Project: Civil Society in Action: Partnerships for Positive Social Change
Implementation Period: March 2006 – February 2008
Location: Northwest region of Macedonia (Gostivar, Tetovo, Debar and Kicevo)
Target Group: NGOs, citizens/informal citizen groups
Description of the Project:
This project aims to address concerns by the citizenry that NGOs, governments, and the private sector are corrupt and self-interested. What this project does is gives educational enhancement and mentorship to citizens from various sectors of society, to pursue concrete policy actions with other stakeholders in their communities to hold individuals and organizations accountable for the consequences of their actions. By implementing this project, ADI will raise awareness about the roles and responsibilities of various stakeholders in society, strengthen civil society and encourage new partnerships for social change in the Northwest region of Macedonia. This project also has a component, which allows civil society actors to pursue local policy initiatives through small grants.
Project’s official website: www.gostivari.org.mk
Donor: United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in partnership with the Institute for Sustainable Communities (ISC)
Project: Regional Integration through Volunteer Exchanges for Reconciliation of South Eastern Europe (RIVER SEE)
Implementation Period: 2005 – 2007
Location: Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosova, Macedonia, Serbia & Montenegro.
Target Group: CSOs, potential volunteers, local-government officials, youth
Description of the Project: Its objective is to contribute to regional integration, social cohesion and poverty reduction in the SEE by strengthening networks through East-to-East volunteer exchanges, promoting volunteerism and proactive citizenship, building the capacity of civil society to deal with local development and governance processes, and establishing regional cooperation between civil initiatives. Legislative frameworks on volunteerism in the region will be promoted in order to secure a supportive environment thus engaging local, regional, and national governments towards a vibrant volunteer sector.
Donor: United Nations Volunteers (UNV) & United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
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Project: Power-sharing – New concept of Decision-making in Multicultural Municipalities in Macedonia
Implementation Period: September 2005 – August 2006
Location: Municipalities of Gostivar, Debar, Stuga and Kicevo in Macedonia
Target Group: Minorities and municipal councilors in the municipalities of Kicevo, Struga, Debar and Gostivar.
Description of the Project:
The democratic system in Macedonia has been substantially altered and new instruments and politics for the protection of minority rights have been introduced. They include attributes of power-sharing (consensual democracy), equitable representation of the minorities in government institutions (administration, army and police), the right of veto (Badhinter’s’s majority principle) for defined laws and local self-government for minority communities. These instruments and politics are relatively new when it comes to Macedonia as a case study. Therefore, this project monitors whether decisions being made in local self-governments are being made by consensus, or whether majority rules or minority veto is impinging on the rights of particular ethnic communities in the decision-making process.
Donor: European Agency for Reconstruction (EAR) CARDS programme for Southeast Europe
Project: Informed Citizens are Free Citizens – Involve Citizens in the Work of Local Government
Implementation Period: May 2005 – November 2006
Location: Peshkopi, Albania, Struga and Gostivar, Macedonia.
Target Group: Local civil society organizations, citizens and the local governments in the implementation locations.
Description of the Project:
This project aims to enhance citizens’ participation in the local governance process. To reach this goal we will provide information on the role of civil society in the democratization process, raise the awareness towards citizens on, and support the participation of citizens in the local governance processes.
Donor: European Commission:
CARDS programme for Southeast Europe
Project: Organizational Strengthening of the Association for Democratic Initiatives
Implementation Period: January 2004 – December 2006
Location: Gostivar, Macedonia
Target Group: ADI Staff
Description of the Project: The aim of this project is to increase the work efficiency and level of transparency of organizations. The program “Strengthening strategic organizations” foresees several activities such as: trainings for the improvement of the work of the organizations, consultations, meetings, seminars, study visits, transparency, web page, annual reports and auditing, newsletters, information materials, researches, technical facilities, and other activities connected with improving the work of ADI.
Donor: Macedonian Center for International Cooperation (MCIC)
