PAST EVENTS
AmCham IPR Professionals Work
with Local Teachers
By adapting World Intellectual Property Organization’s educational publications Learn from the Past,
Create the Future: Inventions and Patents and Learn
from the Past, Create the Future: Arts & Copyright into
Macedonian and Albanian in 2013, AmCham Macedonia provided the country’s first comprehensive
pedagogical tool on this subject for use by local elementary and middle school teachers. To raise general awareness and encourage the use of these tools,
AmCham organized an interactive workshop where
55 local educators were introduced to local business
people working in industries that rely heavily on
innovation and protection of their IP. Then, teachers
reviewed sections of the educational materials and
exchanged opinions about creatively introducing
them into their classroom routines in a number of
subject areas. The gathering brought teachers from
across Macedonia together with IPR professionals
working in Skopje and active in AmCham’s IPR committee.
Intellectual Property Rights Day. AmCham would like
to thank our facilitators:
• Biljana Janeva, OEM Antipiracy Manager
for Adriatic & South Balkan CEE, Microsoft
Macedonia and Chairman of the IPR Committee;
• Eli Mufishovska, Branch Office Manager,
SNB React;
• Vlora Ademi, Academic Program Manager,
Microsoft Macedonia;
• Ljupka Noveska, Attorney at Law, Karanovic
& Nikolic;
• Elizabeta Dimovska, Administrative Manager, SNB React as well as our two guest
speakers:
• Jasna Petkov – Stojanovic, innovator of post –
maternity underwear and
• Biljana Gjorgiovski Angjushev, designer and
creator of the brand “Bilia”, without whom this
event would not have been possible.
Participants agreed that the subject was relevant to
a wide variety of subjects and was needed to raise
awareness among students and that these publications provided a great starting point. Teachers also
commented on the importance of a stable internet
connection in their classrooms and enough training
in order for them to properly teach this subject to the
target age group of 9-14 year olds.
The event was organized on April 25th, 2014 as part
of AmCham’s regular activities to mark the World
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