People: Nafi Saracini

I relax best by water
 

Professional experience: Counsellor for Civil Society at the European Commission Delegation.


Engagement in the civic sector: Initiator and founder of several NGOs, member of FOSIM and other NGO managerial board. Manager of the European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights micro-programme, which has provided finances for more than 35 projects in 2001/02/03.


Hobbies and interests: Swimming and other water activities.


Toughest decision: Should I stay in the country or not.
 

Ambitions: Completing the post-graduate studies that have gone on forever.


In his free time he reads: Various reports and analyses of the conditions in the country, related to the job, and if I find time, literature related to the studies. 
 

Where does he go in his free time: Usually, when I am planning my day, I never plan something that I would call free time. Normally, my working day lasts from 8.30 in the morning to 5.30 in the afternoon, and the rest of the day and the energy in it are filled with family duties, so I can only envy those who can have free time. 

 
At weekends: I usually go to Matka or any place by the water.


Which national/local problem des he find especially important and why?
In this country, everything has turned upside down. The fraud, corruption and crime pay off more that the decent job, doctors deal with politics, merchants do not pay their taxes, farmers deal with trade, teachers are on strike, journalists spread lies, younger people do not give their seats to the older ones on the bus and the older ones do not give their jobs to the younger, life turns from something most valuable to something cheapest. There are many problems in the country but no one to solve them...
 

Which global problem does he find especially important and why?
Destruction of nature and the natural in people. Concerned with our problems, we forget that we breathe polluted air, that soon, there will be no clean drinking water, and if you have money, you can clone yourself, just for fun.
 

What would he change in Macedonia and the world? In Macedonia, I would turn things upside down, and I would leave the world as it is, I think that it can't be better, and, probably, I would repeal/eliminate the violence. 
 

Advice/message: While you are waiting for the conditions in the country to improve, live your lives, because eventually, that's the only thing left. 
 

I could never: Be an impostor and have something against the person who wants to be free and equal with me.