From left to right: Hannes, Minister of Education Vesna Janevska, Gordana
The Ministry of Education and MAM established a three year collaboration within the field of environmental education in our schools. GENERALKA WEEKEND as the main event should also become an educational framework within the curriculum of pupils to deepen topics like circular economy, renewable energy, waste selection and environmental protection. We are nothing less than happy and proud about this collaboration and the attention and efforts our Macedonian institutions are giving to the topic of environmental development and the green renewal of our country! Thank you very much!
Today Vecer is releasing our fifth article from the series “Sto Ako…?” and this time its all about green building facades and how they will change the air quality in urban areas as well as giving isolation to our houses. We hope you will find it interesting 🙂
From left to right: Hannes, Alexander Rakov Manager of Buchim and Borov Dol, Gordana
We are very proud to announce that Buchim Borov Dol continues to support GENERALKA WEEKEND in 2025 as an Official Partner. This long term collaboration between Buchim Borov Dol and Man And Mountain is paved by great actions such as several SONCHEVA GORA ZA ZITE plantations in Radovis, Stip, Konce and many other municipalities in Macedonia. For the second year in a row Buchim Borov Dol as an Official Partner of GENERALKA WEEKEND supports this action that has become the biggest environmental and social action in Macedonia as well as in the Western Balkans!
Our third article just went out and this time it is about a vision of our National Parks in Macedonia. Visit our national treasures – make things better – leave something great for future generations! Read it on vecer.press!
From left to right: Vulnet Sela, Hannes, Gordana, Robert Cajic, Andreas Opelt, Arsim Fidani
We are happy and proud that SAUBERMACHER Macedonia joined the group of official partners of GENERALKA WEEKEND in 2025. In 2024 in a historic effort, they were cleaning three illegal landfills in the National Park Sar Planina, installed new waste bins and implemented regular waste cleaning in those remote villages that never had any waste cleaning service before!
From left to right: Hannes, Hans Roth, Gordana
With their help Tetovo and the National Park Sar Planina are getting cleaner every day! With the ongoing and continuous effort to implement regular and reliable waste cleaning in Tetovo as well as modern standards in mechanisation and security for employees, Saubermacher truly became one of the leading companies in our country and one of the best examples for great management, dedication and sustainability. Thank you for your support and trust!
Today Gordana and Hannes had the honour to meet the President of the Republic of N. Macedonia Gordana Siljanovska Davkova. They were discussing several aspects of waste selection, waste collection, public awareness for environmental topics as well as the importance of implementing environmental protection in the law as well as in the patterns of behaviour. The president also pointed out that she is supporting activities to preserve our environment such as GENERALKA WEEKEND and other initiatives for environmental protection and education.
On the 4th of November this year we were invited to speak in front of the University Mother Teresa in Skopje. We recorded our presentation there and hope you like it
Unfortunately the topic of air pollution in Skopje is still as actual as it was one year ago, when we recorded a full and uncut interview with the environmental inspector of the Ministry of Environment Darko Blinkov, who explains in depth all aspects of this most pressing problem in North Macedonia.
Together with the main strategic partners Pivara Skopje and Pakomak, Man and Mountain organized for the fourth time in a row GENERAL WEEKEND this year – the biggest environmental action in Macedonia as well as in the whole western Balkans, during which a record breaking number of more than 300 tons of waste were collected.
“Thanks to the great collaboration between our partners, the supporters in all municipalities and our institutions, hundreds of schools, Kindergartens, but also NGOs, Sportsclubs, Pensionists, National Parks, special forces, and many many more contributed in GENERALKA WEEKEND in an unparalleled act of national wide solidarity and friendship beyond all ethnic and political borders!
18.099 volunteers collected 301,504 kg waste during GENERALKA WEEKEND on more than 400 locations between the 15.-19. May 2024!” say Gordana Sofija and Hannes Jaeckl from Man and Mountain.
Based on the memorandum between the Ministry of Agriculture, National Forestry and Man and Mountain , the Government of the Republic of North Macedonia will dedicate 1 tree for every 10 kilograms of waste collected during the GENERALKA WEEKEND within the framework of their annual plans for afforestation all until 2031 . To date, more than 100,000 trees have been planted thanks to the efforts of the people of Macedonia.
The realization of GENERALKA WEEKEND is also due to the support of the Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning, the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which have been contributing to this action since 2021.
Everything went well! Participants in all 81 Municipalities were up and cleaning. We received thousands of fotos and films from all over the country. Please check our Facebook Group for more!
The media echo was breathtaking – from influencers to radio stations, printed and online press, TV special reports and news – this weekend you could not escape GENERALKA WEEKEND.
Within the next days we will present the results so stay tuned!
