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Presentation of Mikro Art’s Policy Paper “Citizens in City Development”

On 19 June 2014, Mikro Art, a SBPPF grantee from Serbia, held a press conference and presented their Policy Paper “Citizens in City Development”. This analysis of citizens’ participation in urban development in Serbia shows discrepancy between official strategic documents which proclaim the need for transparent and participatory urban and spatial planning and actual legal

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Presentation of the research on “Increasing the Use of gov.mk Websites as Tools for Transparency, Accountability and e-Participation” by Metamorphosis Foundation

The Metamorphosis Foundation, one of the SBPPF grantees, organized a conference for presentation of the final findings from the research of the gov.mk websites within the framework of the project “Increasing the Use of gov.mk Websites as Tools for Transparency, Accountability and e-Participation”. The conference took place at the EU InfoCentre on June 17, 2014

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Balkan Civic Practices #10 – Monitoring Matrix on Enabling Environment for Civil Society Development – Regional Report

BCSDN is proud to present the 1st-ever Regional Report on Enabling Environment for Civil Society Development in Enlargement Countries, developed in partnership with European Center for Non-profit Law (ECNL). This report summarizes the key findings from 8 country reports in the Western Balkans and Turkey, prepared by using the Monitoring Matrix on Enabling Environment for Civil

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Presentation of Analytica’s Policy Paper “Energy and Security Sector Governance in Macedonia: How to Improve its Efficiency?“

On 30th of May, Analytica, one of the SBPPF Grantees, organized the promotion of their policy paper called „Energy and security sector governance in Macedonia: How to improve its efficiency?“. The research analyzes the energy and security sector governance in Macedonia by focusing on the energy and security sector institutions‘ efficiency in order to draft

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