Debate: The reforms in the educational process key to the Europeanization of society
Education is a key way in which society is upgraded and developed. Through quality education, the generations are educated about the rights, laws and protection of their own, but also the rights of others, which contributes to the introduction of the domestic culture and values, but also of the European culture and values. With the […]
Conference 20 years of SAA: The Agreement is an essential document in regulating and developing relationships with the EU
The Stabilisation and Association Agreement between Macedonia and the European Union offers a number of opportunities that are not systematically explained to the country's businesses and industry, said Professor Silvana Mojsovska of the Institute of Economics at today's MK-EU SAA conference.: Twenty years and Onward", organized by the European Policy Institute. She added that the [...] Mentality and lack of information are the main reasons, according to the citizens, why the country is not a member of the EU
The integration of the Republic of Northern Macedonia in the international structures is not a new process, but a long-term struggle for reforms and promises. The conditions governing our entry into the European Union are constantly restructured, complicating the process, but they also affect the perception and desire of citizens for the country’s integration. The […]
Conference: The Stabilisation and Association Agreement MK-ЕU: Twenty Years and Onward
The European Policy Institute organizes a conference „Conference: The Stabilisation and Association Agreement MK-ЕU: Twenty Years and Onward“ on the 28th of April at 10h on the Zoom platform. The conference is held on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the signing of the SAA between the Republic of Macedonia and the EU (9th [...] Twenty years of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement: opportunities exploited and missed
20 years ago, the Republic of Macedonia, first among the countries in the region, signed the Stabilisation and Association Agreement with the European Union and its member states. At that time, the expectations were that our path to membership in the European Union would be shorter and that it would bring changes faster, for the […]
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 [...] NHRIs are critical for human rights protection in the Western Balkans, despite lack of strategic approach, low visibility and funding issues
National Human Rights Institutions (NHRI) play a critical role in ensuring human rights protection in the Western Balkans, despite studies finding their offices are often understaffed, poorly budgeted and lack visibility, panellists told the “A Human Rights Bedrock: Effective National Human Rights Institutions for the Western Balkans” virtual conference on Wednesday. Organised by Civil Rights […]
Debate: The public policies play a fundamental role in the development of the state accoring to the citizens, buy their level of trust in them is low
Each state is based on its state institutions and their proper functioning. Public policies play a fundamental role in all areas of its development. The citizens reckon that the public authorities in the Republic of North Macedonia are delivering disappointing results, and their level of trust in them is generally low. Informing the citizens about […]
Effectiveness of NHRIs in Western Balkan countries: What is behind and beyond the average?
This regional report is the result of the research project which included independent institutions established by the state to protect and promote human rights in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia. The research took place in the period from July – November 2019 and July – November 2020. It was first [...] Regional Conference: “A Human Rights Bedrock: Effective National Human Rights Institutions for the Western Balkans”
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 [...]