such as the creation of guides, handbooks, and courses. Todor’s expertise extends to writing project proposals, budgeting, professional communication with partners, and organizing local activities and events. His skills also include graphic design, social media management, videography, research, and analysis. As a facilitator, he has led Erasmus+ training courses, imparting leadership skills to young people across Europe.

Currently pursuing a Bachelor's Degree in Finance at Goce Delcev University, Todor is dedicated to enhancing the quality of youth education and engagement, while also walking the path of financial literacy development towards professional financial management. He is passionate about empowering young people, fostering creativity, and building strong networks across Europe.

Todor's vision is to continue driving positive change in the youth sector through innovative and impactful projects.

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Frosina Polazarevska

Marija Vasilevska

Marija Vasilevska is a Project Manager for Business Development in a regional network of non-governmental organisations.

She has over 15 years of working experience in project management, international development, education and democratization. Her working experience consists of international, regional and national actions focused on the improvement of society and especially the quality of higher education. She has held different working positions in projects funded by European Union, USAID, U.S. Embassy, UN Women, UNDP, Regional Cooperation Council and others. Her specialization is monitoring and evaluation of projects, programmes, faculties, Universities and policies.

Marija is passionate about digitalization, improvement of the formal education system and supporting young people to find their dream job as she found her. She is an experienced trainer, facilitator and moderator.

Finally, she is a Ph.D. candidate for Business and Administration at the University of American College Skopje working on researching the connection between the quality of formal higher education in the business sector in Europe and the USA.

You can find additional information on the following link: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marija-vasilevska-21a08857/

Kristijan Panev

Violeta Stefanova

Violeta Stefanova is a professor of Geology at the Goce Delcev University in Shtip and a board member of the Youth on Board organization.

Violeta’s research interests lie at the nexus between geochemistry and ecology, where she uses a range of tools, field observations, and analytical techniques to answer questions in these highly interdisciplinary fields. Her major achievements lie in the field of geochemistry and her work can be found in various publications including her book “Geochemistry of fluids”.

She has a growing interest in the public understanding of science, especially major environmental challenges such as climate changes and technological responses. She works with colleagues from Natural Science and Engineering in the monitoring of environmental pollution and the use of sensors and geochemistry to identify pollution sources.

She is the author of more than 50 scientific research studies, chapters, scientific monographs and actively involved in different research projects.

Her experience and contribution are very important for the environmental projects that the Youth on Board organization is working on.

Biljana Balabanova

Biljana Balabanova is an associate professor at the Faculty of Agriculture at the University “Goce Delchev” in Stip. She received her Ph.D. in 2014 in the area of analytical and environmental chemistry. Her main field of teaching is basic chemistry and biochemistry for the students from biotechnical, technical-technological, and medical sciences.

For more than 15 years she has been intensively involved in research work for monitoring and identification of polluted areas as well as developing and introducing analytical methodologies with the implementation of atomic and mass spectrometry. She is the author of more than 100 scientific research studies, chapters, and scientific monographs.

Her research work has been cited by more than 600 scientific workers. Based on her intensive international cooperation, she contributes to several international network programs and projects. She has been a project coordinator in three bilateral projects. In 2018 she was awarded as an honorary professor at Shenyang University in China.

In the same year, she was awarded by the municipality of Stip for a special contribution in the affirmation of the city of Stip in the field of science. She continuously supports the development of the young enthusiastic population from the Universities and youth organizations.

Monika Markovska

MONIKA MARKOVSKA is a Ph.D. in Management and works as an professor at the Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies – Bitola at the University “St. Kliment Ohridski “- Bitola.

She completed the doctoral studies at the Institute for Sociological, Political, and Juridical Research and Ph.D. on the subject of entrepreneurship: “Intrapreneurship in the function of improving the quality of work in existing organizations”. She started her academic career in 2006, when she was employed as a teaching assistant at the Faculty of Administration and Management of Information Systems in Bitola at the University “St. Kliment Ohridski “- Bitola.

Her scientific interest is in the fields of management, entrepreneurship, intrapreneurship, social entrepreneurship, innovation management. She is the author of numerous international scientific and professional papers, a participant in several domestic and international conferences and projects, as well as the author of the book “Innovation Management – Basics for Achieving a Competitive Advantage” and co-author of a Book of Organizational Behavior.

She has participated in transnational projects about social entrepreneurship and management. She is in constant communication with NGOs doing different researches.

Tamara J. Apasieva

Tamara Jovanov Apasieva is an Associate Professor Of Marketing at University “Goce Delcev” in Shtip.

She is an experienced Professor with a demonstrated history of +15 years of work in the education industry and the business sector. Skilled in Marketing, Branding, Strategical Analysis, Market Research, Consumer Behavior, Business planning, Creative problem solving… Critical and creative thinker with a PhD in marketing strategy and planning from the Faculty of Economics – Skopje. Co-founder of two companies and consultant of many other small and medium-sized companies.

She was a visiting professor at the Faculty of Economics in Banja Luka and at Jaume I University, Castelon de la Plana. Speaks fluently English, German and Serbian, and understands Spanish and Bulgarian language. Member of Macedonian Marketing Association, Business Women Association of Macedonia, CEFE – Macedonia, Croatian Society of Economists (Scientific board member), Eurasian Business and Economics Society, Youth Council – Shtip (Lecturer), etc. Collaborating with Municipality of Shtip, YES Foundation Macedonia, Start-Up Macedonia, EBRD Macedonia and Economic Institute of Zagreb.

More information available at:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tamara-jovanov-61056834/

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tamara_Jovanov

http://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/view/creators/Jovanov=3ATamara=3A=3A.html

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Sanja Maksimova

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Marija Vasilevska

Kristijan Panev

Violeta Stefanova

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