My name is Irena Shumenkovska and I am a doctor of science in the field of political
science. I have completed BA, LLM and PhD degrees at the Department of Political Sciences at the Faculty of Law ‘Iustinianus Primus’, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje. I have been elected as a young European Ambassador for the Western Balkans, and the narrower areas I work with are international relations, European integration and human rights. I am an active participant in NGOs for youth policies and a member of the Macedonian Political Science Forum. As an active participant in the Euro-Atlantic Council, I have been appointed as a NATO Youth Ambassador, and I am also a member of the European Democratic Youth Network. As an active participant, I am part of the Presidential Center for Political Education, the “Mother Teresa” School of Public Policy, the Ivanov School for Young Leaders, the NATO Academy and the Youth Leadership Academy supported by NDI. In addition, I was a delegate to the Faculty Student Assembly at the Faculty of Law ‘Iustinianus Primus’ in Skopje. As a young scientist, I am the author and co-author of scientific papers published in domestic and foreign scientific journals, and I am also a participant in domestic and foreign conferences, summer schools and projects.