ASSOCIATION OF YOUNG RESEARCHERS OF MACEDONIA
RESIDENCE: ASSOCIATION OF TECHNICAL CULTURE OF MACEDONIA
Address: Gradski zid broj 5 post box.14, 1000 Skopje
Tel. numbers: tel. 091/118-339, 238-357, fax. 238-357
ESTABLISHMENT: 1964

Goals and activities:

  • Spreading of science and technical culture among youth.

  • Discovering and stimulating of talented pupils that have interest for science and technical work;
  • Developing and care for the processes of professional orientation of young generation;
  • Supporting of young people to work in the field of techniques, science and innovations;
  • Getting new knowledge’s and skills;
  • Stimulating and giving prizes for good results on festivals for young technicians.

Forms of working:
Association of young technicians of Macedonia has realized their activity through clubs in primary schools, organization for technical culture pioneers clubs and other institutions that are working with children and youth.

In clubs for young technicians there are sections for technical sciences: Astronomy, Astronautics, biology, ecology, geography, geology, mathematics, physics, chemistry, meteorology, agrotechnics, ship modeling, aircraft modeling, engineering and architecture, electronics and energetic, electronics and automatics, machine techniques – robotics, cinema and video techniques, radio techniques, rocket modeling, traffic modeling, photography, constructions – innovators and computer informatics.

In the Republic Macedonia existed 800 clubs for young technicians.

Working with youth with basic principles of research is done trough free science and technical activities, work shops and courses, science lechers projections, and technical films, exhibitions and other forms. 

Competitions:
The most important festival of Association for young technicians of Macedonia is the Competition for young technicians, which is hold at the end of the year. Competitions are maintained in several levels, from school and organizations for technical culture trough local government’s competitions and the best competitors take the right to participate on Republic competition for young technicians.

The festival is competition in which young technicians are defending and competed their works and models.

Beginnings of organized competitions dated from the year 1962 and first Olympiad for young technicians is held in 1966 in Bitola, and until today 36 competitions is held.