Nikola Todorov Appointed New Minister for Education and Science

As of July 10, 2009, Nikola Todorov has been appointed Minister of Education and Science of the FYR of Macedonia. Todorov had graduated from the Faculty of Law at the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje and worked in different management positions in the public and private field.

FP7 Information Days in Skopje

On September 3, 2009 the Ministry of Education and Science held an Institutional Info Day on health at the Institute for Public Health in Skopje. Representatives of all Institutes for Public Health in the FYR of Macedonia attended the event. Presentations mainly dealt with the possibilities of FP7 cooperation in the field of health and the topics of the newly opened FP7 HEALTH-2010 call.

Furthermore, the ministry organised an information day for researchers and stakeholders from the FYR of Macedonia for the promotion of open calls within FP7 (e.g. REGPOT, Regions of Knowledge, Health, Energy and Bio). Researchers attended the event with great interest.

FYR of Macedonia participates in “Researchers Night”

The FYR of Macedonia also took part in the Europe-wide initiative “Researchers' Night”, aiming at bringing science closer to the public at large. The Agency for Electronic Communication organised an event in Bitola headed by ICT NCP Vladimir Ristevski. A round table was organised with representatives of the Academy of Science and the business sector, discussing “How to Enhance Macedonian Participation in FP7”.