Assembly Republic of North Macedonia - National European Integration Council

NATIONAL EUROPEAN INTEGRATION COUNCIL

Being guided by the strategic determination of the Republic of Macedonia for membership in the EU and being fully supported by its citizens, and in particular taking into consideration the necessary criteria and the obligations taken over by the institutions in charge and all the social entities, the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia, on its session held on 19 November 2007 adopted a Decision Establishing the National European Integration Council (Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia No.140/2007).

On the Session held on 6 July 2011, the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia adopted a Decision Amending the Decision Establishing the National European Integration Council (Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia No. 91/2011).

The Council has Chairperson, Deputy Chairperson, 15 Members and 9 Deputy Members: 9 members from among the MPs, who have heir Deputies and 6 Members coming from other institutions: Vice Prime Minister on European Integration, Representative from the Cabinet of the President of the Republic of Macedonia , Representative from the Cabinet of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia, Macedonian Academy of Science and Arts, Community of the Local Self-Government Units and from the Journalists Association of the Republic of Macedonia. These six members participate in the work of the Council, having no right to vote.

The Chairperson of the Council comes from among the MPs who are in the Opposition, and the Deputy Chairperson from the ruling parliamentary parties.

Members and Deputy Members of the Council: three Members and three Deputy Members are from the MPs who are in the Opposition; three Deputy Members are from the MPs of the ruling parliamentary parties.

Ex officio members are: the Chairperson of the European Affairs Committee, Chairperson of the Foreign Policy Committee and Co-chairperson of the Joint Parliamentary Committee of the Republic of Macedonia and the EU, and Ex officio Deputy members are: the Deputy Chairperson of the European Affairs Committee, Deputy Chairperson of the Foreign Policy Committee and one of the Deputy chairpersons of the Joint Parliamentary Committee of the Republic of Macedonia and the EU.

The manner of work, the rights and the obligations of the chairperson, the deputy - chairperson and members of the Council, the publicity of the work and the expert, administrative and other logistics of the Council are regulated by the Rules of the National Council adopted on 25 October 2011.

The Council brings its decisions by reaching consensus from among the present MPs having the right to vote.

The sessions of the Council are public. The Chairperson of the Council or at least one third of the members can propose the Council to work in camera Council should accept the proposal by consensus.

Chair: RADMILA SHEKERINSKA

Vice-Chair: SILVANA BONEVA

            Members: ILIJA DIMOVSKI
                               ALEKSANDAR SPASENOVSKI
                                SUZANA SALIU
                                MERAL UZEIRI-FERATI
                                TITO PETKOVSKI
                                GORDAN GEORGIEV
                                HAJRULA MISINI
                                ANTONIO MILOSHOSKI
                                KENAN HASIPI

FATMIR BESIMI
Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia, Authorised for European Integration

professor, PhD DIMITAR MIRCHEV
Cabinetr of the resident of the Republic of Macedonia

PhD METODIJ HADZI-VASKOV
Cabinet of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia

Academic LJUPCHO KOCAREV
Macedonian Academy of Art and Science

ILCHO ZAHARIEV
Association of the Local Self-Governance Units

NASER SELMANI
Chair of the Union of Journalists of the Republic of Macedonia

Deputy-Members: HRISTINA RUNCHEVA
                                   MILE PACHEMSKI
                                   REXHAILJ ISMAILI
                                   ORHAN IBRAIMI
                                   ANA PAVLOVSKA-DANEVA
                                   SAFET BISHEVAC
                                   ALEKSANDAR NIKOLOSKI
                                   NEXHATI JAKUPI
                                   ERMIRA MEHMETI

Representatives:

ANOTONI PESHEV
Economic Chamber of Macedonia

ZLATKO KALENIKOV
Macedonian Chambers of Commerce

ZIVKO MITREVSKI
Federationof Trade Unions of Macedonia

DOJCHIN CVETANOSKI
Confederation of Free Trade Unions ofMacedonia

SLOBODAN ANTOVSKI
Union of Independent and AutonomousTrade Unions of Macedonia

TANJA HAFNER ADEMI
Civil Platform of Macedonia

HISBE ATITUDE HERACLEAN EPISCOPE KLIMENT
Macedonian Orthodox Church

SKENDER BUZAKU
Islamic Religious Community

TOME KOLEV
Catholic Church

TRAJCHE MINOV
Evangelist-Methodist Church

BLAGOJA MLADENOVSKI
Jewish Community of the Republic of Macedonia