{"id":3170826,"date":"2021-08-20T07:13:56","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T07:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webalkans.eu\/irena-shumenkovska\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T10:08:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T10:08:07","slug":"irena-shumenkovska","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webalkans.eu\/en\/irena-shumenkovska\/","title":{"rendered":"Irena Shumenkovska"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Country: North Macedonia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Interests: International Relations, Human Rights<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My name is Irena Shumenkovska and I am a doctor of science in the field of political<br>science. I have completed BA, LLM and PhD degrees at the Department of Political Sciences at the Faculty of Law &#8216;Iustinianus Primus&#8217;, 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 &#8220;Mother Teresa&#8221; 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 &#8216;Iustinianus Primus&#8217; in Skopje. 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