Dr. Katerina Veljanovska Blazhevska is a university professor, strategic communications specialist, consultant, trainer, and career development mentor with more than fifteen years of professional experience.
Over the years, she has received many prestigious international scholarships and engagements, with support from centres of excellence, universities, foundations, institutes, governments, and representative international bodies. Furthermore, she has acquired her scientific, research, and practical capacities in various destinations worldwide (USA, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Belgium, Portugal, Spain, Germany, Austria, Poland, Ukraine, Slovakia, Croatia, Romania, and Italy), with an established wide network of contacts and collaborations.
Dr. Katerina Veljanovska Blazhevska has gained many years of experience in soft skills management. She is certified by WIFI International GmbH, Vienna, Austria in the modules of strategy/planning/organization/risk and conflict management; EU Certified Program of the Austrian Study Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution – ASPR; the Carnegie Mellon University, Center for Executive Education in Technology Policy in global/internet/governance; Department of Media and Communications, University of Oslo, Norway; the EU Jean Monnet project for scientific research in the framework of new/media, cyber/security challenges and digital/transformations, in cooperation with the Ukrainian Institute for Crisis Management and Conflict Resolution; IRMO, Institute for Development and International Relations in Croatia, in the field of environmental/security, Post-Doc.
She has a rich portfolio of project engagements as a Strategic Communications / Public Policy / Lobbying / Advocacy expert (EU / EC / COST / ERASMUS / EACEA / U.S. Department of State / World Health Organization / UNDP).
She is an official Eco-En Cert verifier in ecology, socially responsible projects, and sustainable business practices.
She is the author of seven books and book chapters, two manuals, and many scientific research papers and publications in her field of interest.
She was awarded recognition, a plaque from the former Macedonian President Dr Gjorge Ivanov (2009-2019), in honour of the ten-year International School for Young Leaders for mutual support and common leadership vision.
