Water services are essential services. They support the sustainable development of our societies and are fundamental for realising the ambition of the EU Green Deal and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Every drop of water count and efficient integrated water management is a challenge all over the world. Over the…
In early spring the European Parliament, Commission and Council signed the Joint Declaration on the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE). The Conference offers a bottom-up perspective – inclusion of European citizens in discussions on the most pressing issues the European Union is facing, to further shape the union…
Developed democracies, as a rule, boast professional, largely apolitical civil services, which have been recognised as a crucial component of good public governance. Their work is centred on protecting the public interest. Hence, a modern civil service must be governed by specific codified rules, which set standards and procedures for…
This shadow report brings together in a single coherent whole all the findings, conclusions and recommendations that have emerged from the monitoring of the areas contained in Chapter 23 – Judiciary and Fundamental Rights. This is the sixth such report published by the European Policy Institute – Skopje (EPI), taking…
Although the adoption of negotiation framework by the Council of EU and holding the first intergovernmental conference with North Macedonia is an important step and positive impulse for the Government and the state institutions, the country must have a clear vision and strategy, regardless of European institutions’ decisions, continuous cooperation…
The private sector, as well as the public administration, are not sufficiently familiar with the benefits of mediation, according to a survey conducted by the European Policy Institute (EPI). The key findings from the research conducted with representatives from the public administration and the private sector were presented at today’s…
The presentation by Commissioner Várhelyi of the Enlargement Package at the Foreign Policy Commission was evidently overshadowed by the blocked accession path of North Macedonia and Albania and the inability of EU Member States to adopt a decision on the start of accession negotiations with these two countries. In such…
Transposition and implementation at national level of Council Directives 2000/43 and 2000/78 – State of affairs 1 January 2021 The country report on non-discrimination prepared by our research coordinator, Biljana Kotevska for the European network of legal experts in gender equality and non-discrimination. DOWNLOAD PDF
“Macedonia failed the human rights exam during the pandemic” is the main finding of the assessment we made as part of a pilot comparative analysis coordinated by the EUI (Italy) and Oxford (UK) universities. The assessment was done by our research coordinator Biljana Kotevska. DOWNLOAD PDF
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…
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