Activities Under the Jurisdiction of Invest North Macedonia
In accordance with the Law on Establishing an Agency for Foreign Investments and Export Promotion

• Developing, updating, and implementing best practices for investment promotion strategies to attract foreign direct investments on an annual basis.
• Developing, updating, and implementing best practices for export promotion strategies on an annual basis.
• Enhancing the necessary skills to effectively develop and implement investment and export promotion strategies, in line with legal provisions, to meet and exceed the expectations of foreign investors. This includes distinguishing North Macedonia from competing countries by providing highly professional services to investors throughout the pre-investment, investment, and reinvestment processes, as well as offering expert services related to export promotion.
• Incorporating strategies for identifying priority sectors with the highest potential to maximize North Macedonia’s net economic benefits, as part of the investment and export promotion strategies.
• Providing comprehensive services to investors and exporters, as stipulated by law.
• Defining and supporting key marketing messages to improve the image of North Macedonia as an attractive investment destination and to generate new investment opportunities.
• Delivering professional presentations through electronic and print media, highlighting sector-specific and operational advantages that North Macedonia offers to investors and exporters.
• Developing and implementing innovative, proactive promotional activities in target markets, in accordance with the Agency’s legal mandate.
• Establishing effective partnerships between the public and private sectors to promote North Macedonia extensively, including the development of a database of target companies and a monitoring system to identify and secure investment opportunities.
• Creating and executing action plans to maximize the use of the Internet and information technologies for marketing and research purposes, as part of the Agency’s legal obligations.
• Promoting Macedonian regions and leveraging every opportunity to encourage foreign investors to engage with products and services from Macedonian companies.
• Analyzing investment and export conditions and proposing changes to legal regulations to improve North Macedonia’s investment and export environment, within the framework of the Agency’s jurisdiction.
• Identifying and supporting development initiatives, such as stimulating Greenfield investments and the growth of Technological Industrial Development Zones, to enhance North Macedonia’s competitiveness as an investment location.
• Providing information services to North Macedonian exporters regarding foreign trade, export procedures, customs regulations, taxation, and legislation, along with assistance in obtaining necessary administrative licenses and permits.
• Offering guidance on accessing international markets to support exporters in establishing connections with foreign business partners.
• Conducting activities to promote exports domestically and internationally, including facilitating connections between Macedonian exporters and foreign buyers.
• Supplying foreign companies with information on North Macedonia’s export potential.
• Organizing, supporting, and participating in international trade fairs, seminars, and business events to promote Macedonian exports.
• Conducting market research on foreign market access, with a focus on specific sectors and regions, to identify growth opportunities for Macedonian businesses.
• Preparing, promoting, and presenting North Macedonia’s export potential abroad, in line with the Agency’s legal responsibilities.
• Providing logistical support for trade missions and business delegations both domestically and internationally.
• Facilitating the exchange of information between North Macedonia’s embassies, diplomatic-consular missions, and business entities to support market analysis and regulatory compliance.
• Promoting North Macedonia’s tourism potential abroad to encourage foreign investments in the tourism sector, as part of the Agency’s broader mandate to attract foreign direct investment.
• Performing other activities in accordance with the Law on Establishing an Agency for Foreign Investment and Export Promotion and other applicable regulations.