This shadow report brings together in a single coherent whole all the findings, conclusions and recommendations that have emerged from the monitoring of the areas contained in Chapter 23 - Judiciary and Fundamental Rights. This is the sixth such report published by the European Policy Institute - Skopje (EPI), taking into account the comments and [...]
Analysis of the Report of the European Commission for the Republic of North Macedonia from October 19, 2021 The publication of the Enlargement Package this year took place in the circumstances of continued focus on the COVID-19 crisis, highly pronounced geopolitical and geostrategic factors, evolving energy crisis, as well as re-emerging migration issues. Rifts over [...]
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 […]
Информации за иницијативата за Конференција за Иднината на Европа DOWNLOAD PDF
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 [...]
The presentation by Commissioner Várhelyi of the Enlargement Package at the Foreign Policy Commission was evidently overshadowed by the blocked accession path of North Macedonia and Albania and the inability of EU Member States to adopt a decision on the start of accession negotiations with these two countries. In such a setting, the Commission has [...]
Project Title: Provide support for identifying and activating national stakeholders in resource partnerships with USAID Description: Identification and activation of national stakeholders in resource partnerships with USAID in order to achieve the development goal of reducing corruption in the country within the USAID Development and Cooperation Strategy with North Macedonia 2021-2025. Budget: 546000 MKD Donor: Strategic […]
"Macedonia failed the human rights exam during the pandemic" is the main finding of the ?? assessment we made as part of a pilot comparative analysis coordinated by the EUI (Italy) and Oxford (UK) universities. The assessment was done by our research coordinator Biljana Kotevska. DOWNLOAD PDF
In this podcast, we discuss deliberative democracy and the method of deliberative polling with Alice Siu, Associate Director of the Center for Deliberative Democracy. Deliberative Democracy is a unique form of political consultation that combines techniques of public opinion research and public deliberation to reveal what public opinion would be on a particular issue if […]
Civil society organisations across the EU provide services, engage in communities, raise awareness, advocate on behalf of others and hold authorities to account. But they face threats, attacks, funding cuts and disproportionate restrictions. These are just some of the challenges human rights civil society organisations face in some parts of the EU, and the Coronavirus [...]
