The Association of Local Government Financial Workers and Public Enterprises was officially recognized by the Macedonian authorities as a non-governmental, professional organization in November 1997. It was established in order to:

• Increased the professionalism of financial workers in municipalities throughout Macedonia;
• Provide a forum for disseminating information to share and address the issues and problems that municipalities most often face and
• To serve as an advocate for the promotion of the interests of the municipalities in relation to fiscal and budgetary issues in relation to the central government.

The Association has about three hundred (300) financial workers from the municipalities and public enterprises from over 2/3 of the total number of municipalities in the Republic of Macedonia. The primary goal of the Association of Financial Workers is to become an organization that will represent all municipalities in the country. For that purpose, the Executive Board has appointed twenty-four (24) Regional Coordinators who work to promote the activities of the Association and provide new members.
THE BASIC COURT VELES, as a first instance out-of-court court by Judge Boris Milojkov, at the request of the Association of Financial Workers of Local Self-Government and Public Enterprises in Veles for entry in the register of Citizens’ Associations and Foundations on 22.01.1999. passed the DECISION with which it IS ENROLLED in the Register of Citizens’ Associations and Foundations under ZGF no. 24/98.
By registering in the register of the Association of Citizens and Foundations, the Association of Financial Workers of the Local Self-Government and Public Enterprises in Veles acquires the status of a legal entity.

The founders of the Association are:
1. Maksim Acevski
2. Riste Nikolov
3. Dragan Damjanoski
4. Milan Markov
5. Carka Acevska,
6. Gjorgji Dimitriev
7. Gordana Slavkova
8. Valentina Gjorgjieva
9. Milan Andov
10. Marika Naceva
11. Vasilka Janeva
12. Liljana Gjorgjieva
13. Nada Pavlova
14. Jovan Ganchev
15. Donka Popova