23.06.2021
Conference: Critical Thinking for Mediawise Citizens
The Metamorphosis Foundation and Eurothink are pleased to announce that a conference on the topic “Critical Thinking for Mediawise Citizens” will be held on 28 June 2021 (Monday). The event will be held online, on the “ZOOM” platform, and simultaneous translation in Macedonian, Albanian and English will be provided. The conference, which will start at […]
16.06.2021
Hate speech cases in the country “smothered” in the Public Prosecutor’s Office
The prosecution does not prosecute cases of hate speech and, consequently, in North Macedonia, hate speech remains unpunished despite the fact that it is a crime. Hate speech has declined in the traditional media but continues to grow in online media. This, among other things, was said by the participants in the webinar “How to […]
15.06.2021
Discussion about 5G: The advantages are enormous, the dangers, so far, lie only in the conspiracy theories- Meta.mk
All the scientific studies that were conducted or are underway all around the world including the measurements in the places where this technology is implemented, including the measurements during the tests conducted in Skopje, show that 5G technology has no proven adverse effect on people’s health or the living environment. It is always good […]
15.06.2021
Webinar: “Humor and Satire as a Tool for Spreading Media Literacy”
During the past 36 months within the CriThink project, Metamorphosis awarded grants and collaborated with 17 local/regional civil society organizations to implement media literacy projects in the 8 planning regions of the country, including the city of Skopje. Most of these projects targeted young high school and elementary school students. Although the approach was different […]
11.06.2021
Webinar: Fact-checking Facebook content
Since August 2020, the Truthmeter portal, as an independent fact-checking site, has been collaborating with Facebook to expose and mark disinformation posted on this social network. In this webinar, members of the editorial board (editors and fact-checkers) will discuss the challenges they face in exposing Facebook disinformation, the attacks on them and the Metamorphosis Foundation […]
11.06.2021
Webinar: Fighting Disinformation about Covid-19
Almost in simultaneously with the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, a storm of disinformation related to it appeared. The speed with which disinformation was created and spread around the world was unprecedented until then. In just a month or two, Covid-19 disinformation reached a level and scope of such levels that the disinformation in the […]
08.06.2021
Event Announcement: Dialogues for the Digital Agenda: Everything You Wanted to Know About 5G Technology on 15 June 2021 from 10:00 – 11:30
Within the project “Increasing Civic Engagement in the Digital Agenda – ICEDA” which is co-funded by the European Union and implemented in 6 countries (North Macedonia, Serbia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Albania and Estonia), Metamorphosis Foundation organizes Dialogues for the Digital Agenda: Everything You Wanted to Know About 5G Technology on 15 June 2021 from 10:00 – […]
21.05.2021
Open Data Hackathon Held
From 17-20 May 2021, an online Open Data Hackathon was organized by the Metamorphosis Foundation for Internet and Society within the USAID Civic Engagement Project. 13 participants applied for participation in the Hackathon and 3 working teams were formed. The teams had the task to develop software solutions that will be beneficial for the citizens, […]
12.05.2021
Metamorphosis Foundation for Internet and Society to mark Global Open Gov Week
Open Gov Week will be held from 17-21 May 2021 as a global initiative that promotes democracy, encourages greater involvement, and promotes good governance through cooperation between citizens and government. Global Open Gov Week will include over 100 events where citizens, civil society organizations, government officials and other stakeholders will gather to share ideas, discuss […]
12.05.2021
Online or Off, Core Open Government Principles Can Strengthen Citizen Engagement
How often have you communicated with the leaders you elected into local or national office? Have you ever called or emailed your representative to tell them your priorities and how you want them to weigh in on an issue? Have you seen your ideas put into action? In North Macedonia, with USAID support, the government […]
11.05.2021
Global Cyber Policy Dialogues: Western Balkans
On April 15, 2021, the Observer Research Foundation America, in partnership with the Ministry of Defence of North Macedonia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, and Metamorphosis Foundation, hosted the Global Cyber Policy Dialogues: Western Balkans. The event was organized to further discussions around building capacity in the Western Balkans to address key cyber […]
04.05.2021
Open call for participation in the online Open Data Hackathon
WHAT IS THE OPEN DATA HACKATHON? The Metamorphosis Foundation for Internet and Society is organizing the first Open Data Hackathon as part of the USAID Civic Engagement Project. This four-day challenge aims to bring together and encourage young, creative and innovative people to develop demo innovative solutions that should bring closer to citizens the […]
