About Us
At PENDA we believe in the power of education!
PENDA consists of a small group of young professionals aiming at providing a framework for people to contribute in the education of young and talented students.
Every once in a while we come across initiatives intended for the support of a cause. More often than not, those initiatives are limited to individual efforts or a small group of people. As a result, the potential success of the initiative is affected. However, the chances for the success of such initiatives can be improved if they attract more support and take place in a well-organized manner.
With PENDA we present a non-governmental organization which will function under the premises of total transparency and trustworthiness. We want to become the go-to tool for people interested to contribute in education. Our goal is to provide scholarships for successful students, but not only that, given decades of cumulative expertise among us, we will provide guidance and mentoring to students in their path to education.
Our mission is to help in fostering the next generation of professionals which in turn can contribute in their community. While doing so, we want to establish a long-lasting system which will support this cause for the generations to come.
If you share the same vision with us, welcome on board and get involved!
Who We Are
Vigjilenca Abazi
Board Member
Assistant Professor for European law at Maastricht University. Affiliated
Fellow at Yale Law School. Legal expert on whistleblowing, transparency,
privacy.
Elmedina Abdullahi
Board Member
Librarian at SEE University, Tetovo. Holds Masters in Public Administration from the same university. Also a board member at “Nëna dhe Fëmija”.
Florent Musai
Board Member
Software developer at SAP SE, Germany. Graduated in Electrical Engineering
& Information Technology from Vienna University of Technology
Mentar Mahmudi
President
Fisnik Musai
Board Member
Responsible for the electrical grid planning in Bavaria at Bayernwerk AG, Germany. Graduated in Electrical Engineering & Information Technology from Vienna University of Technology.
Sami Mehmeti
Board Member
Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, SEE University, Tetovo. PhD in
Legal History from the Iustinianus Primus Faculty of Law, Saints Cyril &
Methodius University in Skopje.
Agon Memedi
Vice President
Blerta Ahmedi Arifi
Board Member
Assistant Professor of Criminal Law in the Faculty of Law, SEEU
Besian Mehmeti
Board Member
Architect and founder at BMA. Engaged in numerous award-winning projects, guest-speaker in symposiums and several architecture events. Graduated from the Faculty of Architecture in Skopje.
Mennan Selimi
Board Member
Associate Professor and a researcher at SEEU. Former postdoc @ University
of Cambridge. PhD in Distributed Computing from UPC BarcelonaTech and IST
Lisbon.
Hana Musai
Board Member
Manager for Consulting Banking Regulations at PwC GmbH, Germany. Obtained MSc in International Economics & Governance at University of Bayreuth.
Burim Ramadani
Board Member
Program Management Office (PMO) Leader at Magna Electronics.