Key qualifications:

Mr. Gligor Mihailovski has more than 16 years of relevant professional experience in the field of social entrepreneurship development & CSR; mobilization of funds and capacity-building for central and local government, CSOs/networks, chambers of commerce and SMEs. He has more than 11 years of experience in developing of and consulting on EU and USG projects in N. Macedonia, Kosovo, Serbia, Montenegro and Albania. His key areas of expertise include fund raising, CSR and social entrepreneurship promotion, capacity building of CSOs, SMEs and public authorities, organization of procurement procedures as well as Project Cycle Management.

Trainer/Coach – Mr. Gligor Mihailovski has experience in developing and conducting training/coaching sessions for social entrepreneurship and CSR, strategic development, facilitation of multi-stakeholder partnerships, planning and management of EU projects, project proposal writing, project cycle management and innovations.

Consultant – Mr. Gligor Mihailovski is active as consultant in the area of EU/USG funding and project implementation, promotion of social entrepreneurship & CSR. Moreover, as an expert on EU/USG funding in N. Macedonia, Kosovo, Serbia and Montenegro he has been engaged in assignments related to advisory services on project proposal/tender writing as well as provision of backstopping services. His particular focus is on building cross-sector alliances. His various roles include engagement as Team Leader, Key Expert, Monitoring & Evaluation Expert, Procurement Expert.

Project Manager - Mr. Gligor Mihailovski has been responsible for the planning and programming of EU funded projects in the area of civil society development, social entrepreneurship and CSR, supporting chambers of commerce, SMEs promotion and equitable regional development. He has been part of the team working on USG funded calls for proposals. He has been also responsible for overall management of multi-stakeholder partnerships and cooperation of entrepreneurs and CSOs. His particular strengths are planning, programming, management, consultancy, research, procurement and facilitation skills in working with EU programmes and projects for CSOs, chambers of commerce in Macedonia and governmental institutions in the country. Mr. Gligor Mihailovski has had the project management or senior expert roles in implementation of several IPA/USAID projects.

Researcher / Evaluator - Mr. Gligor Mihailovski is author of different researches and analyses in N. Macedonia and Western Balkan region, such as: situational analyses of women and youth entrepreneurship; analyses of (new) IPA CBC programmes (as technical proposal writer); social entrepreneurship, etc. He has performed numerous external evaluations of (EU-funded) projects, including IPA CBC in N. Macedonia, Kosovo, Albania and Montenegro.