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Name and surname: Apostol Simovski
Date of birth: 28.08.1961
Ethnicity: Macedonian
Marital status: Married (two children)
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Education:
- Faculty of Economics at the University "Ss. Cyril and Methodius", Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
- Training on Census Planning at the U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, June 1996
- Training on Data Quality Control, organised by the U.S. Census Bureau, Skopje, May 2001
- Training on Population Projections at the U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, May 2005
Knowledge of foreign languages:
English, Serbian, Croatian
Membership in professional bodies:
EAPS (European Association for Population Studies)
Other skills: Microsoft Office, SPSS, STATA, PC-AXIS
Professional qualifications and experience:
§ Experience in all activities related to the censuses of population, households and dwellings in 1991, 1994 and 2002
§ Experience in making mid-year and end-of-year population estimates in intercensal years
§ Experience in making short-term population forecasts
§ Experience in making long-term population projections
§ Participation in the Council of Europe’s Census Observation Mission to the Republic of Moldova, 2004
§ Participation in international meetings organised by Eurostat, UN and other international institutions
§ Participation in international workshops and other forms of professional training
§ Participation in three international conferences organised by EAPS (European Association for Population Studies) - Warsaw, The Hague and Helsinki
§ Participation in three Balkan demographic conferences organised by the Balkan Demographic Association - Thessaloniki, Sarajevo, Belgrade
§ Member of an expert group in the Council of Europe for the project "Demographic consequences of economic transition in countries of Central and Eastern Europe"
§ Member of the team that prepared the first population projections in the Republic of Macedonia
§ Preparation of the first population estimates and the first short-term population forecasts in the Republic of Macedonia
§ Significant experience in conducting surveys: Survey on beer consumption in the Republic of Macedonia; MICS (Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey) organised by UNICEF; Survey on corruption in the Western Balkans; Survey on the index of social inclusion at the municipal level in the Republic of Macedonia; Survey on unemployment in the Republic of Macedonia; Survey on viewership ratings of documentaries on agricultural modernisation; Survey on housing stock in the Republic of Macedonia; Survey on the demographic situation in the East Planning Region of the Republic of Macedonia (Institute for Sociological, Political and Juridical Research)
§ International expert in the EU project (Phase I) to assist statistical institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 2011 Population and Housing Census
Professional experience:
20 February 2018 – present - Director of the State Statistical Office
27 June 2017 – 19 February 2018 - Acting Director of the State Statistical Office
2010 – 26 June 2017 - Senior Associate in the Sector for Business Statistics, Agricultural Statistics and Environmental Statistics, Department for Prices
2008-2010 - Adviser in the Sector for IT Support, Department for Methodologies
November 2005 – September 2006 - Director of the State Statistical Office
2003-2005 and 2006-2008 - Head of the Department for Demography in the Sector for Social Statistics
2001-2003 - Adviser in the Department for Demography in the Sector for Social Statistics
1999-2001 – Adviser in the Department for Methodologies in the Sector for IT Support
1991-1999 - Expert Associate in the Department for Demography in the Sector for Social Statistics
Major published papers:
§ Demographic consequences of economic transition in countries of central and eastern Europe, Directorate III - Social Cohesion, Council of Europe Publishing
§ Population projections in the Republic of Macedonia until 2020, by age and sex, State Statistical Office of the Republic of Macedonia, 2008
§ Demographic trends in the Republic of Macedonia, 1948-2001, State Statistical Office of the Republic of Macedonia, 2002
§ Ageing of the population in the Republic of Macedonia, State Statistical Office of the Republic of Macedonia, 2001
§ Index of social inclusion at the municipal level in the Republic of Macedonia, Eurobalkan Institute, 2011