Civica Mobilitas promoted the new grantees

byЦивика мобилитас

Today (16 May 2017) in hotel TCC Grand Plaza in Skopje, Civica Mobilitas promoted the new action, small and ad hoc grantees. “Civica Mobilitas has reached the planned critical mass of 100 large grantees, while the total number of supported organizations in one year and a half before the end of the program is 197”, Aleksandar Krzalovski, National Team Leader of the program and first Executive Director of MCIC, said in his remarks.

The Swiss Ambassador to Macedonia, Her Excellency Sybille Suter Tejada, awarded the contracts to the grantees.  “In such a sensitive political and social environment, the civil society has an emphasized role in promotion of dialogue in the society”, she said and added that the Civica Mobilitas grantees are already distinguished drivers of change.  the Ambassador Suter Tejada also stressed the role of young people from different ethnic communities, “I am truly pleased that we have numerous organizations led by young people, she said.

A total number of 15 organizations received action grants intended for support to the civil society organizations which want to promote their causes and activities with a total budget of over 28 million denars. The planned activities will be directed to many sectors such as: good governance, civil society, gender issues, inter-ethnic relations, tolerance, culture, disabilities, employment, education and science, information, etc. The awarded organizations come from the Skopje, Polog, Northeastern, and Vardar region. The planned activities of the action grantees were presented through short videos.

At this event, eight small action grants and 14 ad hoc grantees were promoted with a budget of almost 7.5 million denars. These organizations, through their activities, will focus on debate, elections, environment, local self-government, human rights, inter-ethnic relations, youth, etc.

The new support for the civil society organizations and other civil society actors through the Civica Mobilitas program started in October 2014 and it will last till September 2018. The Budget of the program is about eight million Swiss francs.

 

[WPSM_AC id=4639]

Продолжи со читање

  • When Saving Becomes Political Responsibility

    “Saving at state level does not mean giving up expenditures, but rather rationalizing them and channelling them to policies that create an added value – education, health, infrastructure and innovations”, says Blagica Petreski, the Executive Director of Finance Think, concisely explaining the essence of public finance: “The government should save…

  • What are the candidates talking about in the 2025 local elections? #6

    WEEKLY REVIEW #6 [20-26 October 2025] Even after the conclusion of the election process, the elections continued to dictate the media agenda. Although the number of publications was somewhat lower than in previous weeks, public interest remained high. With more than 4,400 media texts and 560 posts on social networks,…

  • Cooperation between CSOs and Business Sector Brings Many Mutual Benefits

    “The reason because of which we all want to cooperate is because we all want to have benefits. Regardless whether you come from the business sector of the civil one, you should start to develop more complex understanding of the mutual benefits”, said Simon Forrester, Civica Mobilitas International Expert, to…

  • What Do the 2025 Local Elections Candidates Talk About? #5

    WEEKLY REVIEW #5 [13 – 17 October 2025] In the final week before the election silence, there was intensified activity and renewed mobilization in the media, with over 3,000 media articles and 240 social media posts — and a clear increase in engagement toward the end of the week. The…