Co-founder, General Manager and Legal Consultant

Graduated from the Law Faculty “Iustinianus Primus” within the University “Ss. Cyril and Methodius” Skopje (1995-2000), got his master degree in European studies at the Athens State University in 2001.

For more than 20 years, he has been working as a legal consultant and associate of private companies, as well as on a numberous projects financed by EU, UNDP, USAID, GTZ and other international institutions and non-governmental organizations.

His specialty ranges from regulatory reforms, through the harmonization of legislation to corporate and business issues related to investing and doing business in Macedonia. He has worked with top managers and companies from Greece, the Republic of Ireland, France, Austria and the Russian Federation, and was hired as a short-term expert for EU projects in Albania and Ukraine.

As author he had participated in the drafting of several documents that were the basis for undertaking radical reforms in the Macedonian legal system, such as: the National Program for Harmonization of Legislation, the report that served as the basis for the regulatory guillotine process and assessment of the impact of legal acts, the comparative study about the functioning of the Agency for Foreign Direct Investments from the aspect of export promotion and others.

Co-founder and Legal/Project Management Consultant

Graduated from the Law Faculty ”Iustinianus Primus” within the University „Ss. Cyril and Methodius“ Skopje in 2000. Throughout his 22 years of professional career he was providing legal, analytical, project management and training services. Through the numerous short-term and long- term assignments he had on projects funded by various foreign donors (EU, USAID, EBRD, UNDP,GIZ, IFC, Open Society Institute, etc.), as well as in providing services to clients from private sector, gained and provided expertise in the following sectors: public procurement (certified trainer, consultant to many contracting authorities and economic operators) and public-private partnerships, energy (energy markets, renewable energy and energy efficiency), public administration reforms and administrative procedures (re-engineering and modernization of procedures), e-Government and е-Commerce, personal data protection, and intellectual property.

His key qualifications are: analysis and drafting of legal acts, participation in the public administration reforms oriented projects and delivery of trainings. He has been involved as a leading expert or member in numerous working groups established to draft different pieces of legislation, mostly related to transposition of EU legislation. He delivered over 120 trainings and lectures in his fields of specialty to various target groups, such as: civil servants, representatives of business community, students, and NGO activists.

In addition to North Macedonia, his work experience extends across other Western Balkan countries (Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo).

He managed several projects or project components and was president of two NGOs.

Project & Business Development Coordinator

She has bachelor's degree and a master's degree from the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of "St. Cyril and Methodius" – Skopje. She has over 10-years of experience in event management, design and production of on-site and online trainings, as well broad experience in screening and recruiting consultants and professionals including maintaining relationships with domestic key-experts in area of public administration reform (PAR), public procurement, administrative law, labour and other speciality fields. Her experience includes working with wide network of governmental institutions, civil society organization, local administration, private companies, chambers, as well building partnership with various stakeholders.

She participated in a series of projects as a junior, non-key consultant and assistant to key consultants for the preparation of horizontal and vertical functional analyses, as well as а consultant for projects for compliance of legal entities with the personal data protection regulations for clients from the private sector.

At ACT! her duties are in the area of personal data protection, functional analyses, educational events, identification of collaborators and consultants and project engagements, creation of project and other documentation, digital marketing, business development, creation and implementation of business plans and establishing business collaborations.

Administrative Officer

At ACT! as an administrative officer he is in charge of administrative, accounting and financial affairs, communication with state institutions, as well as for reviewing the areas for which ACT! has expertise and opportunities for establishing cooperation and expanding expertise.

Project Manager

He graduated at the Faculty of Economics - Skopje, after which he gained his work experience in several private companies in Macedonia and Serbia, and also worked in the banking sector. He was the managing director of a former legal leading company in Macedonia, managing the its subsidiary in Serbia, as well as managing employees, sales, book publishing and the organization of events, and directly participated in the growth and development of the company.

In ACT! He is engaged as a project manager of the database of legal acts, court decisions and translations PRAKSIS. His engagement includes tasks for the complete functioning of PRAKSIS’s sales and legal team. His field of interest is sales, event management, human resource management, brand management and business planning.

Sales Manager

He graduated at the International Slavic University "Gavrilo Romanovich Derzhavin" and has over 20 years of work experience in private companies in Macedonia. He was a sales manager in a former legal leading company in Macedonia, achieving successful results in sales and brand positioning in the market. His work biography also includes computer and graphic processing of publications. His field of interest are sales, brand management and graphic design.

In ACT! he is engaged as a sales manager of the database of legal acts, court decisions and translations PRAKSIS, including its promotion and presentation to existing and potential users.

Legal Consultant

She graduated at the Faculty of law "Iustinianus Primus” at Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje in 2016 with a GPA of 9.88, and two years after, in 2018 she got her master's degree in Criminal Law, at the same university. During her studies she actively participated in numerous workshops, training courses, conferences, seminars, competitions, simulations from various legal fields in the country and abroad. She gained her first practical experience as an intern at the Strumica Basic Court and in a law office in Skopje, in which from 2019 to 2021 she worked both as a legal associate, and later as a lawyer.

At ACT! she works as a coordinator of the legal team responsible for maintaining the electronic database of legal acts, court decisions and translations PRAKSIS and on numerous other projects from the company's portfolio.

Lawyer

She graduated from the Faculty of Law "Justinian I" at the University "St. Cyril and Methodius" - Skopje in 2019, and then in 2021, she received her master's degree in Business Law at the university. During her education, she was an active member of the Course for Practical Legal Skills at the "Justinan Prvi" Faculty of Law in Skopje. She has gained her work experience as part of law firms.

In ACT! Ltd. Skopje she has been working since April 2022 as a lawyer and editor at electronic database of legal acts, translations and court decisions PRAKSIS.

Assistant Project Coordinator

She got her law degree at the Faculty of law "Iustinianus Primus" at Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje in 2019 and two years after, in 2021 she got her master's degree for criminal law at the same university. During her education she was an active member in multiple student associations, among which European Law Students Association – ELSA North Macedonia where between 2020 and 2021 she was a part of its management board. She has attended several trainings, seminars and conferences in various areas of her professional interest and was part of the Legal Clinic for vulnerable categories of people at the "Iustinianus Primus" Faculty. She has finished trainings for debate and public speaking, and she was part of competitions and simulations which were held at the faculty. She got her practical experience as a part of several non-governmental organizations, internship at attorney and internship at Criminal Court.

ACT! Branch Office Director

He has more than 31 years of experience in business environment reform, business law, management and public/private sector capacity building in Macedonia. In the past more than 28 years, he has worked in progressively senior positions on various USAID projects dealing with business, economic, energy, legal and financial issues. He has been intimately involved in the processes that have led to reforms and progressive changes in the legislative and institutional framework in Macedonia.

At ACT! he is a Branch Office Director for the implementation of donors projects.

ACT! Branch Office Financial and Administrative Specialist

She has more than 20 years of progressive experience in Operations Management, Human resources and Administration/Office management within USAID Projects. Her professional history includes a wide range of financial-accounting, administration and human resources duties.

Legal Advisor on Energy and General Issues

She has legal background and significant experience of almost 25 years of working as a lawyer on diverse legal reform efforts supported by USAID, and in the public and private sectors. She brings a valuable experience that includes drafting of many pieces of legislation to enable favorable business environment in many areas, as well as legal analysis and policy papers. In the past 9 years she has been working on projects related to energy sector reform, including development of the energy related legislation and its compliance with the EU Acquis Communautaire, financed by USAID.

Editor at www.praksis.mk

He got his law degree at the Faculty of Law at South East European University in 2015, after that with master studies in 2015/2016 in Faculty of law at ‘’Iustinianus Primus” at Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje for Criminal Law and he got his master degree in 2019. During and after his education he was active in many projects: USAID project – Human rights internship program & trainings during January/February 2017, participant in project with Macedonian Young Lawyers Association and Kingdom of the Netherlands Embassy in Skopje - Strengthening the professionalism, competence and integrity of young lawyers in Macedonia in the period October/December 2018, Practical program and internship at Criminal Court – Tetovo in 2013 and 2018, Observer of criminal proceeding in the direction of improvement and identification of irregularities in the criminal proceeding in the courts of the North Macedonia in the project with the Coalition all for fair trial and the OSCE Mission – Skopje – Support of the judicial and criminal law reform in the period 2018/2019, Practical experience as a part of Ombudsman office in Tetovo in 2017, Engagement in the project for monitoring and measuring the performance of the courts in the Republic of North Macedonia as a field researcher in cooperation with the Center for Legal Research and Analysis and the Embassy of the United Kingdom – Improving the quality of justice in the Republic of North Macedonia through capacity for judges and monitoring juridical reforms in 2017 and 2018. He has attended several trainings, seminars and conferences in various areas of his professional interest like trainings about refuges and migrants, human rights protection and he got certificate for data protection officer from Personal Data Protection Agency of the Republic of North Macedonia.

Since 2019, he has been employed in the Legal Department at KIPPER MARKET, and starting from August 2021, he is the Head of the Legal Department at KIPPER MARKET.

As an external collaborator of the ACT! Consulting Services Ltd. Skopje he is responsible for the translation and consolidation of legal acts into the Albanian language for the needs of the electronic database of legal acts, court decisions and translations PRAKSIS.

Consultant

is an expert with more than 35 years of experience in drafting laws in Macedonia, of these 15 years specifically related to drafting laws related to energy, mining, concessions and public service. He is long-time ACT! external associate for energy related projects.

He is a former president of the Energy Regulatory Commission of the Republic of Macedonia. Mr. Ivanovski has experience in other countries such as Nigeria (2016), Lebanon (2016), Albania (2017), Kosovo (currently) and has been working on international projects such as Eastern Europe and Central Asia, ERRA-INOGATE Project (2010-2011). He was a Chairman of the EnC Regulatory Board (ECRB) (2007-200)8 and Member of the ERRA Presidium (Energy Regulator’s Regional Association) (2007-2008). Mr. Ivanovski was engaged as a legal expert by USAID Macedonia to draft the last two North Macedonia energy laws (2011 and 2018) in accordance with the requirements of the 2nd and 3rd EU Energy legislative packages.

Consultant

Currently works as a Scientific Contributor at the Research Center for Energy and Sustainable Development of the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts and is a long-time ACT! external associate. He is an expert in the energy, EE, RE and climate change sectors for around 13 years. He has been participating in the implementation of more than 70 projects related to energy strategies, laws and bylaws related to EE, RE and climate change, which were funded and/or implemented renowned organizations such as: USAID, UNDP, PWC, EnC, Hrvoje Pozar, etc. He is the author or co- author of 44 papers in the field of sustainable energy development, 14 of which have been published in top world journals with an impact factor. He has featured as presenter in more than 80 workshops both in Macedonia and abroad. Aleksandar Dedinec is experienced in computer science, robotics, and automation. He holds a PhD degree from the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology in Skopje (04/2018).

Editor at www.praksis.mk

She got her law degree at the Faculty of law Kicevo at Univerity St. Clement of Ohrid - Bitola in 2017 and two years after, in 2019 she got her master’s degree for civil law at the same university. During 2020 she passed the bar exam. Laura works as an Attorney associate at Law office Stojkoski & Kjatoski in Struga. She has attended several trainings, seminars and conferences in various areas of her professional interest and was part of the Macedonian Young Lawyers Association within the framework of the project “Support for providing social protection for families at social risk and strengthening cooperation between social workers and local non-governmental organizations”. She got her practical experience as a part of several non-governmental organizations and internship at attorney starting from the 2017.

As an external collaborator of the ACT! Consulting Services Ltd. Skopje she is responsible for the translation of legal acts into the Albanian language for the needs of the electronic database of legal acts, court decisions and translations PRAKSIS.

Editor at www.praksis.mk

She earned her LLB at the the Faculty of Law ‘’Iustinianus Primus” at Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje in 2020 and is currently working on her master thesis in the field of arbitration at the department of International Law and Relations and EU Law at the same university.

During her studies, she has participated in various trainings and winter/summer schools outside of her regular education, including, a Business Law Academy, Summer School: Refugee Rights and Migration, EU Academy, Academy for Human Rights, as well as the Winter School for International Private and Public Law organized by The Hague Academy of International Law.

Her practical experience consists of internships at а law office, the Macedonian Association of Young Lawyers (MZMP) as well as the Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning. She is currently working as an intern with Attorney at Law Kristina Kragujevska and is part of the legal team at the School for Design, Art and Technology “SKALA SCHOOL”.

In ACT! Ltd. Skopje she is engaged as editor of the electronic database of legal acts, translations and court decisions PRAKSIS.

Translator

BA of Translation and Interpreting from English and German to Macedonian and Vice-Versa, and a Graduated Professor of English Language and Literature, as well as a Sworn Court Translator.

She has been working for over ten years in the field of translation during which time she has worked on various types of translation materials, both technical and literary. She is also a part of the team of translators working on the translation of the EU legislation from English to Macedonian.