{"id":1612,"date":"2025-09-15T14:11:37","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T14:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bcm.mk\/e\/?p=1612"},"modified":"2025-09-15T14:12:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T14:12:14","slug":"10-years-of-commitment-to-the-united-nations-global-compact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bcm.mk\/e\/10-years-of-commitment-to-the-united-nations-global-compact\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Years of Commitment to the United Nations Global Compact"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/bcm.mk\/e\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Untitled-design-24-1024x683.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bcm.mk\/e\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Untitled-design-24-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/bcm.mk\/e\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Untitled-design-24-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/bcm.mk\/e\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Untitled-design-24-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/bcm.mk\/e\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Untitled-design-24-1536x1024.png 1536w, https:\/\/bcm.mk\/e\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Untitled-design-24-24x16.png 24w, https:\/\/bcm.mk\/e\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Untitled-design-24-36x24.png 36w, https:\/\/bcm.mk\/e\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Untitled-design-24-48x32.png 48w, https:\/\/bcm.mk\/e\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Untitled-design-24.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2025, the Business Confederation of North Macedonia (BCNM) marks <strong>ten years of official membership<\/strong> in the United Nations Global Compact. With the publication of the latest <strong>Communication on Engagement 2023\u20132025<\/strong>, the Confederation once again reaffirms its mission \u2013 to serve as a leading national social partner and representative of the private sector in advancing responsible, sustainable, and competitive growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The report highlights BCNM\u2019s engagement across multiple areas directly linked to the <strong>Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>SDG 4 \u2013 Quality Education:<\/strong> support for entrepreneurial learning, Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs, and education for sustainable development.<\/li><li><strong>SDG 8 \u2013 Decent Work and Economic Growth:<\/strong> initiatives promoting labour market advancement, youth employability, and entrepreneurship.<\/li><li><strong>SDG 9 \u2013 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure:<\/strong> projects driving SME digital transformation and innovation capacity.<\/li><li><strong>SDG 14 \u2013 Life Below Water:<\/strong> leadership of the regional Blue Economy Network, fostering sustainable practices and collaboration.<\/li><li><strong>SDG 16 \u2013 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions:<\/strong> efforts promoting transparent lobbying, anti-corruption initiatives, and rule of law.<\/li><li><strong>SDG 17 \u2013 Partnerships for the Goals:<\/strong> active cooperation with international organizations, European institutions, and regional partners.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Through these initiatives, BCNM demonstrates that the private sector in North Macedonia is a driving force for <strong>responsible growth, transparency, and EU integration<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udd17 The full Communication on Engagement 2023\u20132025 is available here: <a href=\"https:\/\/unglobalcompact.org\/what-is-gc\/participants\/24401-Business-Confederation-of-Macedonia \">https:\/\/unglobalcompact.org\/what-is-gc\/participants\/24401-Business-Confederation-of-Macedonia <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2025, the Business Confederation of North Macedonia (BCNM) marks ten years of official membership in the United Nations Global Compact. With the publication of the latest Communication on Engagement 2023\u20132025, the Confederation once again reaffirms its mission \u2013 to serve as a leading national social partner and representative of the private sector in advancing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1613,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11,5,2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcm.mk\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1612"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcm.mk\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcm.mk\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcm.mk\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcm.mk\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1612"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bcm.mk\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1616,"href":"https:\/\/bcm.mk\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1612\/revisions\/1616"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcm.mk\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcm.mk\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcm.mk\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcm.mk\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}