Agenda

  Tuesday, 15^th November 2022

 09.30 – 10.00 h

Registration of participants

Greetings and introduction

10.00 – 10.30 h

Opening remarks

Patrick Martens, Delegate of the German Industry and Commerce in North Macedonia

Hon. Kreshnik Bekteshi, Minister of Economy in the Government of North Macedonia

H.E. Otto Graf, Deputy-German Ambassador in North Macedonia

Branko Azeski, President of the Economic Chamber of North Macedonia

Bekim Emini, Invest North Macedonia

Rene Schlee, Head of the Friedrich-Ebert Foundation North Macedonia

EXPO

Block 1.

10.30 – 12.00 h

Panel 1 – Economic growth in North Macedonia Driven by Skilled Labor – Graduation Ceremony of the First Generation of Industrial Mechatronics Technicians

Opening Remarks

• - Hon. Lulzim Aliu, Deputy-Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of North Macedonia
• - Tobias Bolle, Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce, DIHK
• - Dejan Chupovski, Programme Manager, Dual VET (Moderation)

Official Handover of AHK/DIHK Certificates to the First Generation of Graduated Industrial Mechatronics Technicians (2018-2022)

Welcoming the Fifth Generation of Dual Students

Panel Discussions on Dual VET

• - Closing the gap on the labor market by implementing dual VET according to German standards; Representatives of Dräxlmaier, Kostal, ODW-Elektrik, LTH Learnica
• - Conducting practical training of students and cooperation between the private sector and the vocational schools; Company trainers and school representatives
• - Student’s experience with the dual VET programme in Industrial Mechatronics

12.00 – 13.00 h

Lunch

13.00 – 14.00 h

Panel 2 - Supply Chain Due Diligence Act and the impact on the Textile Industry - New suppliers from the Balkans

Valon Sadiki, Program Coordinator, Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation (Moderation)

Biljana Solakovska Mihajlovska, Regional Coordinator for Eastern Europe, Fairware

Marijana Perkovska, President of Textile Trade Association of Macedonia – Textile Cluster

Edvin Prence, Chairman of Association PROEKSPORT ALBANIA garments and footwear presso PEA

Florian Zekja, Manager, Tonis Group Albania

Katharina Schöne, Senior Sales Executive, Cargodian GmbH

Block 2.

14.00 - 16.00 h

B2B meetings

16.00 – 17.00 h

Cocktail

  Wednesday, 16^th November 2022

 09.30 – 10.00 h

Registration of participants

Greetings and introduction

10.00 – 10.30 h

Opening remarks

Patrick Martens, Delegate of the German Industry and Commerce in North Macedonia

Daniel Braun, Head of the Konrad-Adenauer Foundation North Macedonia

Mehmetali Shaqiri, Founder and CTO, Appstellar Kosovo

EXPO

Block 1.

10.30 – 12.00 h

Panel 3 - Desturbed supply chains after the Russian Invasion into Ukraine

Andreas Lier, Managing Director, BASF Romania & Bulgaria

Ralf Krueger, Head EMEA Region, LANXESS Group Slovak Republic

Viktor Mizo, Managing Director, Kostal Macedonia

Rico Chmelik, Managing Director, Automotive Thüringen e.V Germany

David Piegazki, KVP WB6 Regional Coordinator Serbia

Irena Kuzmanovska, Co-Head of Credit Risk, ProCredit Bank Macedonia

12.00 – 13.00 h

Lunch

13.00 – 14.00 h

Panel 4 – IT Potential from North Macedonia and Kosovo

Hon. Admirim Aliti, Minister for IT in the Government of North Macedonia

Mark Vasic, Head of International Regulatory Affairs, Deutsche Telekom

Tarek Annan, Deputy CEO, Mittelstand 4.0 Center for Competence IT-Wirtschaft Germany

Nora Hasani, Executive Director, Kosovar-German Business Association

Simon Floeth, Head of Digital Transformation Center at the ITP Prizren

Damjan Manchevski, Director of Strategic Accounts & General Manager for Balkans, MAK-SYSTEM

Dafina Zymeri Shala, Head of Growth, Appstellar Kosovo

Aleksandar Todorov, Branch Manager for Medium Business clients, ProCredit Bank Macedonia

Aneta Pesheva, CEO, ULTRA Computing/Unet Group Macedonia

Block 2.

14.00 – 16.00 h

B2B meetings