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Date & Venue:25 November 2025, Assembly of the Republic of North Macedonia On the occasion of 25 November – International Day… Source

Today in Ropotovo, we officially presented the results of the Smart Green Village for a Sustainable Future project, implemented with the support of the Open Society Foundations – Western Balkans. The event showcased the key achievements of the project, as well as the findings of the pre-feasibility study assessing the potential of the village and…

Between May and October 2025, as part of the Smart Green Village for Sustainable Future project, a community composting process was carried out in the village of Ropotovo. With the help of three newly established communal composting stations, local residents, together with municipal staff, maintained the organic material as it “matured” and transformed into high-quality…

In the podcast “Where Is the Money?” on Pari.com.mk, Professor Marjan Petreski discusses the Draft Budget 2026:⚠ As in our FT Commentary 43 (https://shorturl.at/67wyD), the overall budgeting framework is moving in the right direction, but a series of fiscal risks remain.❗ The inflation target of 2.5% is achievable only if fiscal policy supports monetary policy, […]
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Metamorphosis Foundation organized a hackathon as part of CIVICUS’s International Civic Society Week. The event was held in Bangkok, Thailand from 1st to 5th of November 2025. The five teams, working hard, completed and presented their demo presentations. Over the next few months, they will work on developing a prototype, under the mentorship and guidance […]
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On November 19, 2025, at the premises of Europe House Bitola, a local workshop of CarGrow 2.0, the civil alliance that monitors and supports the implementation of the Reform Agenda and the Growth Plan, was held. The workshop aimed to present the role of CARGrow 2.0 as a civil alliance for monitoring reforms and to […]
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✅ We are proud that MK-MOD, the Macedonian tax-benefit microsimulation model – developed and maintained by Finance Think – is officially featured on the European models map within EUROMOD 🇪🇺. With this, MK-MOD stands shoulder to shoulder with the models of the European Union, Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and other countries that develop modern […]
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Budget revenues are projected to grow by 3.5%, calculated based on the budgeted revenues for 2025. That nominal growth is realistic—one could even say conservative—if for 2026 we expect real GDP growth of 3.8% and inflation of 2.5%. However, the problem arises because the projection in the 2025 budget is unrealistic to achieve. Finance Think […]
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🔛 On 12 and 13 November in Sarajevo, our economist Marija Basheska participated in the regional conference “Think SMART: Rethinking the Old-School Funding Approach,” dedicated to rethinking funding models and strengthening the role of the civil sector in the Western Balkans.Her participation in the conference was an excellent opportunity to exchange practices, hear diverse perspectives, […]
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On November 13, 2025, at the premises of Innox Innovation Center (Skopje), the Metamorphosis Foundation organized a workshop titled “Basics of Cybersecurity and Digital Self-Protection” for 35 participants as part of the regional program CybHER! The workshop was organized in collaboration with the British Council, with expert support from Ljubica Pendaroska Krstevska, a cybersecurity expert. […]
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