News from CSOs

Participants in the third Deliberative Polling event organized by EPI in collaboration with the Center for Deliberative Democracy at Stanford University from the USA believe that this type of research is useful for learning more about the people around them – about what they and their lives are like. DOWNLOAD…

Mediation as an alternative way of resolving disputes was first introduced in the Republic of North Macedonia by the Law on Mediation of 2006, succeeded by a new law adopted in 2013, and then the current law on Mediation (hereinafter: the Law), which was adopted by the Parliament in December…

Infographic with results from the National deliberative poll on electoral reforms in North Macedonia. DOWNLOAD PDF

In May and June 2022, the European Policy Institute – EPI, for the third time conducted deliberative polling, in partnership with Stanford University in the USA. The resume with the results can be found here DOWNLOAD PDF

The civil society in Europe is still under pressure, shows the latest report by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA). The report includes a section on selected accession countries including Macedonia. EPI prepared the country report on the civic space in Macedonia. Civil society is a key component…

In this podcast, we discuss with Antonija Petričušić minority rights in the EU accession process, namely the experience of Croatia in the negotiations in Chapter 23, specifically the rights of minorities. We discussed how European integration and EU conditionality contribute to the protection and advancement of minority rights; how the…

In this podcast, we discuss with Antonija Petričušić minority rights in the EU accession process, namely the experience of Croatia in the negotiations in Chapter 23, specifically the rights of minorities. We discussed how European integration and EU conditionality contribute to the protection and advancement of minority rights; how the…

The European Commission published its third annual Rule of Law Report. This year, emphasis was placed on the importance of respecting democratic values, human rights and the rule of law, in the context of the developments during the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. Same as the previous years, four critical…

The Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities Skopje, in conjunction with the Visegrad Fund and the Balkan Trust for Democracy-The German Marshall Fund of the United States, is proud to present the proceedings from the Avenues of Cooperation conference, which was dedicated to finding a solution to the cultural conflict…

The Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities Skopje, in conjunction with the Balkan Trust for Democracy-The German Marshall Fund of the United States, and the National Endowment for Democracy is proud to present its multi-perspective study on the Bulgarian-Macedonian dispute. This study, entitled: “Toward an Exit Point from the Enlargement…