Skopje, 5 March 2024 (MIA) - Minister of Defence Slavjanka Petrovska will open on Tuesday the NATO Industry Day, which brings together top officials of the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) and the NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA), as well as representatives of economic chambers, Macedonian companies and the academic community. 

"In addition to Minister Petrovska, Deputy PM for Economic Affairs Fatmir Bytyqi, NSPA General Manager Stacey Cummings, and NCIA Director of Acquisition Jennifer Upton will also address the opening event," said the Ministry of Defence. 

North Macedonia's NATO membership opened up an opportunity for Macedonian companies to participate in the NATO market worth around EUR 5 billion per year. In order to support companies in the process of obtaining the necessary certificates for participation in tenders on the NATO market, the Ministry created a Company Support Centre. 

"The Centre allows for registration of economic operators confirmed to fulfil conditions for participation in procurement procedures for the needs of NATO and the member states. Following the NATO membership, every year sees an increase in the interest of Macedonian companies to register in the records of economic operators. If eight companies were registered in 2021, and 11 in 2022, last year in 2023, 21 companies were registered in the records, while in the first two months of 2024 alone, the number of companies is four. So far, a total of 44 companies have been registered in the records of economic operators," said the Ministry of Defence. 

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