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…
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…
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 –…
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…
Around 1.7 billion euros of investment are needed to clean urban wastewater, which is now discharged directly into rivers, lakes and soils and for securing clean water supply in accordance with the EU acquis. Water is a resource that is consumed indefinitely, yet for years now the competent institutions have…
The project aims at increasing the involvement of the general public with national stakeholders in a national democratic debate that will open pan-national dialogue on the needed mechanisms for an effective democratic transition. DOWNLOAD PDF The post [Project summary] ACT – Active citizen participation 2.0 appeared first on EPI.
In order to promote and to increase the overall usage rate of the mediation, the European Policy Institute, The Academy for Judges and Public Prosecutors, The Chamber of Mediators and The Mediators Federation Netherlands signed a Memorandum of Understanding. This Memorandum will contribute to the implemention of the project “Mediate, do not…
The right to safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment plays a key role in leading a healthy life, and this right is one of the most important for young people. Unfortunately, the environment is endangered starting from air pollution, unsanitary water up to garbage in various places around cities, and…
Author: Malinka Ristevska Jordanova Ultimately, we should acknowledge that the EU cannot simply come up with a recipe that will grant us a better life. We must have our own vision and our own plan. Some fifteen years ago, while talking to another veteran in the EU integration process from…
The European Union accession process is a long and complex path. It offers opportunities for advancing various areas of policy which relate to human rights and most aspects of a country’s legal and administrative system. However, many of these processes are out of reach for the general public, as they…
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