PAST EVENTS
2013 Amcham General Assembly
This year, the General Assembly was held on October
16th, 2013. The meeting began with Ms. Liza Popovska, President of the Board during the past year, who
recognized the work of two long time Board members whose mandates were expiring: Stefan Plavjanski was first elected in 2007 and served as Vice President and President for several years and Ruzica Filipceva was first elected in the Board in 2009 and
served as Secretary-Treasurer during all four years.
After presenting key points from the 2013-2015 strategy adopted by the Board of Directors last fall, Ms.
Osmanli presented the Year in Review, including the
organization’s activities, communications and financials over the last 12 months. Committee representatives then summarized their recent achievements
and presented their plans for next year.
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Blagoj Hristov as Vice President of the IPR Committee said their future advocacy activities would be directed at influencing modifications in related laws
and enforcement procedures, raising public awareness as well as cross-industry and cross-country collaboration. The committee will continue to work
closely with governmental bodies involved in IPRs,
hold workshops and roundtables with decision makers, publish position statements on certain IPR topics and issues and propose improvements to the law
enforcement system.
Kiril Estatiev, President of the Legal and Tax Committee, noted that the group will focus on proposing solutions to practical barriers and challenges to
the investment process faced by large international
organizations.
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