Auto-Moto Association of Macedonia
AMSM (Auto - Moto Association of Macedonia) is North Macedonia's largest automobile club, with more than 20,000 members in 2021. It was founded 1945. Through its 14 regional clubs, AMSM covers the entire territory of the Republic of Macedonia. AMSM provides 24-hour assistance and safe travel home and abroad. AMSM is the only member of the FIA since 1994 and is member of the ARC Europe from 1997 as well. History. The beginning of Auto - Moto Association of Macedonia is the formation of the first auto - moto associations which started functioning in 1945. The  next year, 1946, in Macedonia there had already been nine associations established, whose basic aim was carrying out operations of public interest for the country citizens. The first associations were established in: Skopje, Kavadarci, Bitola, Kicevo, Kumanovo, Ohrid, Veles, Prilep and Berovo and later associations were also established in Stip and Strumica. Its existence and development are marked through series of structural and organizational changes, some due to the time, and some in response to the need to be and to remain closer to the older and to the new generations. International campaigns. Think before you drive. AMSM in collaboration  with the FIA Foundation supported the international global campaign for road safety Think Before You Drive in 2006. Think Before You Drive is a global road safety initiative of the FIA Foundation, Bridgestone Corporation and motoring clubs worldwide. The Think Before You Drive campaign aims to promote safe driving behaviour and to raise awareness about road safety, locally and globally. The campaign promotes simple road safety messages: Make cars green. Make Cars Green is an international environmental campaign, aimed at reducing the impact of motoring on our planet, conducted by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile - FIA. AMSM in cooperation with  the National Security Council on Road Traffic and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Macedonia launched the global campaign Make cars green on 23 May 2008. The FIA's Make Cars Green campaign aims to help reduce the impact of cars on the environment. The campaign's 10 points for greener motoring encourage motorists to think green before they drive: UN Decade of action for road safety 2011 - 2020. AMSM in cooperation with the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile - FIA joined the initiative to support the Decade of Action of the United Nations for Road Safety 2011-2020 officially launched on  11 May 2011. Under the motto "believe, speak, change" AMSM in cooperation with the Ministry of Interior of Macedonia and Republic Council for Road Traffic Safety every year marks the national campaign for road safety in Macedonia. Officially launched on 11 May 2011, the Decade of Action has the official goal of 'stabilising and then reducing' global road traffic fatalities by 2020. Ten reasons to act on road deaths: