With regard to the total revenues of CSOs in North Macedonia, state funding, i.e. central budget money, is 4%. In comparison to the preceding year, the proportion of central state funding remains unchanged. Amidst the stagnation in the reform process for state funding allocated to CSOs and the persistent boycott of the Council for Cooperation between the government and civil society, the necessary conditions are not being established to fulfill the government’s commitment to increase funds for CSOs. According to the Action Plan for the implementation of the Strategy for Co-operation and Development of the Civil Sector 2022-2024, the government has committed to making state funding’s participation in the revenues of CSOs in 20% in 2022, 25% in 2023, and 30% in 2024. Read more here.
Source: Macedonian Center for International Cooperation (MCIC)