The Acting President of ECNWM, Mr. Nuhi Aliu, together with the Executive Director, Mr. Durim Zekiri, participated in the Annual Conference organized by the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of North Macedonia, on the topic “Formalization of the informal economy: Through cooperation towards success”
This activity brought together the highest representatives of the Government, economic chambers, employers’ organizations, trade unions, as well as representatives of the academic community, with the aim of addressing the challenges related to the informal economy and to discuss concrete solutions for increasing transparency and fair competition in the market.
Reducing the gray (informal) economy, minimizing corruption and unfair competition, as a prerequisite for healthy economic competitiveness, is a long-standing strategic pillar of ECNWM and constitutes one of the main priorities of its institutional commitment.
During the conference, a partnership and action declaration was signed between the participating parties. This declaration of basic principles has the advancement of legal regulation, the protection of workers’ rights, the improvement of public services, the stimulation of formalization through the support of SMEs, as well as informal workers, the creation of inclusive policies and so on.
ECNWM remains committed to actively contributing to such initiatives and to supporting any process that promotes transparency, fair competition and long-term development of the economy. In this regard, the Chamber lobbies for the minimization of corruption and unfair competition, for the reduction of the level of the gray economy in the Republic of North Macedonia, which constitutes a high percentage of the country’s GDP, through long-term concrete demands.
