Speaker Biograghy: Goran has Master's degrees in Science and Aviation. He began his career as Head of the IT Department at Makpetrol, the biggest Macedonian private company for distribution and sale of oil products across the country. Later he became the Technical Manager of TAV Airports, the airport operating company in Macedonia, managing the maintenance and technical task of both international airports in the country. Today he is the Director General of the Civil Aviation Agency of the Republic of Macedonia, challenged with regulation of the air transport activities in the country with the aim of ensuring safe, regular, efficient, economically and ecologically sustainable national civil aviation that will be in accordance with international standards and harmonised and integrated into the European Union, in the interests of all participating entities and particularly in the interest of the passenger safety.


Day 2 - 16 March
Session: Commercial Development, Retail, Concessions & Media

15:45 - 16:10 - The airport concession impact on Macedonian civil aviation
Synopsis: The presentation will offer a short introduction to Macedonia, followed by the procedure for the concession at both the country's airports (Skopje Alexander the Great and Ohrid St. Paul the Apostle Airport), the general conditions for selection and selection of the best candidate. The impact and benefits for the Macedonian economy, employment and tourism will also be discussed.

Audience will learn:

• Country introduction
• General objectives regarding the concession
• Concession procedure for the airports in Macedonia
• Impacts and benefits to economy, employment and tourism