A chance for integration through dialogue On July 24, the European Commission published its fifth Rule of Law Report, which includes several candidate countries for the first time – North Macedonia, Albania, Montenegro and Serbia. This was announced as part of the measures for the gradual integration of the candidate countries. The inclusion of other […]
On 6th and 7th of July, around 150 citizens discussed and asked questions about North Macedonia’s foreign policy, the alignment with the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) of the EU, and the relations of the country with NATO in the fourth National Deliberative Poll organized by EPI, in cooperation with the Deliberative Democracy lab […]
To ensure continuous dialogue and communication in and between the candidate countries and the EU at different levels on the use of instruments for the Rule of Law in the context of accession to the EU, EPI organized the traditional Forum Europaeum conference, entitled “Instruments for the rule of law in the context of accession [...]
People’s fundamental rights are at risk across Europe. This is due to rising levels of poverty, persistent threats against democracy, widespread racism and challenges occurring in the context of migration, finds FRA’s Fundamental Rights Report 2024. These threats underline the need to ensure a strong and sustainable fundamental rights protection across the EU, particularly for [...]
EPI signed Grant Contracts with three Civil Society Organizations that will work on projects about citizen's engagement with the Public Administration Reform at local level. The Consumers Organization of Macedonia will implement a 10-month project where they'll work on digitalization and modernization of the public communal services in Ohrid. The Center for social innovation Blink [...]
The European Policy Institute (EPI), in cooperation with the United Nations Organization, successfully organized the workshop "Building Capacities for Parliamentary Staff on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR)", held on March 21-22, 2024, at Hotel Radika, Mavrovo. The aim of the event was to strengthen the capacities of parliamentary staff and to increase their ability to [...]
At today’s policy dialogue hosted by the European Policy Institute titled “Rule of Law in EU Members and Candidate Countries: Challenges and Lessons Learned,” experts gathered to discuss the state of the rule of law within the European Union and its candidate countries. The event featured notable speakers including Maria Skóra from the Institute for […]
EPI participated in the 46th Pre-sessions of the fourth cycle Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the United Nations offices in Geneva, Switzerland last week. Our researcher Angela Delevska presented EPI’s statement at the Pre-session covering two pressing issues, the challenges and obstacles to independence and pluralism of the national equality body, i.e., the Commission for […]
On December 21, 2023, the European Policy Institute – Skopje (EPI) hosted this hybrid event, conducted both in Skopje and via Zoom. It served as a culmination of EPI’s coordination efforts within the working group on access to the European Union’s (EU) single market for the Western Balkan countries, part of the Berlin Process Civil [...]
North Macedonia should make efforts to complete the reforms in the country so that it can become a member of the EU.. This was the conclusion of the policy dialogue event “New geopolitical developments and the impact on North Macedonia” which was held yesterday in Skopje with the citizens of the Skopje region. Citizens, however, […]