OUR TEAM

  • Andreja STOJKOVSKI
    Senior Researcher-Analyst


    Graduated law at the Faculty of Law of the University Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Skopje and earned his Masters degree in Application of the Law of the European Union at the University Charles III in Madrid. His research interest includes International Environmental Law and European Environmental Law; Constitutional and Political System of the European Union; Application of the Law of the European Union at National Courts and the European Court of Justice; Transposition and Harmonisation of EU Legislation into the National Legal Order;  Stabilisation and Association process and relations between the European Union and Macedonia; etc.

    As of October 2009 he has been elected as Teaching Assistant of EU Structures and Institutions by the University American College - Skopje.

    Andreja is part of the Team of MCET since 2007.

  • Ljupco PETKOVSKI
    Senior Researcher Analyst


    Graduated Political Sciences and International Relations at the University of Ljubljana and earned his Masters Degree in Political Management at the University Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Skopje.

    His research interest includes Democratisation, Nationalism and Extreme Political Movements, such as Populism; European Integration and Theories of Integration; EU Enlargement Policy.

    He is part of the Team of the Macedonian Centre for European Training since 2011.

  • Aleksandar KOLEKESKI
    Aleksandar KOLEKESKI


    PHD in public administration at South East European University (SEEU) - Tetovo. Holder of Master’s degree at Ss. Cyril and Methodius University (UKIM) in Skopje.  Participated in a one-year research period at the Northern Arizona University (NAU) in Flagstaff, USA, as a Fulbright fellow researcher. His research interests include institutional change, human capital development, European integration and Union programmes. Aleksandar is part of the Macedonian Center for European Training team since the beginning of 2014.

  • Diana Bliznakovska
    Researcher / Analyst


    Graduated law at the University of St. Cyril and Methodius in Skopje and afterwards has passed the bar exam. She is LL.M at Europa Institut in Saarbrücken, Germany. Her research interests are: competition policy, the system of protection of human rights in the European Union, harmonization of national legislation with EU legislation, accession of Republic of Macedonia to the European Union. Diana is part of the Macedonian Center for European Training team from the beginning of 2014. 

  • Hristijan KONESKI
    Intern


  • Goran LAZAROV
    Researcher-Analyst


    Graduated law at the Faculty of Law of the University Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Skopje, and is currently preparing his master thesis at the department of business law at the same university. His research work includes democracy, human rights, europeanization of the politics of state members; EU Enlargement Policy. He is part of the Team of the Macedonian Centre for European Training since 2013.

  • Filip KONDOVSKI
    Intern


    Filip Kondovski is a student at the MA programme in Political management at the Faculty of Law "Iustiniana Prima" at the University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius. Currently he is engaged as research intern at the Macedonian Centre for European Training (MCET). His fields of interest are the europeanization and democratization of post-communist societies.

  • Mr. Mitko SEVRIEVSKI
    Senior Researcher Analyst


  • Bojan MARICHIKJ
    Executive Director


    He holds a Bachelor Degree in Law from the University Ss. Cyril & Methodius in Skopje, a Master of Laws from the University of Amsterdam, and an M.A. in Modern European Studies from University College London.

    His research interests include Judiciary and Fundamental Rights, EU Constitutional and Political system, EU Law in the national legal order, EU in multilateral foreign relations, Europeanization of the politics, policy and polity in the candidate countries, EU political conditionality, and etc.