This document provides a summary of Ivan Stefanovski's personal and professional background. It includes information on his education such as degrees earned from Ss Cyril and Methodius University in Macedonia. It also outlines his work experience in organizations such as the Media Development Center and the Foundation Open Society Macedonia. Finally, it lists seminars, conferences, and trainings attended as well as additional activities like presentations delivered.

1. IVAN STEFANOVSKI LL.M.
Personal Information
Nationality: Macedonian
Birth Date: 17/07/1985
Address: No. 6/3, “Petar Chajkovski” Str., 1000 Skopje, Republic of
Macedonia
Telephone numbers: + 389 2 2035 015
+ 389 70 248 010
E-mail: stefanovskiivan@yahoo.com
ivan.stefanovski@sns.it
Skype: ivan.stefanovski85
Education
 PhD candidate in Political Science and Sociology, Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa
(seat in Florence), Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences – joint degree with the
University of Bologna, 2014 - (thesis supervisor: prof. Manuela Caiani, PhD; thesis
co-supervisor: prof. Donatella della Porta, PhD)
 PhD student in Constitutional Law, Ss Cyril and Methodius University, Justinianus
Primus Faculty of Law, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, 2013- (on hold)
GPA: 10/10, Draft thesis: “Comparative Analysis of needed Amendments to the
Constitutions of Balkan Countries in the Process of Joining the European Union; Case
Study – Republic of Macedonia” (on hold)
 LL.M. degree in Constitutional Law, Ss Cyril and Methodius University, Justinianus
Primus Faculty of Law, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, 2012
GPA: 10/10, Thesis: “Freedom of Assembly”
 Bachelor of Law – concentration in Constitutional Law and Political Systems, Ss
Cyril and Methodius University, Justinianus Primus Faculty of Law, Skopje, Republic
of Macedonia, 2008
GPA: 8.88/10
 Josip Broz – Tito High School, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, 2003
GPA: 4.68/5
Languages
Reading Writing Speaking
Macedonian (native)
English 5 5 5
Italian 4 4 3
French 4 3 2
S/C/B 5 3 5
Computer Skills
 Microsoft Office (Word, Power Point, Excel)
 MAXqda qualitative data analysis software
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2. Working Experience
 Media Development Center – 11/4 “Makedonija” Str. 1000 Skopje, Program Assistant
– USAID Project for Responsible Media and Media Legal Reform
- Main duties: Media legislation analyses, stakeholder monitoring, legal analyses,
January 2014 – November 2014
 Foundation Open Society Macedonia (FOSM) – 111 “Jane Sandanski” Blvd. 1000
Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, Law Program Assistant, November 2012-August 2013
- Main duties: Preparing draft – projects and budgets; close observation of key changes
in the Macedonian legal system; monitoring and communication with potential and
current grantees
 Institute of Directors – 8/1 “Petar Pop Arsov” Str. 1000 Skopje, Republic of
Macedonia, Junior Associate, November 2011 – October 2012
- Main duties: Responsible for the daily management of the Institute
 MOST C.A. – 7 “Strezovo” Str. 1000 Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, member of
the core team and SEC (State Election Commission) observer during the Early
Parliamentary Elections, April – July 2011
- Main duties: Daily monitoring of the work of the SEC, report writing, legal analyses of
the Electoral Code and other laws connected to elections and polity.
 MOST C.A. – 7 “Strezovo” Str. 1000 Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, project
assistant within the “Standards for Sustainability of the Accountability, Responsiveness
and Transparency of the Local Self – Government”, January 2011 – July 2011
- Main duties: Coordinating project activities, analysis, administrative assistance
 ENEMO (European Network of Election Monitoring Organizations), STO (short-term
observer) during the Kosovo Assembly Elections, December 2010
- Main duties: Field monitoring of the polling centers and polling stations in the
Gnilane and Vitina region, report writing
 MOST C.A. – 7 “Strezovo” Str. 1000 Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, observer at the
State Election Commission (SEC) concerning the early elections for Mayor of the
Municipality of Zajas, November – December 2010
- Main duties: Monitoring of the work of the SEC, report writing
 MOST C.A. – 7 “Strezovo” Str. 1000 Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, project
assistant within the “Accountable, Responsive, Transparent Local Self-Government”,
May 2010 – March 2011
- Main duties: Coordinating project activities, analysis, administrative assistance
 MOST C.A. – 7 “Strezovo” Str. 1000 Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, legal research
analyst, May 2010 – July 2011
- Main duties: Analyses concerning the Electoral code, comparative analyses of legal
systems, parliamentary procedures etc.
 MOST C.A. – 7 “Strezovo” Str. 1000 Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, trainer within
the “First Time Voters” part-time project, February 2010 – December 2010
- Main duties: conducting workshops in high schools throughout Macedonia concerning
elections and Election code
 Mile Petrovski Law Firm- 2/4 “Nju Delhiska” Str. 1000 Skopje, Republic of
Macedonia, lawyer trainee, March 2009 – May 2010
- Main duties: assisting the lawyer in his daily work in court and office
 AAG Communications-.8 “Petar Pop Arsov” Str. 1000 Skopje, Republic of
Macedonia, Junior Legal Consultant, August 2009 – September 2009 (one month project
concerning staff assessment of “Tikves” winery)
- Main duties: Translation of texts concerning staff assessment; administrative assistance
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3.  Justinianus Primus Faculty of Law-“Krste Misirkov” Blvd, 1000 Skopje, Republic of
Macedonia, member of the junior teaching staff in Constitutional Law and Political
Systems, October 2006 – February 2009
- Main duties: Giving classes and tutorials; marking parts of papers; administrative
assistance
Seminars, Conferences and Trainings
 ECPR Summer School in Methods and Techniques: Courses in Qualitative Data
Analysis (QDA) with NVivo and Applying the Policy Framework Analysis, ECPR and
Central European University, Budapest, Republic of Hungary, August 2016
 ECPR Winter School in Methods and Techniques: Course in Qualitative
Interviewing, ECPR and University of Bamberg, Bamberg, Federal Republic of
Germany, February-March 2016
 ECPR Summer School in Methods and Techniques: Courses in Process-Tracing
Methodology I – Foundations and Guidelines and Process Tracing Methodology II –
Evidence and Empirical Testing in Practice, ECPR and University of Ljubljana,
Ljubljana, Republic of Slovenia, July-August 2015
 The Future of Democracy in Belgium: Future Lab Europe meets the Friday Group;
European Policy Center and King Baudouin Foundation, Brussels, Kingdom of
Belgium, October 2014
 Together in Europe 2; Friedrich Ebert Stiftung; Various locations in Macedonia,
Greece and Albania, June 2014 –
 New Pact for Europe Scenario Workshop; European Policy Center, New Pact for
Europe, Brussels, Kingdom of Belgium, April 2014
 The Future of Democracy in Belgium; European Policy Center and King Baudouin
Foundation, Brussels, Kingdom of Belgium, November 2013
 FutureLab Europe; European Alliance for Democratic Citizenship, Brussels and
Brugge, Kingdom of Belgium, October 2013 – |April 2014
 Summer School on European Union and Legal Reform; Center for Constitutional
Studies and Democratic Development, Igalo, Montenegro, July 2013
 Together in Europe; Friedrich Ebert Stiftung; Various locations in Macedonia, Greece
and Bulgaria, October 2012 – October 2013
 EFB Community Alumni Meeting; European Fund for the Balkans; Zagreb, Republic
of Croatia, October 2012
 School of Public Policy “Mother Theresa”; Center for Research and Policy Making
(under the auspices of the Council of Europe Schools of Political Studies Program);
Various locations in the Republic of Macedonia; September 2012 – December 2013
 Europe in Focus: Macedonia’s Accession to the EU as a Topic for Adult Education;
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, DVV-International, Study Center Wiesneck – Buchenbach
bei Freiburg, Center for Civic Education – Baden-Wuerttemberg; Buchenbach –
Freiburg, Federal Republic of Germany September 2012
 International Summer School Sarajevo 2011, 5 year Alumni Conference
“Transitional Justice and Democracy Transition: Looking Back at the Past for
Gaining a Better Perspective on the Future”, Udruzhenje Pravnik; Konrad Adenauer
Stiftung, Sarajevo, BiH, July 2011
 Ohrid Framework Agreement 2011: Years of the Ohrid Framework Agreement,
Lessons (to be) Learned; CRPM, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia June 2011
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4.  Southeast Europe and the EU – Leadership Development Program; College of
Europe, European Fund for the Balkans, Transfuse Association, Robert Bosch
Stiftung, King Baudouin Foundation, Compagnia di San Paolo, ERSTE Foundation;
Bratislava, Vienna, Mauerbach, Brussels; September 2010 – April 2011
 International Summer School Sarajevo 2010 “Human Righs and Transtional
Justice”, Udruzhenje Pravnik; Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Sarajevo, BiH, July –
August 2010
 Collaboration Between NGO Sector and Parliament, Member of OC, MOST Citizens
Association, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, June 2010
 Open vs. Closed Lists, National Democratic Institute, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia,
March 2010
 AAA (Alternative Academic Agenda, The problems of Constitutional Development in
The Western Balkans, Justinianus Primus Faculty of Law, Skopje, Republic of
Macedonia, March 2008
 Kopaonik School of Natural Law, Serbian Lawyers Association, Kopaonik, Republic
of Serbia, December 2007
 SN – Cultural Heritage, YEF, Kopaonik, Republic of Serbia, November 2007
 Conference Referring to the ECHR, ELSA R.M., Mavrovo, Republic of Macedonia,
November 2007
 EU-wins, Youth Festival for European integrations, University of Novi Sad, Novi
Sad, Republic of Serbia, August 2007
 III Generation of Human Rights – social and cultural human rights, ELSA R.M.,
Krushevo, Republic of Macedonia, April 2007
 International STEP meeting, ELSA R.S., Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia, March 2007
 SN - Start Negotiating, Milenijum, Prizren, Kosovo, January 2007
 Kopaonik School of Natural Law, Serbian Lawyers Association, Kopaonik, Republic
of Serbia, December 2006
 25 years Against Discrimination, ELSA R.M., Mavrovo, Republic of Macedonia,
November 2006
Additional Activities, Presentations, Delivered Trainings and Workshops
 Presentation at the Serbian Political Science Association Annual Conference – “From
(de)democratization to Mobilization: The Cases of the “Bosnian Spring” and the
“Citizens for Macedonia” Movements”, Serbian Political Science Association and
Balkan Political Science Association, Belgrade, Republic of Serbia, September 2016
 Presentation at the ISSS Alumni Conference – “From Shallow Democratization to
Mobilization: The Cases of the “Bosnian Spring” and the “Citizens for Macedonia”
Movements”, Udruzhenje Pravnik and Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Sarajevo,
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, July 2016
 Presentation at the 24th
IPSA Congress of Political Science “Politics in a World of
Inequality” – “The Impact of Social Movements on Policy Outcomes in Partly-free
Democracies: Evidence from the “Citizens for Macedonia” Movement”, International
Political Science Association, Poznan, Republic of Poland, July 2016
 Presentation at the graduate student conference “European Union and Western
Balkans relations in future perspectives” – Criticizing Europe from Below:
Europeanization Claims-Making during the Protest Events in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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5. and Macedonia, University of Tirana and University of Bologna – Forli, Tirana,
Republic of Albania, June 2016
 Presentation at the ECPR SGEU Conference – 'We Don’t Want You!’ – The
Movement-party Dynamics of Anti-immigration Cooperation in EU Member States,
ECPR and University of Trento, Trento, Republic of Italy, June 2016
 Presentation within the School of Public Policy “Mother Theresa” – “The ‘Colorful
Revolution’: From Theory to Practice”; Center for Research and Policy Making
(under the auspices of the Council of Europe Schools of Political Studies Program);
Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia; May 2016
 Presentation at the 8th
Graduate Network Conference – Raised on Streets? The Impact
of Social Movements on Policy Outcomes in Southeast Europe: The cases of
Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Bulgaria, Central European University,
Budapest, Republic of Hungary, April 2016
 Presentation at the 12th
Conference of the European Sociological Association 2015:
Differences, Inequalities and Sociological Imagination – Mobilization via Facebook
and Twitter during the Social Movements in Greece (2010-2012) and Bulgaria in
2013, European Sociological Association, Prague, Czech Republic, August 2015
 Presentation at the Albania and Italy in Contemporary Studies Conference –
Comparative Analysis between the Anti-Destruction of Chemical Weapons
Movement in Albania and the NO TAV Movement in Italy; Faculty of Social
Sciences – University of Tirana; Tirana, Albania, June 2015
 Presentation at the International Congress on Turkey and the Balkans – Mobilization
via Facebook and Twitter during the Social Movements in Bosnia and Herzegovina in
2014 and the Gezi Park Movement in Turkey in 2013; Balkan Studies Center,
International University of Sarajevo, Center for Balkan and Black Sea Studies and
Yildiz Technical University Istanbul; Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina; May 2015
 Presentation at the Mid-Term Conference – From Contention to Social Change:
Rethinking the Consequences of Social Movements and Cycles of Protests - Social
Movements in Southeast Europe from the beginning of the 21st
Century – Creating the
Path towards Institutional Changes? Comparative Analysis between the Anti-
government Protests in Bulgaria in 2013 and the Anti-government Protests in Greece
2010 – 2012; European Sociological Association – Research Network 25 – Social
Movements, Universidad Compultense de Madrid, Madrid, Kingdom of Spain,
February 2015
 Presentation within the School of Public Policy “Mother Theresa” – “Contemporary
Social Movements in Southeast Europe and Turkey – emphasis on Macedonia and the
Role of the Left”; Center for Research and Policy Making (under the auspices of the
Council of Europe Schools of Political Studies Program); Skopje, Republic of
Macedonia; February 2015
 Presentation at the 2nd
Annual Conference “Media: Theory and Practice”;
Presentation: “The impact of the new Media Laws on the Freedom of Expression in
Macedonia”; Centre for Culture and Cultural Studies, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia,
September 2014
 Together in Europe 2; Presentation within the “How can Youth Communicate better
with Media” Panel, Presentation: “How can Youth Communicate better with Media?
How can they put their Problems on the Agenda of Politics?
Case Study – Republic of Macedonia” Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Tirana, Republic of
Albania, June 2014
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6.  Balkan Travel Diary – How can the EU do Better in the Balkans, project treasurer,
co-author of the publication, panelist at the promotion of the publication, under the
auspices of the Leadership Development Program (LDP) – College of Europe,
European Fund for the Balkans, Transfuse Association, Robert Bosch Stiftung, king
Baudouin Foundation, Compagnia di San Paolo, ERSTE Foundation, Bratislava,
Vienna, Mauerbach, Brussels, Skopje, September 2010 – April 2011
 Youth Involvement in the Creation and Implementation of Local Policies and Local
Democracy, presentation at panel discussion, Le Courrier de la Macedoine, Kratovo,
Republic of Macedonia, September 2009
 Travel to Europe – Best 40 Students Represent the Republic of Macedonia
Throughout the EU Countries, MOST C.A., various locations in Europe, June 2007 –
August 2007,
Publications:
 “Citizens for Macedonia” – From Citizen Mobilization to Democratization?,
Challenges of Contemporary Society - Proceedings from the International Conference,
pp. 397-411
 “The Impact of the New Media Laws on the Freedom of Expression in Macedonia”,
Culture 11 (2015), pp. 15-22, UDC 316.774:342.727(497.7)
 “Monitoring of Implementation of Media Legislation, of the Ministry of Information
Society and Administration, of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia, of the
Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services and of the Macedonian Radio and
Television”, Media Development Center, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, October 2014
 “Monitoring of Implementation of Media Legislation, of the Ministry of Information
Society and Administration, of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia, of the
Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services and of the Macedonian Radio and
Television”, Media Development Center, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, August 2014
 “Proposed Solutions for the Secondary Legislation within the Scope of Competences
of the Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services”, Media Development Center,
Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, July 2014
 “Monitoring: Elections 2014 – Implementation of Electoral Code’s Provisions on
Media Electoral Coverage”, Media Development Center, Skopje, Republic of
Macedonia, May 2014, co-author
 “Missing a Generation in EU Politics”, FutureLab Europe c/o European Policy
Center, Brussels, Kingdom of Belgium, April, 2014, co-author/contributor
 “Monitoring of the Implementation of Media Legislation, the Agency for Audio and
Audiovisual Media Services and the Macedonian Radio and Television”, Media
Development Center, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, March 2014, co-author
 “The Future of Good Governance in Ethnically Mixed Municipalities in Macedonia”,
Justinianus Primus Online, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, September, 2012, co-author
 “Balkan Travel Diary”, Leadership Development Program, Skopje, Republic of
Macedonia, March, 2011, co-author
 “Comparative Analysis Between the Inter – Ethnic Cleavages in Macedonia, Kosovo
and Serbia; Possible Solutions”, Universum Institute, Prishtina, Republic of Kosovo,
June, 2010
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7.  “The Role of the Monarch in the Constitutional and Political System of the
Netherlands”, Faculty of Law Proceedings, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, March,
2010
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