On March 3, 2022, the Resource Center for Gender Responsive Policy Making and Budgeting was officially opened by the MLSP, with the support of the UN women office in Skopje.
The opening was addressed by Ms. Jovanka Trenchevska, Minister of Labor and Social Policy, HE Veronica Ulman Marty, Ambassador of Switzerland to the Republic of Northern Macedonia, HE Christine Forsgren Bengtson, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Republic of Northern Macedonia, Ms. Blerta Cela, Deputy Regional Director of the UN Women Office in Europe and Central Asia, who spoke about the value of this center. Ms. Svetlana Cvetkovska, Head of the Equal Opportunities Sector, and Ms. Iskra Belcheva-Ristovska, Project Coordinator at the Center for Change Management, presented the center's upcoming activities, the online platform for the Resource Center, and development plans.