Dr. Rade Rajkovchevski is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Security in Skopje, St. Kliment Ohridski University from Bitola (Republic of North Macedonia). Prior to his academic career, which began in 2006, his work experience was associated with working in the army, civil protection, and private security. He is graduated military officer at the Military Academy in Skopje (2002). He defended the master's thesis on national security policy and conflict prevention (2010) and his doctoral dissertation on European police cooperation (2013). He has references as researcher, exercise evaluator and expert in various projects and initiatives of the EU (FP7, DG ECHO/UCPM, COST), World Bank, Council of Europe, UNDP, UNFPA, UNDRR, GIZ, MARRI Regional Center, DPPI SEE and other organisations, on policing, civil protection, humanitarian action, resilience and other crisis and disaster (risk) management’ topics.