🗣 Today, together with UNICEF MK, we started the dialogue on policies to assess and address the effects of the energy and food crisis. The competent policy holders from the ministries of finance, economy and labor and social policy participate in the consultative process.
Our studies in a research database of the WHO
Presentation of findings at the University of Illinois at Chicago
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.
Finance Think visited People Powered in New York
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!
Finance Think wishes you a Happy New 2023 and Merry Christmas!
An event for promotion of findings and recommendations was held in Prilep
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.
Finance Think at a regional conference in Podgorica
Finance Think at a panel “Macedonian economy is European”
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 an interview for Lokalno.mk, Blagica Petreski talks about current economic topics

On a global level, we already have a decline in the #prices of primary food products, which with a certain delay will be reflected on the domestic retail prices, and it is expected that we will also see a certain #stabilization and reduction in energy prices during 2023. Of course, it is important what steps we take domestically. Subsidizing electricity for the #food industry should have a positive effect on a lower inflation rate already in December, and also the #monetary policy, which is on the line of tightening since April this year, will exert its influence.
A consultation meeting with the EBRD
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.