Ilina Mangova is a political scientist with many years of management and research experience with programs for the advancement of political processes and good governance in the country and in the region. As a regional advisor for Europe, director and deputy director at the International Republican Institute (IRI) in North Macedonia, she has collaborated with government institutions and political parties both domestically and internationally. Mangova holds a master’s degree in Comparative Politics – Democracy from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), United Kingdom, for which she was awarded a Chevening Scholarship by the British Government.