‘Events’

Regional economic integration has been promoted as a stepping stone for the Western Balkans in meeting the economic Copenhagen criteria, while filling in the void the standstill the EU enlargement process has faced in recent years. In different formations and political platforms, the commitment of the WB leaders has brought new political momentum for the [...]

The citizens discussed and asked questions on what electoral system they want and what reforms are needed in the electoral process in the country in the third National Deliberative Poll organized by EPI, in cooperation with the Center for Deliberative Democracy at Stanford University in the United States. On June 4 and 5, about 150 [...]

A new group of current and future mediation trainers, as well as licenced mediators, got methods and skills training from Dutch experts last week. This second skills and techniques training for mediation was organized by experienced experts and mediators, Gea van Klompenburg and Marjon Kuipers from the International mediation register and the Dutch Federation of mediators. […]

Mediation is more than just courts and lawyers, it is a culture. The public should accept it, because it is imperative for mediation to spread further than the legal aspect.   This was one of the main conclusions from the promotional event “Improving the quality of mediation” organized by EPI, as part of the project […]

The key points of the policy briefs “Publishing Information on the Public Service in North Macedonia: Why is Transparency and Accountability Important?” And “Public Engagement in Developing Key Strategic Public Administration Reform (PAR) Documents” were presented at the seventh meeting of the National Working Group (NWG) for public administration reform in the Republic of North […]

The European Policy Institute and the Academy for judges and public prosecutors “Pavel Shatev” are organizing training for trainers for mediation in order for Macedonian mediation trainers, current and future, to be trained with modern methods and skills in the field.   At the opening of the training, the Director of the Academy for judges […]

Although the adoption of negotiation framework by the Council of EU and holding the first intergovernmental conference with North Macedonia is an important step and positive impulse for the Government and the state institutions, the country must have a clear vision and strategy, regardless of European institutions’ decisions, continuous cooperation and coordination between institutions at […]

The private sector, as well as the public administration, are not sufficiently familiar with the benefits of mediation, according to a survey conducted by the European Policy Institute (EPI). The key findings from the research conducted with representatives from the public administration and the private sector were presented at today’s event “With mediation to better [...]

Even though in the Strategy for Reform of the Judicial Sector, as well as in other documents, it is pointed out that the number of judges is higher than the European average, if measured by the number of population, still our judges, statistically, have more cases to resolve. Any reduction in their number will have […]

The digitalization of the judiciary and the public prosecutor's office saves time in the implementation of proceedings, facilitates the electronic movement of documents through courts, prosecutors' offices and other institutions that carry out criminal prosecution and will improve the overall connection of these institutions. Digitalization will prevent the abuse of the rights of the participants [...]