21.01.2022

DEBATE: Digitalization will bring benefits to citizens, but requires additional effort and resources

Photo: Screenshot   Digitalization would bring a huge advantage to both the citizens and the transparency and accountability of local governments, but the needed level will require a lot of effort and money.…

18.01.2022

e-Participation – animation

Strengthening the capacity of citizens to engage in policy-making and decision-making using available technologies and tools is called e-participation. E-participation mechanisms should be easily accessible to citizens, easy to use and safe at…

18.01.2022

Оnline training on transparency and open data of local self-government units

As part of the USAID Civic Engagement Project, the Metamorphosis Foundation conducted two-day, online training to promote transparency and open data of local government units. The trainings were held on January 17 and…

18.01.2022

Privacy Talks # 2 – Be selfish with your data

Dear all,   Metamorphosis Foundation invites you to the second meeting of the “Privacy Talks” Initiative, which will cover the topic “Be selfish with your data”. The meeting will be attended by Božidar…

05.01.2022

“For faculties, banks and some notaries, the electronic certificate is an unsolvable enigma” – News Agency Meta.mk

Photo: Portalb.mk Educational institutions, banks and notaries are insecure and not sufficiently informed whether to accept an electronically issued birth certificate. Although obtaining a birth certificate from the Office for Management of Registers…

31.12.2021

e-Government and the Western Balkan – animation

When public services are fully digitalized, citizens will be able to use them by starting the procedure online, while the rest of the process is automated. So far, government institutions in the Western…

30.12.2021

Highlights 2021

To celebrate 2021 for its many successes, we will share 12 main highlights of our work. 1. Open Data Hackathons In 2021 we organized two Open Data Hackathons, which resulted in the development…

28.12.2021

Memorandum of Cooperation between the Metamorphosis Foundation and the Personal Data Protection Agency

The Executive Director of the Metamorphosis Foundation, Bardhyl Jashari, and the Director of the Personal Data Protection Agency, Imer Aliu, signed a Memorandum affirming the efforts of both parties to make a joint…

27.12.2021

Third meeting of the Working Group for preparation of a draft-Law on the Use of Public Sector Data

On 27 December 2021, the third meeting of the Working Group for preparation of the draft-Law on the Use of Public Sector Data was held. The working group is part of the activities…

27.12.2021

Open Call for Proposals – hiring a transparency trainer

As part of the USAID Civic Engagement Project, the Metamorphosis Foundation is announcing an open call for proposals for hiring a transparency trainer, in order to conduct training on transparency and openness of…

27.12.2021

The sixth wave of measuring the openness of executive and legislative power is underway

Within the ACTION SEE – Accountability, Technology and Institutional Openness Network in South-East Europe, supported by USAID’s Civic Engagement Project and the National Endowment for Democracy through the project Using New Media to…

24.12.2021

Visualization – Web accessibility– why it matters?

EU Web Accessibility Directive: websites and apps of the public sector have to meet specific technical accessibility criteria. ”Web accessibility is not only about technical standards, web architecture, and design. It is a…