EPICENTAR International has been contracted by the AgBiz Program to prepare the assessment study for the effect of the Government of Macedonia Agriculture support programs in the period 2005-2011 ...
EPICENTAR International has produced the Financial Screening of the “NP Mavrovo” for a ten years period which presents full analysis of the revenues and expenses and the related services for nature conservation, sustainable use of natural resources, visitor management, tourism services.
EPICENTAR International as Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Lead Facilitator of USAID AgBiz Program in cooperation with a number of academic and technical experts, Federation of ...
between the Economic Chamber of Macedonia and the Government of Macedonia in the frames of the USAID IDEAS project
EPI CENTAR International has been contracted by USAID IDEAS project to support the process for establishing of mechanisms for public-private dialogue between the business sector and the Government…
We will offer our local and international clients, partners ...
EPICentar exists to be “your partner of choice” providing consultancy to enforce economic development of the region.We will offer our local and international clients, partners and…
for the selected nine agriculture fresh products on the regional export markets
Market Opportunities Research for the selected nine agriculture fresh products on the regional export markets
EPICENTAR Team has organized market opportunities research on the regional markets for the selected five agriculture products on the export…
EPI CENTAR International provides tourism development services on three levels: a) strategic development level, b) operating program level and c) implementation level. Inline with our experience and unique approach based on participation and mobilization of all available resources in the planning and implementation process EPI CENTAR provides the following services:
1.Preparation of long and short term Development Strategies on national, regional and local level, based on the extensive data analysis, dynamic field research and open round review and discussion process with the relevant stakeholders
2.Preparation of Tourism Operating Plans and Programs for municipalities, tour operators, travel agencies with previous assessment of the resources available, full institutional mapping, and market demand analysis
3.Implementation of tourism interventions on local and regional level such as Facilitation of Establishment of organization entities (cooperatives, companies, organizations), organization of public-private dialogues between tourism service providers and authorities, organization of soft skills and customer care trainings, development of promotion and marketing campaign etc.
In all of the services offered EPI CENTAR takes special care of balanced approach of social and economic development, inclusion of all social groups and economic sectors and long-term sustainability in the development based on realistic plans, indicators and resources available.
EPI CENTAR offers Organization Development Service for assisting organization development and overcoming organization obstacles through effective and collaborative management.
1.Strategic Operations Planning
- NGO Program and Project Midterm Development Strategies
- Mid term Budgeting Assistance and Planning Strategies
- Funding Assistance and Funding Application Preparation
2.Organization Effectiveness Strategizing
- Group Facilitation, Goal Setting, Teambuilding Assistance
- Training Needs Assessment (TNA) and Organization Structuring
EPI CENTAR helps organizations succeed with their projects, from design, implementation and monitoring progress to assessing final outcomes. EPI CENTAR incorporates performance monitoring into the implementation of all its projects to provide clients with the best possible results.
In this respect EPI CENTAR offers:
1.Preparation of Project Proposals and Project Applications based on the professional and extensive experience of its staff in accordance with the main donor criteria such as USAID, EU, SIDA, UNDP, SDC and others;
2.Preparation of Operating Implementation Plans, facilitation of operational planning and financial mechanisms establishment for project, institutions and organizations
3.Preparation of Monitoring Plans and Self-Evaluation Procedures for large projects and institutions to enhance its development and improve their productivity
4.Preparation of Assessment Reports based on comprehensive research using the most contemporary tools in various activity and intervention sectors
5.Organization of Baseline Assessment, Mid-Term Evaluations and Final Evaluations of different scale projects and interventions providing realistic key-findings and recommendations specifically designed fro the client and its needs
EPI CENTAR strives through its work to bring together the complementary skills of economy science and social science services consisted of sustainable and innovative approaches in the area of rural and agriculture development, as the most important segment of the rural communities.
In this respect recognizing agriculture and agribusiness as the top priority development sectors in the country and in the region, EPI CENTAR offers following services:
1.Preparation of IPARD Applications based on the intensively trained human resources and experience in business planning and rural development
2.Preparation of Research Studies and Analysis of the specific agriculture and agribusiness sub-sectors
3.Preparation of Agriculture Product Profiles and Value-Chain Analysis taking into account the backward and vertical links
4.Preparation of Agriculture and Agribusiness Performance National, Regional and Local reports
5.External and Internal Factor Analysis on the agriculture and agribusiness development (subsidies, green measures, productivity indictors etc).
In each of the services offered EPI CENTAR takes into account the following lead indicators (agricultural income improvement, employment generation, skills development, improvement of the managerial capacities, increased productivity, nature conservation and environmental friendly actions).
The Public-Private Partnership (PPP) is a combined partnership venture between of the government service as the public partner and the private business. Recognizing the necessity of mobilizing mutual efforts EPI CENTAR aims to support a system in which good relations and cooperation between private and public partners will be established and maintained.
EPI CENTAR facilitates the process of establishments of public private partnerships. The principle of partnership is of high value in EPI CENTAR’s approach. The partnership of the public partner and one or more private sector partners combines the strengths of both sectors in order to jointly optimize the activities the financing and the operation of the project. EPI CENTAR prepares:
1.Assistance in Negotiations in between the partners for establishment and operation of the PPP
2.Assistance and preparation of overall Tendering procedure, Bid Documents, and Model Agreements for PPP, preparation of concession negotiations
3.Analysis and Interpretation of Legal Regulation for specific PPP
4.Full Scenario and Cost Benefit Analysis of the specific Capital investments and providing recommendations for selection of the most adequate PPP model
EPI Centar International provides specific business consulting services aimed at development of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises with ultimate aim is to strengthen their individual and collective competitiveness.
EPI Centar provides individual consulting to each client and based on their needs through in-depth cooperation with the client and inline with globally proven methods and approaches for the companies incorporating the local conditions for maximum efficiency and creation of sustainable competitive advantage.
1.Small & Medium Business Assistance
- Preparation of Business Plans for financing for the financial institutions, for potential strategic partners, EU funds, IPARD funds, other specific fund applications.
- Preparation of full Financial Screening Analysis and Optimization with mapping of the processes and provision of recommendations for optimization
- Providing Tailor-madeInstructions on the topics of financing, finds availability, business networking, funds availability
2.Strategic Analysis
- Preparation of CapitalInvestment Analysisand Budgeting with scenario analysis and financial valuation models for specific investment for the business to undertake the best investment approach
- Preparation of full Business Environment Screening for foreign investments
- Preparation of Prefeasibility and full Feasibility Studies for sector specific investments considering the viability of the investment thorough considering the financial, economical, commercial, environmental, social aspects
- Preparation of full fledged of market, sector, product, or product group specific Value Chain Analysis Studies
3.Market Research
- Conducting Market Research Analysis through preparation and organization of the full process of analysis for research specific markets
-Marketing Strategy and Positioning Strategy preparation for specific products, products groups based on a thorough research and analysis
The national employment rate by age group (20-64) in Republic of Macedonia illustrates an increase from 2005 onwards, and it has achieved 48% of the total active population. This means that from an average of 65-67% employment rate around 48% are in this age group, while the rest of 17-19% belong to other age groups.
The share of renewable gross final energy consumption has increased in the last three years from 11,5% to 16,6%, however in a ten years period it has decreased from 17,9% to 16,6%. This is a result of much faster increase of energy use, rather than production of renewable energies.Republic of Macedonia belongs to the European countries with mid use of renewable energy consumption, and low renewable energy producer.
The tourism overnights in the coutnry are increasing in the last three years, reaching its maximum in 2008, and again slight decrease in 2009 when from 2,2 million overnights in 2008, the next year, 2009 around 2,1 million overnights have been registered. This illustrates that the tourism market has large fluctuations and it is still unstabile, however there is development trend in the sector.
The analysis of the GDP growth per sectors in the last ten years do not show any dramatic changes in the participation of the sectors in creation of the total country GDP. The agriculture is around 12%, industry and mining has a decrease of 6 % in ten years period, while an increase of 6% is registered in the financial sector. In general the financial services and real estate business are the highest growing sector in the creation of total country GDP.
Study for development of Shar Planina tourism, supported by Ministry of economy and Centar for Regional Development of Polog
