Tag: Bardhyl Jashari

The lack of legal and institutional mechanisms to protect the digital space in the Balkans makes the region vulnerable to manipulation, disinformation, and foreign influence. While the European Union’s Digital Services Act (DSA) establishes clear rules for greater transparency and accountability of online platforms, countries in the region still lack a similar regulatory framework. The collective fight against disinformation is...

Novakovski and Jashari signed a Memorandum of Cooperation. Photo: Meta.mk The Metamorphosis Foundation for Internet and Society and NOVA International School Skopje launched cooperation for joint raising of the media literacy of the students' media literacy and raising awareness about the role of digital media today. To that end, the Principal of NOVA International School Skopje, Ivan Novakovski, and the Executive...

Electronic disinformation is spreading and no-one is immune to that. They present a threat to society. The fight against disinformation demands partnership between the institutions and the civil society. This was stressed on today’s conference “Building Social Resilience to the Harmful Effects of Disinformation in the Republic of North Macedonia”, organized by the Presidential Centre for Political Education and...

The fact-checking is just a small part of the fight against disinformation, which is a hard and arduous undertaking in this digital age, amidst the rising impact of social networking on our lives. This is the conclusion of the panel discussion on the occasion of the 2nd of April – The International Fact-Checking Day, which was organized by the...

The 5th edition of the Basel Peace Forum that is taking place in Basel, Switzerland, has begun. At this forum, renowned political figures, then activists, academic experts, businessmen from all corners of the world, discuss the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on our lives, Portalb.mk informs. At the Forum, which is taking place online and will last for three days,...

The Ministry of Information Society and Administration (MISA) of North Macedonia, in cooperation with Metamorphosis Foundation, as part of the project for Civic participation, supported by USAID, has developed online platform i.e. web portal for Open Government Partnership. "The goal of the portal for Open Government Partnership (OGP) has the purpose of a platform for interaction and exchange of information...

Today, Facebook announced that together with the Metamorphosis Foundation and Truthmeter, will launch a third-party fact-checking program in North Macedonia. Besides our country, Facebook is launching this program in other countries in the region: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia, while the existing program in Croatia will be expanded. As part of Facebook’s fight against misinformation, the company is collaborating...

Metamorphosis Foundation has been invited to contribute to one of the most important global events in the area of technology and the Internet, the Stockholm Internet Forum 2019 (SIF), currently taking place in Sweden. Organized by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), the Stockholm Internet Forum is taking place these days in the Swedish capital. #SIF2019 is a platform...

Through authentic interpretation, the Government of North Macedonia, together with Parliament and various government institutions, are putting right the injustice the former VMRO-DPMNE government inflicted on non-governmental organizations. NGOs were penalized and unjustly fined for mistakes they had not committed. This was today stated by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Radmila Šekerinska. She added that through the...

Тhe Minister without Portfolio responsible for Communication, Accountability and Transparency, Robert Popovski, and the Executive Director of the Foundation for Internet and Society "Metamorphosis", Bardhyl Jashari, yesterday signed a Memorandum of Cooperation for the preparation of the Strategy on Government Transparency. The Strategy will be a result of the regional ACTION SEE project, implemented by Metamorphosis and supported by the...

The creation and launch of the new Open Data Portal for the Government of the Republic of North Macedonia is a good step forward, which gives a clear signal of commitment to transparency. However, in order to identify the real potential benefits, it is necessary to open data that will enable the creation of new products and services by...

The security and confidentiality of the Internet, as well as the influence of fake news and the use of digital technologies for the manipulation of public opinion, along with the problem of diminished confidence in the media and state institutions, were the main topics discussed at the 12th meeting at the IGF (Internet Governance Forum), held in Geneva from...

The final conference of the project "Network of civil organizations for effective active participation" will be held on Friday in hotel "Arka" in Skopje, beginning at 9.30 am. The project is implemented by Foundation for Internet and Society Metamorphosis, in partnership with the Macedonian Centre for European Training (MCET), and financed by the European Union through the program "Support for...

The concept of open data is a generator of prosperity and democratization of the society, said UK Ambassador to Macedonia Charles Edmund Garrett at today’s promotion of the website School of Data - Macedonia. It offers constant support to civil society organizations, journalists and all citizens interested in the use of data as part of the "Network of Civil...