Frosina Polazarevska is an Employer Branding Marketing Executive at Sopro, a UK-based company.

With over seven years of experience in digital marketing and a college degree in Branding and Graphic Design, her areas of expertise include Strategic Marketing, Corporate Communications, Brand Identity, Social Media Management, and Content Strategy.

Frosina is passionate about creating impactful ideas that can make a positive difference in the world, and she is a data-driven analytical thinker.

She has held various positions in different industries, including Corporate Communications Manager in an IT company, Digital Marketing Manager in an educational company, and Marketing Strategist in two digital agencies.

Moreover, she possesses teaching experience in the areas of Digital Marketing and Brand Identity.

You can find additional information on the following link: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frosina-polazarevska/?jobid=1234

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 is a Teaching Assistant at the Business Law Department at Goce Delchev University in Stip, Macedonia. He holds a Master of International Law from Stockholm University and a Master of Laws from Goce Delchev University in Stip and has passed the Judicial Exam in Macedonia.

Trained in Business and Human Rights, International Law, and Trade Law, with a demonstrated history of working in research, teaching, and community development projects. Skilled in Teaching, Soft-skills Training, Project Management, Youth Activism, and Public Speaking, with 10+ years of experience in non-profit organization management.

He is a strong community and legal services professional with 5+ years of experience in Legal support, financial counseling, and Strategic Development mentorship to Civil Society Organizations. He also served as a Governing Board Member of the National Youth Council of Macedonia (2019 – 2021) and participated in many international projects, training, and conferences.

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 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 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 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

Svetlana Jakimovska is a professor at the Faculty of Philology at the Goce Delcev University in Shtip where she teaches French language and translation theory. She has 18 years long teaching experience and has worked with people of different ages and from different professional backgrounds. She was also participant and trainer at numerous national and international conferences, seminars and projects.

Svetlana holds a PhD degree in French linguistics and translation enabling her to explore and share her knowledge in different fields such as communication, intercultural exchange, education, language for specific purposes, translation, working with young people, developing teaching skills, using IT during the study process etc. Today, she is actively participating in the work of Youth on Board.

She joined our organization in 2017 as a trainer and so far she has supported the youngster in a lot of linguistic activities.

“Working with young people keeps your spirit eternally young. And if you manage to reach out for them, the worlds is already a better place”.