#JacquesMiniane IMF Keep the budget deficit contained, and investment high by responsible spending. Also it is important to continue working on lower the inflation

Ivailo Izvorski #WorldBank The EU is a convergencence machine, it takes low income countries middle income countries and it makes them high income economy in decade or two or three #SEFF2023 #EuropeYesEuropeNow

#ZivkoMukaetov In order to succeed in the EU one must follow the principles of good governance, compliance, have high and constant quality of the product and services and being competitive enough #SEFF2023 #EuropeYesEuropeNow

Björn Gabriel It is important for companies now to start greening their business models in order to boost their competitiveness. The links to the EU markets are strong and the EU markets shift towards greens economy #SEFF2023 #EuropeYesEuropeNow

Artan Grubi From past experience every time we make a courageous decision it pays off for us…We achieved peace, we become members of NATO#SEFF2023 #EuropeYesEuropeNow

#LjupcoNikolovski #MZSV 30 years we are talking about consolidation in agriculture, and now thanks to our commitment to EU, we are leaders in agriculture consolidation

#Angelovska Bezhoska We need to strive for more integration in terms of trade and finance. The cost of deglobalization is between 3-8% of GDP #SEFF2023 #EuropeYesEuropeNow

Andrea Silvestri To answer your question, Europe-definitely yes, and for the timing - Now is the right timing for eu integration process #SEFF2023 #EuropeYesEuropeNow

Petra Drexler, Ambassador There is evident influence of geopolitics on business decisions #SEFF2023 #EuropeYesEuropeNow

#AbdylmenafBexheti  In the past three years the challenge was to take measures and drafting policies. But during the crisis there are opportunities as well. There are opportunities in our geopolitics #SEFF2023 #EuropeYesEuropeNow

An interesting discussion on Panel 3- Geopolitics, Policy Making and Finance. Thank you, Artan Grubi , #LjupchoNikolovski, #AnitaAngelovskaBezoska, #NicolasMarquier, H.E. Andrea Silvestri , H.E. Petra Drexler Petra Drexler, Ambassador .

Aneta Dimovska Economic Chamber MK : In global perspective the key challenges for countries and businesses in the coming period, are related to the growth of population and ww level of migration, the development of AI, and climate change #SEFF2023 #EuropeYesEuropeNow

Trajan Angeloski #SSK The reform of public administration and digitalization is a big challenge for our further pathan to EU #SEFF2023 #EuropeYesEuropeNow

Aneta Antova Pesheva #MASIT: We as a country, urgently need a single digitalization strategy.  Let’s adopt a one strategy and stick to it #SEFF2023 #EuropeYesEuropeNow

#MendiKjura - Among the priorities of our Chamber is to draft a joint plan at least for 10 years to redirect the young to be more marketable on the labor market. Also there is the digitalization of economies to be more competitive #SEFF2023 #EuropeYesEuropeNow

Last but not least Panel No. 4. The Global Trends and Business Opportunities were discussed among our fantastic panelists: #AbdylmenafBexheti, Trajan Angeloski #SSK, Aneta Antova Pesheva #MASIT, Aneta Dimovska Economic Chamber MK, #MendiKjura, #DraganDavitkov & #IvanKostic.

Dragan Davitkov AmCham North Macedonia We’ve done good and acted strategically. It is really easy to build bridges but sometimes it is difficult to cross them. I’m happy AmCham have successful stories to tell and hope to have many more to share #SEFF2023 #EuropeYesEuropeNow

Ivan Kostic #PMI Digitalization and infrastructure are the way to secure competitiveness of our companies #SEFF2023 #EuropeYesEuropeNow

“Joining the Union will be of huge advantage for the citizens and the business sector. We are all inpatient, but we have to show patience to achieve our goals. I’m confident that this is possible!” Johannes Hahn #SEFFmessages #SEFF2023

#TomasBocek CEB➡️Social development bank for Europe “SEFF is very important, because it brings together politicians, economists, IFI’s, academicians, to discuss very important questions for the whole WB region, on how to advance in the path of EU integration.“ #SEFFmessages #SEFF2023