Cover STORY
Cover STORY
Summer 2018 / Issue 58
Skopje , Valandovo , and Veles took part in the competition . The students had the opportunity to present their companies and products in front of a five-member jury consisting of experts in entrepreneurship and business . The jury had a real challenge to choose the three best student companies : UnicaSpera from Veles , Find and Buy from Gevgelija , and Lumenis from Skopje .
The winning student company at the National Competition , UnicaSpera from Veles , had the opportunity to participate in the European Competition in Belgrade , on July 16-19 .
Every year , Junior Achievement Europe organizes the Company of the Year Competition . This award is granted to the student company that demonstrates the best approach to communication , teamwork , problem-solving , management , product development , customer focus , marketing , and financial results . Team Sure- Light from UK was awarded the JA Europe Company of the Year 2018 award in recognition of their outstanding accomplishments during the competition .
In addition to the above-mentioned programs , students who participated in the JA Company Program and Entrepreneurial Skills Pass in Macedonia last year will also have the opportunity to ‘ shadow ,’ or follow a business leader for one day . The ‘ job shadow ’ concept is a powerful experience for both young people and business leaders involved . The leaders share their own career experiences and lessons learned and include their young ‘ shadow ’ in the activities of their entire work day . The students have a chance to glean what managing a business looks like in the ‘ real world ,’ which brings the world of entrepreneurship closer to them . The fact that this experience also makes young people more employable will be of interest to prospective employers and relevant businesses in Macedonia .
This year the Leaders-for-a- Day event , foreseen for November 2018 , will bring together 20 students and 20 managers from the business sector . In this effort JA Macedonia will collaborate with the best-in-class organization AmCham Macedonia in order to enhance its outreach to policy-makers and the private sector .
Through the JA Company Program in the years to come , JA Macedonia expects to develop generations of high school students with newly-acquired entrepreneurial mindset .
New Member Highlight
Euromax Resources DOO Skopje is a development company , focused on building and operating the Ilovica-Shtuka copper and gold project in South East Macedonia . The ultimate parent company is Euromax Resources Ltd , a Canadian public company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the ticker “ EOX ”.
At € 343 million , the Ilovica-Shtuka Project would be one of the largest single investments in Macedonia . It will boost the economy with gross value added impact on GDP of around 3 % per annum and in the first two years , during the construction phase , will create up to 3,200 direct and indirect jobs .
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