Benchmarking eGovernment Services in Macedonia

For the fourth time we perform measurements of the online sophistication at the government level in Macedonia. The measurement was conducted in the period March/April 2008 and reflects the situation of the realized projects in 2008. This time we followed the Capgemini’s new 5-stage grading system, where 5th level has been added to encompass the idea of pro-active and automatic service delivery. In this paper we will compare growth of eGov services for Macedonia with the old 4-level grading system, and compare the situation in MK with other EU countries using the 5-stage grading system.

Decoding disinformation: Regional mapping of disinformation and civil society in the Western Balkans

As part of the Digital Activism Program, led by TechSoup in collaboration with regional partners, we present the 2023-2024 Regional Disinformation and Civil Society Mapping Reports. These reports focus on four key regions in Central and Eastern Europe: the Western Balkans, the Visegrad region, the Black Sea region and the Baltics. Each report provides a […]

Towards a Feasible Implementation of the Digital Services Act in the Western Balkans

The Study elaborates on the readiness of Western Balkan countries for the harmonization of their national regulations with the EU’s Digital Services Act. This Act represents the most ambitious regulation, both at the European Union and the global level that aims to protect the fundamental rights of users of digital services. It does so by […]

Climate Conspiracies in the Western Balkans: Widely Imported and Persistently Repeated

The topic of climate is fertile soil for spreading disinformation. Denying the existence of global warming, conspiracy theories claiming the climate change is a tool in the hands of secret societies or powerful individuals in order to control or harm the populations, allegations that human influence on the climate is not as big as scientists […]