Events

Let’s celebrate YOUth together! Celebrate us, our stories, our struggles and wins, no matter how small or big they may be, our solidarity, our togetherness, our uniqueness. Celebrate being young. Let’s raise our voices and tell everyone that we are here. This is exactly what we are inviting you to do on the upcoming Youth Fest. We invite you to …

The fourth YOUTHpreneur Talk took place on Tuesday, on March 8. This day as the International Women’s Day was the finale of the events concluded with the inspirational stories of four successful women. Dedicating this event to them, we aspired to inspire the participants with the professional successes of these young businesswomen.  As an online happening, it was meant to …

We have begun March with our third YOUTHpreneur Talk. It was an online event on the platform Zoom where 30 people were present and four very successful stories were shared. Nice words were spread by the young entrepreneurs – Lokman Musliu from Lucky Media, Nikola Jordanovski from Upshift, Irina Janevska from Arno and Miroslav Draganov from Co-Creators with Maja Slaveva …

More than 25 participants joined the second YOUTHpreneur Talk organized by the Youth Council of the US Embassy in the Republic of North Macedonia with support from American Corner Skopje/ American Educational Center. Young entrepreneurs working in marketing, services and IT had the opportunity to share their experiences and challenges about starting a business in North Macedonia and answer questions from the audience. …

On February 15, Tuesday, we organized the first in the series of YOUTHpreneur Talks. It happened online on the platform Zoom with more than 40 people in attendance. The Zoom podium was shared by inspiring young entrepreneurs: Olga Rajchikj – Co-Founder of Challenger, Orhan Bagashov – Founder & CEO of eBionics, Artan Xhemaili – Co-Founder of Adaptech LLC and Andrej Kocevski – Co-Founder & CEO …

Society’s expectations and traditional gender roles have an influence on why men are less likely to discuss or seek help for their mental health problems. Research also suggests that men who can’t or won’t speak openly about their emotions may be less able to recognize symptoms of mental health problems in themselves, and less likely to ask for help. These …

On August 16 in a community building event between the Youth Council and U.S. Embassy’s internal Volunteer Corps the members, along with American Corner Skopje staff, U.S. Embassy staff met in Umbrella Restaurant for differently-abled people and managed to cook around 200 meals for people in need. This community building activity held a huge significance for community relations, as well …

On September 5 the Youth Council hosted a movie and snacks night in American Corner Skopje featuring the movie “Little Miss Sunshine” and a discussion afterwards on the topic of mental health.

The message that our priority will be mental health was conveyed through a celebration of World Youth Day on August 12 through a casual networking event. The event featured three signature non-alcoholic drinks “Anxiety on the beach”, “Tropical Depression”, and “Brain Drain on Ice” that came with a caster containing facts about these youth concerns. On the event the members …

On April 7, the council organized a festival that showcased, through an interactive exhibition, twenty-one stories of the youth in North Macedonia. Other stories that were procured were shared through social media campaign, that had its biggest social media peak at 80K people reached organically, and are periodically still being shared on the council’s social media platform. The festival hosted …