We are a passionate group of impact evaluators dedicated to helping public and private institutions improve their policies & programs and provide the best value to society and their stakeholders. We rely on knowledge, professional skills and competences acquired at various renowned domestic and foreign universities. As an organisation who continuously learns, we are devoted to investing in enhancing and upgrading the skills of our team. Meet our team below.
Our Team
Blagica Petreski
Consultant
Blagica is the Founder of Finance Impaq. Her research interest involves an array of development topics like poverty, unemployment, gender inequalities, social entrepreneurship for women. She is a committed advocate for better economic policies as well actively engaged in shaping the public debate on economic issues in the country and the region. She holds a PhD in Economics and an MSc in Finance from the University Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Skopje.
Blagica obtained a certificate of participation in and successful completion of an online course on “Evaluation of Public Policies” organized by PEP in collaboration with Laval University.
Blagica has been actively contributing to the development agenda of the International Labor Organization, UNDP, UN Women and other agencies, as well as a multitude of domestic and regional private entities.
Despina Tumanoska
Consultant
Despina’s research interest involves issues like macroeconomic policies, unemployment, sectoral economic policies, applied econometrics and the like. Despina is actively engaged in the public debate on current economic topics. She is a PhD candidate in Economics and an MSc graduate from the University American College Skopje. In 2012, she won the Annual award for Young Researcher conferred by the National Bank of the Republic of Macedonia.
Despina obtained a certificate of participation in and successful completion of an online course on “Evaluation of Public Policies” organized by PEP in collaboration with Laval University.
Despina has been actively working on employment issues commissioned by the International Labor Organization and UN Women.
Marjan Petreski
Advisor
Dr. Marjan Petreski is a Full Professor at the School of Business Economics and Management of the University American College Skopje. He holds a PhD from Staffordshire University, UK. His research lately focuses on issues related to labor markets, social policy and the welfare state, with a strong focus on transition economies. He published widely in international peer-reviewed journals.
Marjan worked on a dozen of impact evaluations in the domain of his research interest.
Marjan served external consultant of the World Bank, International Labor Organization, UNCTAD, UN Women, UNDP, Regional Cooperation Council and others.