We Effect Europe

We Effect Europe We Effect is a development organization from Sweden, dedicated to empowering rural communities.

Our efforts focus on gender equality, rural development, financial inclusion, and building resilience against environmental and climate challenges.

We Effect Europe team visited Shar Mountain National Park together with our partner, the Center for Education and Develo...
16/07/2026

We Effect Europe team visited Shar Mountain National Park together with our partner, the Center for Education and Development - CED for a productive meeting with the Park's Director, Mr. Evzal Elmazi.

The meeting focused on coordinating upcoming activities and discussing the next steps in implementing the "Market Opportunities for the Communities of Shar" intervention. Through close collaboration with our partners, we aim to create sustainable market opportunities for non-timber forest product collectors that strengthen local livelihoods while supporting the conservation and sustainable development of the Shar Mountain region.

This initiative is financed by Sweden ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช supported by We Effect Europe and implemented by Center for Education and Development - CED in partnership with Shar Mountain National Park.

๐ŸŒฑ Together, we are building stronger partnerships for resilient communities and sustainable economic development.

๐Ÿค Ekipi i CED, sรซ bashku me pรซrfaqรซsuesit e We Effect โ€“ Zyra nรซ Shkup, zhvilloi njรซ takim tรซ frytshรซm nรซ zyrat e Parkut Kombรซtar Mali Shar me pรซrfaqรซsuesit dhe drejtorin e Shar Mountain National Park z.Evzal Elmazi.
Diskutuam pรซr koordinimin e aktiviteteve dhe hapat e ardhshรซm nรซ zbatimin e ndรซrhyrjes "Mundรซsi tregu pรซr komunitetet nรซ Sharr", me synim mbรซshtetjen e komuniteteve lokale dhe zhvillimin e qรซndrueshรซm tรซ rajonit.

Projekti mbรซshtetet nga We Effect Europe, ndรซrsa zbatohet nga CED nรซ partneritet me Parkun Kombรซtar Mali Shar. ๐ŸŒฟ

๐Ÿค ะขะธะผะพั‚ ะฝะฐ ะฆะ•ะ”, ะทะฐะตะดะฝะพ ัะพ ะฟั€ะตั‚ัั‚ะฐะฒะฝะธั†ะธั‚ะต ะฝะฐ We Effect โ€“ ะšะฐะฝั†ะตะปะฐั€ะธั˜ะฐ ะกะบะพะฟั˜ะต, ะพะดั€ะถะฐ ัƒัะฟะตัˆะฝะฐ ั€ะฐะฑะพั‚ะฝะฐ ัั€ะตะดะฑะฐ ะฒะพ ะฟั€ะพัั‚ะพั€ะธะธั‚ะต ะฝะฐ ะะฐั†ะธะพะฝะฐะปะฝะธะพั‚ ะฟะฐั€ะบ ะจะฐั€ ะŸะปะฐะฝะธะฝะฐ ัะพ ะดะธั€ะตะบั‚ะพั€ะพั‚ ะณ-ะดะธะฝ ะ•ะฒะทะฐะป ะ•ะปะผะฐะทะธ.
ะ ะฐะทะณะพะฒะฐั€ะฐะฒะผะต ะทะฐ ะบะพะพั€ะดะธะฝะฐั†ะธั˜ะฐั‚ะฐ ะฝะฐ ะฐะบั‚ะธะฒะฝะพัั‚ะธั‚ะต ะธ ัะปะตะดะฝะธั‚ะต ั‡ะตะบะพั€ะธ ะทะฐ ัะฟั€ะพะฒะตะดัƒะฒะฐัšะต ะฝะฐ ะธะฝั‚ะตั€ะฒะตะฝั†ะธั˜ะฐั‚ะฐ โ€žะŸะฐะทะฐั€ะฝะธ ะผะพะถะฝะพัั‚ะธ ะทะฐ ะทะฐะตะดะฝะธั†ะธั‚ะต ะฝะฐ ะจะฐั€ะฐโ€œ, ัะพ ั†ะตะป ะฟะพะดะดั€ัˆะบะฐ ะฝะฐ ะปะพะบะฐะปะฝะธั‚ะต ะทะฐะตะดะฝะธั†ะธ ะธ ะพะดั€ะถะปะธะฒ ั€ะฐะทะฒะพั˜ ะฝะฐ ั€ะตะณะธะพะฝะพั‚.

ะŸั€ะพะตะบั‚ะพั‚ ะต ะฟะพะดะดั€ะถะฐะฝ ะพะด We Effect Europe, ะฐ ะณะพ ัะฟั€ะพะฒะตะดัƒะฒะฐ ะฆะ•ะ” ะฒะพ ะฟะฐั€ั‚ะฝะตั€ัั‚ะฒะพ ัะพ ะะฐั†ะธะพะฝะฐะปะฝะธะพั‚ ะฟะฐั€ะบ ะจะฐั€ ะŸะปะฐะฝะธะฝะฐ. ๐ŸŒฟ


We Effect Europe

16/07/2026

We Effect Europe team members had the honor to attend the official opening ceremony of the new office of the ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Swedish-Macedonian Chamber of Commerce - SMCC ๐ŸŽ€๐ŸŽˆ

The event brought together members and partners of the Chamber to celebrate this important milestone and further strengthen Swedishโ€“Macedonian business cooperation.

๐ŸŒฑ We Effect values opportunities to engage with partners and stakeholders who contribute to sustainable economic development, stronger partnerships, and closer collaboration between Sweden and North Macedonia ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ.

14/05/2026

๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ We were proud to represent We Effect Europe at the networking forum organized by Embassy of Sweden in Skopje as part of the โ€œEmbassy on the Road โ€“ Sweden is coming to Bitolaโ€ initiative.

The event brought together representatives from institutions, businesses, civil society, and international partners to exchange ideas, strengthen cooperation, and explore new opportunities for regional development and partnership. ๐Ÿค๐ŸŒ

A sincere thank you to all co-organizers and partners for creating such a meaningful and inspiring space for dialogue, networking, and collaboration.

We look forward to continuing to build bridges between Sweden and North Macedonia and supporting inclusive and sustainable development initiatives across the region. โœจ



| Embassy of Sweden in Skopje | Sida - Styrelsen fรถr Internationellt Utvecklingssamarbete | We Effect |

๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿค๐ŸŒฑ Yesterday, we welcomed the Ambassador of ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden, Ola Sohlstrรถm, to a special stop on the Embassy on the Road vis...
05/05/2026

๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿค๐ŸŒฑ Yesterday, we welcomed the Ambassador of ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden, Ola Sohlstrรถm, to a special stop on the Embassy on the Road visit, the shared sales point of cooperative members supported by our partners Center for Education and Development - CED and Kooperativa Sharri .

๐Ÿ“ Located in the heart of Tetovo, this shop brings together members of Kooperativa Sharri from across the Polog region, creating a joint space where local producers can showcase and sell their products.

๐Ÿงบ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฅ• By joining forces, cooperative members are strengthening their market access, increasing their incomes, and building a stronger, more resilient rural economy. This initiative highlights the power of cooperation in turning local production into sustainable livelihoods.

๐Ÿก๐Ÿ’ผ The establishment of this sales point was made possible with financial support from ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden through the IISEE programme, implemented by We Effect together with our partners. Today, it represents more than just a shop, it is a hub of local entrepreneurship, collaboration, and community spirit.

๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช We thank Ambassador Ola Sohlstrรถm and the Embassy of ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden for their continued support and for taking the time to meet the producers behind these products. Partnerships like these are key to building inclusive and sustainable rural development.

| Embassy of Sweden in Skopje | Sida - Styrelsen fรถr Internationellt Utvecklingssamarbete | We Effect Europe | Center for Education and Development - CED | Kooperativa Sharri |

๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ ๐‹๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐„๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ: ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐’๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐’๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ๐Ÿ“ A major step forward for labour market i...
26/03/2026

๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ ๐‹๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐„๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ: ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐’๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐’๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ

๐Ÿ“ A major step forward for labour market inclusion has been achieved as our partner, Romalitico - Institute for Research and Policy Analysis successfully completed a training programme in cooperation with the ๐Œ๐š๐œ๐ž๐๐จ๐ง๐ข๐š๐ง ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐’๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ (ะšะพะผะพั€ะฐ ะฝะฐ ะ ะตะฟัƒะฑะปะธะบะฐ ะกะตะฒะตั€ะฝะฐ ะœะฐะบะตะดะพะฝะธั˜ะฐ ะทะฐ ะฟั€ะธะฒะฐั‚ะฝะพ ะพะฑะตะทะฑะตะดัƒะฒะฐัšะต), enabling 72 Roma participants to pass their exams and obtain official licenses to work as armed security personnel.

๐ŸŽ“ This activity was implemented through the ๐ˆ๐ˆ๐’๐„๐„ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž, applying the ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ญ ๐’๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ (๐Œ๐’๐ƒ) ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐š๐œ๐ก, ensuring that training efforts are closely aligned with real labour market demand and sustainable sector growth.

๐Ÿ“ˆThis achievement opens the door to ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ, as companies across the private security sector are actively seeking licensed professionals to join their workforce.

๐Ÿค At the same time, the strong interest within the Roma community highlights the ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ and access to certified training that leads directly to sustainable employment.

๐Ÿš€ By bridging the gap between training and labour market needs, this initiative contributes to ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ, ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง, and ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ -๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž for Roma communities across North Macedonia.

๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช This initiative was funded by Sweden.



| Sida - Styrelsen fรถr Internationellt Utvecklingssamarbete | We Effect | Romalitico - Institute for Research and Policy Analysis | Embassy of Sweden in Skopje | ะšะพะผะพั€ะฐ ะฝะฐ ะ ะตะฟัƒะฑะปะธะบะฐ ะกะตะฒะตั€ะฝะฐ ะœะฐะบะตะดะพะฝะธั˜ะฐ ะทะฐ ะฟั€ะธะฒะฐั‚ะฝะพ ะพะฑะตะทะฑะตะดัƒะฒะฐัšะต |

๐ŸŒพ The We Effect Europe team attended the ๐—”๐—ป๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—”๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—น๐˜† of the ะะฐั†ะธะพะฝะฐะปะฝะฐ ั„ะตะดะตั€ะฐั†ะธั˜ะฐ ะฝะฐ ั„ะฐั€ะผะตั€ะธ - National Federation o...
19/03/2026

๐ŸŒพ The We Effect Europe team attended the ๐—”๐—ป๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—”๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—น๐˜† of the ะะฐั†ะธะพะฝะฐะปะฝะฐ ั„ะตะดะตั€ะฐั†ะธั˜ะฐ ะฝะฐ ั„ะฐั€ะผะตั€ะธ - National Federation of farmers - NFF, which also served as a key platform to present the ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ (๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿญโ€“๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ), implemented through ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐˜†๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ (๐— ๐—ฆ๐——) ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต.

๐ŸŽค The event brought together key actors from the donor community, various embassies, state institutions, and civil society organisations, highlighting strong multi-stakeholder engagement. Among the speakers were ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—”๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐˜€๐—ธ๐—ถ, ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—”๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ด, ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—˜๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ธ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ท๐—ฒ, and ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—”๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐˜€๐—ธ๐—ถ, ๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ.

๐Ÿ“Š The first part of the Assembly focused on ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ through the ๐—œ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ, showcasing the MSD interventions such as:

๐ŸŽ Apple value chain development intervention
๐ŸŒพ Wheat contract farming intervention
๐Ÿซ School schemes connecting farmers with schools
๐Ÿฏ Honey intervention
๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐ŸŒพ Advocacy efforts with emphasis on maternity leave
๐Ÿค Strengthening Common Market Organisations intervention

๐ŸŽฅ Watch some of the videos from different interventions:

๐Ÿ”— ๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐˜€:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcEXulszfE4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y78CQkTWYLM

๐Ÿ”— ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐˜€:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRKl2o5c9ig
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOkAXMU_lDs

๐Ÿ”— ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐˜€:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpsXYd8Av0E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqYR6z6z7qI

๐ŸŒ Discussions emphasized ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†, ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€, reinforcing the importance of continued support for a ๐˜€๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ agri-food system.

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17/03/2026

Nordic countries offer enormous opportunities, existing interest and potential for enhancement of economic cooperation: event

๐ŸŒ ๐——๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€ โ€“ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ข๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐ŸŒ ๐Ÿค Yesterday, together with th...
14/03/2026

๐ŸŒ ๐——๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€ โ€“ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ข๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐ŸŒ

๐Ÿค Yesterday, together with the Swedish-Macedonian Chamber of Commerce - SMCC, we organized the event โ€œ๐——๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€: ๐—ข๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€.โ€

๐Ÿข The event brought together representatives from institutions, businesses, and development organizations to discuss how ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€, ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€, and how Nordic companies can further explore ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฎ.

๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ emphasized that we are building the bridge that helps ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€ through quality, sustainability, and strong partnerships.
Our support focuses on strengthening organisations, meeting international standards, improving sustainability practices, and connecting farmers and processors in a way that ensures stable supply, consistent quality, and long term cooperation.

๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช The event was honored by the presence of Ola Sohlstrรถm ๐—”๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฆ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป, who emphasized the importance of strengthening economic ties and creating ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ for ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ, ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป between Sweden ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช and North Macedonia ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ.

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ The event was also attended by ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜† ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—”๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ, ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—บ๐˜†, ๐—”๐—น๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—บ ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜…๐—ต๐—ฎ, who highlighted the Governmentโ€™s commitment to ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ, supporting farmers and agribusinesses to meet international standards, and expanding opportunities for export and cooperation with European and Nordic markets.

๐ŸŒฑ Particular attention was given to the ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ, where North Macedonia has strong potential to ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ of quality products such as ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€ that can meet the high standards and sustainability expectations of Nordic markets.

๐Ÿ“ˆ Discussions highlighted that strengthening cooperation requires better understanding of Nordic standards, quality requirements, sustainability practices, and business culture, while also creating more direct connections between producers, buyers, and investors.

๐Ÿ”— At the same time, Nordic countries offer innovation, advanced technologies, and investment opportunities that can support the modernization and competitiveness of Macedonian agriculture and food production.

๐Ÿ‘ We thank all partners and participants who contributed to this relevant, timely, and impactful discussion on strengthening economic and agricultural cooperation between North Macedonia and the Nordic region.

๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช This event was funded by Sweden.



| Swedish-Macedonian Chamber of Commerce - SMCC | Embassy of Sweden in Skopje | ะะฐั†ะธะพะฝะฐะปะฝะฐ ั„ะตะดะตั€ะฐั†ะธั˜ะฐ ะฝะฐ ั„ะฐั€ะผะตั€ะธ - National Federation of farmers - NFF | Romalitico - Institute for Research and Policy Analysis | Center for Education and Development - CED | Kooperativa Sharri |

๐Ÿช ๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‚๐จ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž-๐Ž๐ฐ๐ง๐ž๐ ๐…๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌโ€™ ๐’๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐Ÿช๐Ÿ“ A new milestone for local agricul...
06/03/2026

๐Ÿช ๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‚๐จ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž-๐Ž๐ฐ๐ง๐ž๐ ๐…๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌโ€™ ๐’๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐Ÿช

๐Ÿ“ A new milestone for local agriculture has been reached in the ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐Œ๐š๐œ๐ž๐๐จ๐ง๐ข๐š with the opening of the ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž-๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌโ€™ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ž in the Polog region, creating a direct link between local farmers and consumers.

๐ŸŒพ๐Ÿšœ This initiative enables farmers to ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ž ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ, ensuring ๐Ÿ๐š๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ while offering consumers fresh, locally produced food from the ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ค ๐’๐ก๐š๐ซ ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง region.

๐Ÿ”—๐Ÿค By improving the supply chain, farmers gain ๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ญ ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ, ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž.

๐Ÿก๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐ŸŒพ Beyond being a point of sale, the store will also serve as a meeting and cooperation space for cooperative members, strengthening collaboration among producers and supporting sustainable rural development.

๐Ÿฅ”๐Ÿงบ The store offers a variety of agricultural products produced by farmers from the region, bringing the richness of local agriculture closer to consumers in Tetovo and the wider Polog region.

๐Ÿ“Œ This We Effect's initiative is part of the project โ€œ๐ˆ๐ง๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ˆ๐ง๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐จ-๐„๐œ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐•๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐‘๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐’๐ฎ๐›-๐ฎ๐ซ๐›๐š๐ง ๐€๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฌโ€, implemented by Center for Education and Development - CED and Kooperativa Sharri , funded by Sweden ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช.



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