MEDIA PLUS Association – Shtip
Total budget: MKD 1.797.800
Timeframe: 1.6.2019-30.11.2020
Partner
KANAL 77 DOOEL Shtip trading broadcasting company
Constituents
At least 24 CSOs, eight local Prevention Councils, at least 400 citizens from the eights selected municipalities, the general public.
On the Project Supported by Civica Mobilitas
Together We Are More Secure and Safer
Background for the Action
The local government is led by party politics, and the party agendas hugely influence decision making. The goals of the parties in our society are related to meeting the needs and interests of their membership (which does not always imply the majority). The citizens, on the other hand, hoping to fulfil their short-term personal interests are much more organized within the political parties and advocate party views and are much less neutral or believe in the power of CSOs and civic activism as a possibility to come to positive changes. In the end, the local CSOs are limited in resources, and they depend on the external finances which are provided on a competitive basis, and there is a lack of continuity in their work, while the results and effects of their engagements are with limited success.
GOALS AND RESULTS
Goal: Civil sector cooperates with the local authorities and actively contributes to positive social changes and socially inclusive management at local level.
Objective: CSOs and activists in eight municipalities from eight regions are encouraged to cooperate with the local government and participate in the processes of decision making via promotion of positive examples and initiating new joint actions.
Results
- Established communication and cooperation with eight local Prevention Councils and at least 24 CSOs in different regions;
- Prepared and shared analysis of the activities of the eight local Prevention Councils and involvement of the citizens in the decision making;
- Informed citizens with increased awareness about the role of prevention and safety via prepared and promoted analysis of the citizens’ priorities and problems in the area of prevention on eight selected municipalities;
- Strengthened capacities of eight local Prevention Councils and 24 CSOs to provide participation and good governance.
Activities
- Establishing a functional project team and selection of eight municipalities/local Prevention Councils and 24 CSOs;
- Signing memoranda of understanding with the selected eight municipalities;
- Researching the activity of the newly established Prevention Councils in the selected eight municipalities and the involvement of the citizens and CSOs in decision making and sharing the research;
- Detecting the problems/priorities of the citizens in the area of safety and prevention in the eight municipalities by conducting a survey and focus groups;
- Preparation and sharing of analyses on the researched municipalities;
- Production, radio broadcasting and sharing of eight journalistic stories on the priorities of the citizens in the eight municipalities;
- Researching positive examples of cooperation of CSOs and local self-government in the area of decision making and success stories about problem resolving;
- Preparation, promotion and sharing of eight visualizations;
- Organizing and implementing eight informative-educational workshops on the local Prevention Councils and CSOs in the eight selected municipalities;
- Organizing and implementing a final networking event to share the experiences of the stakeholders in the eight municipalities.