Is an impulse for reforms feasible?
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 [...] [Podcast] Demokracia debatuese në Maqedoninë e Veriut
Në këtë podkast, ne diskutojmë mbi demokracinë debatuese dhe metodën e anketës debatuese me Alice Siu, ndihmës drejtoreshë e Qendrës për demokraci debatuese. Anketa debatuese është një formë unike e konsultimit politik që kombinon teknikat e hulumtimit të opinionit publik dhe këshillimit publik për të zbuluar se cili do të ishte opinioni publik për një […]
Pandemia përkeqëson sfidat me të cilat përballet shoqëria civile
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 [...] BE-ja si promovuese i demokracisë apo “stabilokracisë” në Ballkanin Perëndimor?
Klientët: Ministra e punëve të jashtme të Holandës, Ministria e mbrojtjes të Holandës Zbaton: Instituti holandez për marrëdhënie ndërkombëtare “Clingendael” në bashkëpunim me rrjetin Think for Europe (TEN) Duke filluar nga gushti i vitit 2021, Rrjeti Think for Europe (TEN) filloi punën në projektin kërkimor “BE -ja si promovuese e demokracisë apo ‘stabilitokracisë’ në Ballkanin […]
Bilateral Forums France – Western Balkans: An initiative for the strategic reengagement of France in the Western Balkans
Objektivi i iniciativës është përdorimi i diskutimeve të diplomacisë në rrugën e dytë për të eksploruar se si të intensifikohet bashkëpunimi ekonomik, politik dhe shoqëror midis Francës dhe Ballkanit Perëndimor. Projekti do të kontribuojë në reflektimin në lidhje me zbatimin e Strategjisë Franceze për Ballkanin Perëndimor përmes rekomandimeve nga rajoni. EPI do të organizojë një […]
[Infografik] Shoqëria demokratike në Maqedoninë e Veriut dhe sfidat me të cilat ballafaqohet
Infographic with the statements from the participants of the local deliberative event with the citizens from Ohrid and Struga. The event was organized as part of the project “ACT – Active Civic Action 2.0”, implemented by the European Policy Institute – Skopje with the support of the Center for Deliberative Democracy at Stanford University in [...] Off-Air: Gender representation in the Macedonian TV debate shows during the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic
As a part of the Civil Rights Defenders' HRD Academy, 2020 our project assistant, Angela Delevska, together with Elena Danova produced a policy paper on the gender representation in the Macedonian TV debate shows during the Covid-19 pandemic. The treatment that gender equality-related issues receive in the media, as well as the way in which women are [...] Konferencë rajonale: “Themeli i të drejtave të njeriut: Institucione kombëtare efektive të të drejtave të njeriut për Ballkanin Perëndimor”
In 2019 and 2020 we at the European Policy Institute – Skopje worked with Civil Rights Defenders and experts from the Western Balkans region on developing and piloting a measuring tool – index – on effectiveness of national human rights institutions. The index was applied to all sixteen national human rights institutions (NHRIs) from the [...] Human rights protection and COVID-19 in North Macedonia: patching or rebuilding a system?
Photo by Mike Norton on Flickr Author: Simonida Kacarska 2020 has been a disastrous year for human rights in Europe, in the words of Dunja Mijatovic, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights. In her speech on Human Rights Day at the end of 2020, she goes on to argue: “While, increasingly, commitment to upholding human rights standards has been […]
The Albanian Geopolitical Factor in the Western Balkans
Over the past few years, there has been increasing talk about the idea of “Greater nations” such as Greater Albania or Greater Serbia, hindering good neighbourly relations and regional development in the Western Balkans. Indeed, to foster regional cooperation and move forward with Euro-Atlantic integration processes, the ideas of “Greater” nations must be left behind. [...]