(Reported on 05.02.2008 in electronic media)

• Improvement of education programmes in the textile school and a possibility for cooperation between Stip companies and Dutch investors were part of the topics of discussion at Tuesday’s meeting between Dutch Ambassador to Macedonia Simone Filipini and Stip mayor Pande Sarev.

“The Dutch wish to help the textile factories not only by ensuring educated staff but also by making contacts with partners in the Netherlands without mediators,” said Ambassador Fillipini. She added that the goal of the cooperation was altering the education programme with the assistance of Dutch experts, underlining that decentralisation of education was a major chain in the whole process. She visited Bargala shoes factory and Multikrem confectionary factory, where she discussed the possibility of cooperation of these two companies with Dutch investors. Mayor Sarev said that a big Dutch delegation was expected this weekend with which the refuse recycling will be discussed among other things.

Source: MIA