Summer 2017 / Issue 54
Dear AmCham Macedonia members and friends -
Thank you for picking up the summer 2017
edition of AmCham Macedonia Magazine. This
issue focuses on advertising ethics and builds
on a recent event we hosted to start a local con-
versation on this issue. In addition to expert ar-
ticles from each our panelists from that event,
we’ve included insights on a variety of other hot
topics from our member experts, a summary of
recent calls for corporate income tax reform by
local economists and more.
In recent advocacy news, we submitted our
committee research on amendments made to
20 key economic laws to the new Ministers of
Finance, Economy, Justice, and the Vice Prime
Minister for Economic Issues. The analysis
highlights the need for improved public con-
sultation and provides specific improvement
proposals to a number of these laws made by
our Lawmaking & Enforcement Committee
members.
We were also recently honored to be the only
business association to attend a kick-off meet-
ing on the preparation of the government’s
2018-2020 National Economic Reform Pro-
gram (ERP) a process that the European Com-
mission supports in all enlargement countries.
This exercise is meant to help candidate coun-
tries and potential candidates to enhance their
economic policy and its governance as well as
their “institutional and analytical capacities and
to prepare them for participation in the EU’s
multilateral surveillance and economic policy
coordination procedures upon accession.” I was
encouraged to see the new Minister of Finance
taking this process very seriously and that our
previous ERP comments have already been an-
alyzed as an input into this coming round.
Finally, I received confirmation from the Min-
ister of Finance’s cabinet that our comments
helped shape the 2017-2020 Government Work
Plan (analyzed in detail in this issue).
My team and I look forward to continuing all
forms of cooperation with members and part-
ners this fall and wish all of our readers a rein-
vigorating summer vacation.
Sincerely,
Michelle Osmanli
Executive Director
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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Michelle Osmanli • PHOTOGRAPHER: Elena Fidanovska • DESIGN: Zoran Inadeski
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