Thinktanking in environments with low value assigned to research

Author: Simonida Kacarska Doing research for a think tank or a civil society organization in the Balkans on issues of democratic governance, I have found myself, at various times, wondering about local understandings of research and its value. While debates on evidence-based policymaking have been transposed from Western Europe to our region, the process of […]

Trainings for creating policies

Multiple trainings were held as a part of the project “Dialogues for Vision”, aiming to strengthen the capacities of the CSO’s and researchers for creating evidence based policies. We publish the training materials to make them available to everyone and that they will be useful for further researches. Macedonian institutional context training gives an image of the institutional […]

Policy resume – Upgrading the success of the public administration of Western Balkans: achievable goal [MK]

Ова резиме на политика е засновано на студијата за политика изработена во рамките на проектот„Ревизија на успешноста и евалуација на јавните политики – на ист или на паралелен пат?“, во рамките на Регионалната програма за поддршка на истражувањата во Западен Балкан (РРПП). Студијата за политика е резултат на истражувањето спроведено од страна на think tank [...]

Blueprint for urgent democratic reforms

This Blueprint represents a joint effort of a group of civil society organizations (CSOs) and is a product of synergy and cooperation between CSOs, academia and independent experts (Annex 1). This joint effort is a response to the current political crisis, backsliding of democratic standards, the rule of law and loss of credibility of institutions. [...]