Western Balkan PAR Monitor: Public service and human resource management – 2024/2025
The assessment of the transparency, openness and meritocracy of public service and human resource management focuses on five critical aspects – 1) transparency of statistics and reports on civil service, 2) transparency of temporary hiring in the civil service, 3) transparency and merit principle of recruitment process, 4) merit-based selection and protection of top managers […]
PAR Monitor Report North Macedonia: Public service and human resource management – 2024-2025
Since the last WeBER monitoring cycle, no progress has been made in this policy area; instead, a slight decline has been noted. The Government neither regularly prepares nor publishes reports on the civil service, and available data are not in open formats. However, the new Law on Administrative Servants (LAS) and the Law on Public […]
Service Delivery in North Macedonia: Results of the Exit Polling
Under the WeBER 3.0 project’s Small Grant Facility, the European Policy Institute – Skopje (EPI) signed grant contracts with three civil society organisations to enhance citizen engagement in public administration reform (PAR) at the local level. The Consumers Organisation of Macedonia (COM) worked on digitalising and modernising communal services in Ohrid; Blink 42-21 developed a […]
Quarterly Brief: Rule of Law in View of EU Accession – July-September 2025
This brief summarises the key developments related to the rule of law in the context of North Macedonia’s EU accession for the period July–September 2025. It includes monitoring the fundamentals of EU accession, including key developments in the functioning of democratic institutions, public administration reform, and Chapter 23: Judiciary and Fundamental Rights.
Public Services for Vulnerable Groups of Citizens With and Without Disabilities
This policy brief proposes concrete measures to enhance access to public services for citizens with and without disabilities in the Republic of North Macedonia (MK). It has been prepared within the Western Balkans Enablers for Reforming Public Administrations—Monitoring of Public Administration Reform project (WeBER 3.0). The methodological framework combines normative analysis of domestic legislation and […]
Review of the EU Rule of Law Report 2025, with a Focus on the Country Report on North Macedonia
The Rule of Law Report (RoLR) is a crucial instrument of the European Union (EU), serving both as a diagnostic tool and a preventive mechanism to monitor the state of the rule of law across Member States. By assessing key areas, including the justice system, anti-corruption measures, media pluralism, and institutional checks and balances, the […]
Risk of falling behind
Commentary following the European Commission Report on the Republic of North Macedonia from 4 November 2025 The European Commission does not find any setbacks in any area, i.e. chapter, the fact that there is no progress in Chapter 23: Judiciary and Fundamental Rights and limited progress in Chapter 24: Justice, Freedom and Security, the key […]
North Macedonia’s progress compared to other countries in the Enlargement process in 2025
How do the countries in the EU’s Enlargement process compare with each other regarding the progress made in the latest European Commission’s Country Reports? We prepared infographics comparing the progress evaluation by the EC. Cluster “Fundamentals” Cluster “Internal market” Cluster “Competitiveness and inclusive growth” Cluster “Resources, agriculture and cohesion” Clusters “Green Agenda” and “External relations”
North Macedonia’s preparedness compared to other countries in the Enlargement process in 2025
How do the countries in the EU’s Enlargement process compare with each other regarding the preparedness in the latest European Commission’s Country Reports? We prepared infographics comparing the preparedness evaluation by the EC. Cluster “Fundamentals” Cluster “Internal market” Cluster “Competitiveness and inclusive growth” Cluster “Resources, agriculture and cohesion” Clusters “Green Agenda” and “External relations”
Aligning North Macedonia’s AI Policy with the EU: Bridging the Regulatory Gap
This analysis aims to explore how the European Union AI Act will influence North Macedonia’s legal and institutional readiness for EU integration, with a focus on the necessary structural, legal, and institutional reforms the country must undertake to harmonise laws with EU standards. Without this alignment, the country risks regulatory fragmentation, decreased trust in AI […]