Total of 42 participants and 30 lecturers from Macedonia, Europe and the world, will be part of the School for Young Leaders, which, upon the initiative of the President of the Republic of Macedonia, Dr. Gjorge Ivanov, for the fourth time this year will be held in August, 19 to 31, in Ohrid.

The idea of the School is to enable young, talented and ambitious people from Macedonia to upgrade and improve their skills, to develop their creativity and leadership skills.

"The program of the School includes lectures and trainings in the areas of leadership and management by eminent lecturers and guests from top educational and professional institutions, management simulations and practical leadership exercises. The goal of this School is, above all, to encourage positive values among young leaders and future political, cultural and economic leaders of our country. The School is intended for young people with a university degree who wish to develop their leadership skills and capacities and to contribute to the future positive development of the society and the environment in which they live and work", says Gordica Karanfilovska, Project Coordinator.

This year the School is attended by two participants from the Institute for International Leadership of the US Senator John McCain.

At the first day of School, lectures will be delivered by Dr. Vaclav Klaus, former President of the Czech Republic and H.E. Cui Zhiwei, Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to the Republic of Macedonia, and a speech by Mr. Ivo Shlaus, President of the World Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Among the lecturers of the 4th School for Young Leaders are Mr. Donald Dave Meredith, Canadian Senator, Mr. Tafsir M. Awal, Director of Multimode Group from Bangladesh, Mr. Alexandre Sevigny, Director of post-graduate studies in communication management at McMaster-Syracuse and McMaster University in Canada, Mr. Boris Porkovich, Vice President of the Research Institute for European small states of Monaco, Mr. Donald Steel, Director of the British company Johnson Associates and former chief media spokesman at BBC, and Mr. Dragan Stefanovic, retired US Army officer and professor at the Master of Public Administration program in the Appalachian State University in North Carolina. Among the lecturers are prominent individuals and successful leaders in companies and educational institutions in Macedonia, Spain, New Zealand, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Israel and other countries.

In the past three years, the School was attended by 115 young people and 70 lecturers, including ambassadors, officials from the European Union, directors of international institutes and successful business companies, professors from renowned universities worldwide.

The participants of the previous schools are organized in the ISLAA Alumni Association, registered as a separate association, which is a proof that the project is alive at constantly produces new ideas and initiatives.