Tag: civil society organizations

Stanka Parac Damjanovic, senior trainer and pedagogue, has a long standing professional experience as an NGO practitioner working in civil society development, education for active citizenship and good governance at local level. Her primary area of engagement is related with capacity building, research and awareness raising activities targeting civil society organisations and local self-governments. Long years of working with...

Under the work of the project “CSOs Networking for Better Local Democracy in the Balkans", funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) and implemented by the Balkan Civil Society Development Network (BCSDN), three comparative studies were done that examine the level of citizen participation in decision-making locally within the WB6. Each of them takes an extensive analysis...

The Foundation for Internet and Society - Metamorphosis, through the "Increasing Civic Engagement in the Digital Agenda – ICEDA” project that is co-financed by the European Union, published a call for applications for grants to civic organizations promoting the Digital Agenda. "Through the second Small Grants Scheme Cycle LOT 2:Awarding of grants for Digital Agenda Advocacy Initiatives, awarding 15 small...

Civil society organizations are urging the Ministry of Environment of North Macedonia to revise the Law for declaring Shar Mountain a national park since, as they state, the proposed draft law doesn't offer protection from the negative influence of the mini hydro power plants. Environmentalists from 44 associations and initiatives, with a joint stance, have requested from Minister Naser Nuredini,...

The "Increasing Civic Engagement in the Digital Agenda" (ICEDA) network announced a call for applications for grants for civil society organizations. Civil society organizations from North Macedonia and the countries in the region can apply for the grants that will range between EUR 13.000 to EUR 17.000. The duration for the implementation of the individual grants is 18 months. The...

All investigations against civil society organizations and foundations that began in 2016, and been taking place for most of 2017, have now been officially closed, said Minister of Interior, Oliver Spasovki at today’s meeting between representatives of the two dozen organizations. The meeting was attended by the Director of the Public Security Bureau, Lazo Velkovski, the Director of Financial Intelligence,...

Today at a press conference, 21 civil society organizations demanded a public apology and a withdrawal of all the lies, slander and misinformation presented by "Stop Operation Soros" (SOS). If they do not receive a public apology, they say that they will be forced to seek justice in court, in other words, they will file lawsuits against them for slander...

Civil society organizations at the meeting with European Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, explained their views on how to resolve the political crisis. Representatives from various NGOs said it was necessary to establish an independent judicial department to process the cases of the Special Public Prosecutor's Office (SPO), but for this to be feasible, they believe it...

Sixty-six NGOs on Thursday, at 18:00 in front of the Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia will organize a protest, where they will demand that the President of Parliament and the entire assembly move the elections until all requirements are met. "There are no conditions to organize regular, reliable and fair elections on June 5, nor is there enough time...

According to civil society organizations,while addressing the International Community, minimal requirements have still not been met to dissolve parliament and to call for credible elections the citizens of Macedonia will believe in. "If Parliament was dissolved on April 7th, 2016 and the Chairman of the SEC does not sign the electoral roll, or does not give his approval for its...

A large part of the activists, civil society organizations and opposition parties believe that yesterday's decision by the Constitutional Court will allow the President to pardon people who have been prosecuted or sentenced of electoral fraud, and will only worsen the grounds for free and fair elections. They say that with this decision, the court has helped people planning to commit electoral...

Tomorrow at noon, before the European Union Delegation in Skopje, representatives of more than 70 civil society organizations, civil society platforms and initiatives will hold a press conference. At a press conference, the organizations will present the a joint letter addressed to Commissioner Johannes Hahn and other international factors that will help resolve the political crisis in Macedonia. "The purpose of...

None of the tapped activists who today got folders with wiretapped conversations by the leader of the opposition was surprised that their phone numbers are found on wiretapping list. They say that feeling when you know that someone else has a part of your private life is extremely uncomfortable and announced criminal charges of those who tapped them. Bojan Marichik...