September 2009

Commissioner FIGEĽ in Skopje
 

The Commissioner for education, training, culture and youth Ján FIGEĽ will pay a visit to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on 3 and 4 September 2009.

During the visit, the Commissioner will have meetings with the Prime Minister Nikola GRUEVSKI, the Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration Vasko NAUMOVSKI,, the Minister of Education Nikola TODOROV, and the Minister of Culture Elizabeta KANČESKA-MILEVSKA,.

Commissioner Figeľ together with the Deputy Prime Minister Naumovski, Minister Todorov and the Director of the National Agency for European Educational Programmes and Mobility Bosko Nelkovski, will take part in a panel discussion on "EU opportunities for youth and students from the Western Balkans" which will be held at the EU InfoCentre on 3 September.

In his role of a patron, Commissioner Figeľ will open the XIV Edition of the Biennale of Young Artists from Europe and the Mediterranean which will be held from 3 to 12 September in Skopje.