It is my pleasure to welcome you to the Australian section of the United Macedonian Diaspora (UMD) website. 

The United Macedonian Diaspora is a leading global not-for-profit organisation providing vital high impact educational, advocacy, development, policy and international affairs outcomes and support for the common good of Macedonia and its diaspora and to host societies such as Australia, Canada, the USA and the European Union.

Since UMD’s inception in 2004, Australian Macedonians have played an important role in setting the foundations for the creation of a leading professional grass roots civil society organisation. Australian Macedonian activists like Zoran Milenkovski and Tom Vangelovski were co-founders of UMD and inspired many others to support UMD’s work.  We hope to build upon this proud tradition in the years ahead by attracting the best and brightest volunteer activists in Australia. In particular, young and established professionals who have the capacity and the passion to advance the Macedonian cause in Australia and internationally.

While the UMD has its international headquarters in Washington D.C, the focus of attention has been to expand our work in Australia and serve the advocacy, planning and strategic needs of the community with vision, bold leadership and effective management capabilities.

UMD is an organisation committed to addressing the most pressing challenges confronting the Macedonia diaspora, Macedonia and the host country. We work in partnership with all key stakeholders in order to find innovative solutions to complex social, economic, environmental and foreign policy problems and challenges.  I invite you to explore the Australia section of the UMD web site and find out more about our structure, strategy, board, governance, task forces, policy agenda and stakeholder communications. 

I hope you will consider the possibility of lending your financial or social support to UMD as it strives to deliver unity, improved public policy outcomes and a sustainable future for the Australian Macedonian diaspora, for Macedonia and for Australia.

Regards

Ordan Andreevski
Director of Australian Operations