About the Forum

The conference “Macedonian Energy Forum” is being organized for the second time, after its impressive first edition in 2018. The forum is an initiative of AD ESM – JSC Power Plants of North Macedonia, the Government of Republic of North Macedonia, the US Embassy in Skopje and ZIP institute and it will be held on 15-17 May 2019, in Struga, Republic of North Macedonia.

This year, Macedonian Energy Forum is organized around the topics of the global energy transition, new energy sources, energy efficiency and the challenges of the region of Southeast Europe toward the global trends. Macedonian Energy Forum in 2018 started as an initiative whose aim was to encourage a regular formal dialogue on various energy related topics, contribute to clarifying the interests of energy investors in the region and offer alternative solutions in terms of geo-strategic energy positions.

In 2019, we move deeper into the challenge the region faces with when joining the energy trends in the world, the role of new technologies in improving the production process of electricity, the responsibility toward the environment, as well as the investments in energy efficiency as one of the main ways to reduce electricity consumption in the future. We remain committed to the commitments put ahead last year that the organization of the Macedonian Energy Forum is in the spirit of the strategy of the Republic of North Macedonia to organize international events and conferences and to encourage dialogue as an essential part of the process of Europeanization of the society. We want to make sure that the outcomes of our forum in the form of conclusions, proposals and recommendations have been transferred to the public and to all relevant, competent and interested stakeholders in the field of energy.