Women’s Entrepreneurship Fair EXPO 2025

Organized by the UN Women Office in Macedonia, in cooperation with the Association of Business Women, on November 13, 2025, at the Ragusa Group PARK, Skopje, starting at 09:30, the Women’s Entrepreneurship Fair EXPO 2025 – a satellite event in Macedonia was held. The event brought together women entrepreneurs, investors, business associations and institutional partners, with the aim of stimulating innovation, networking and the development of the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the country. The introductory discussion featured presentations by Ben Nupnau from the Delegation of the European Union, Vesna Ivanovic-Castarde, Head of the UN Women Office, Valentina Disoska, President, Association of Business Women, and Marjan Risteski, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Economy and Labor. At this extraordinary event, where our startups pitched to investors, the audience had the opportunity to actively participate – by asking questions, sharing ideas or finding opportunities for collaboration, creating supply chains or perhaps investing in the entrepreneurial ideas that would be presented. At the end, there was an announcement of the 3 most promising presentations from women’s businesses. NEXT-EM dooel also actively participated.