The team from the Metamorphosis Foundation implementing the project Open Educational Resources visited the elementary school “Goce Delčev” in Vasilevo, on 22 November 2019. Firstly, they held a presentation on the concept of OER, emphasizing the benefits and through actual examples teachers were introduced to the process of creating such resources. Following the presentation of the concept of open educational resources, an interactive workshop was held during which teachers were encouraged ...

Two more schools were visited on 12 and 14 October within the project Open Educational Resources implemented by the Metamorphosis Foundation. In the elementary schools “Brakja Ribar” in the village of Tabanovce and “Mustafa Kemal Ataturk” in the village of Dolno Količani presentations and workshops were held. The aim is to introduce the teaching staff to the concepts of OER and their usefulness using real examples where they are regularly used in the teaching process. ...

On 4, 5 and 6 November 2019, the Metamorphosis team visited the elementary schools “Svetozar Markovikj” in the village of Staro Nagoričane, “Rajko Zhinzifov” in the village of Gorno Orizari and “Diturija” in the village of Ljubin. These visits, on which first the concept of open educational resources in presented, and then an interactive workshop is held, are part of the project Open Educational Resources implemented by the Metamorphosis Foundation. Through these visits, the school ...

On 1 November 2019, in the elementary school “Cyril and Methodius” in the village Kučevište, a presentation and workshop were held within the project Open Educational Resources implemented by the Metamorphosis Foundation. This is the second such workshop implemented within the project, through which teachers are introduced to OER concepts, their usefulness and examples of their regular use in the teaching process. During the workshop, the trainers introduced tools to the ...

On Thursday, 31 October 2019, a presentation of open educational resources and a workshop with the teaching staff of the Elementary School “Brakja Ramiz & Hamid” in Suto Orizari were held. These activities are part of the Open Educational Resources project implemented by the Metamorphosis Foundation. By presenting OER concepts, their usefulness and by giving examples of their regular use in the teaching process, teachers have gained a clearer perspective of OER. After the presentation, a...

A three day training on the topic “Social media and visualisations for a bigger transparency and accountability of the institutions” was held between 15-17.10.2019 with representatives of the grantees and media organisations from the third cycle of the ACTION SEE grant scheme from North Macedonia. The purpose of the training was building the capacity of the grantees and media organisations for a strategic use of social media and visualising of data which would enable the grantees and...

Between the 16 – 18.09.2019, as part of the ACTION SEE project, the Metamorphosis team organised a training for media on the topic of “Strategic Data Usage for Media Coverage on Issues related to Rule of Law and Good Governance” in Struga, North Macedonia. The purpose of the training was to build the capacity of the media organisations to re-affirm their role as media in covering issues related to rule of law and good governance and to strategically analyse and use their data ...

On July 9th, 2019, an introductory meeting was held with representatives of the grantees from the third cycle of the ACTION SEE grant scheme from North Macedonia. The purpose of the introductory meeting was for the grantees to get better acquainted with the procedures regarding the implementation of their grants, but also to have the opportunity to get to know each other, exchange best practices and experiences regarding the implementation of the grants, and to establish contacts for further ...

Alfred Friendly Press Partners, a 35-year-old nonprofit organization which and has been operating within the Missouri School of Journalism in the eponymous US state, in the city of Columbia, will hold a series of five seminars for Macedonian journalists in 2019. The seminars, three of which will be held in Skopje, the fourth in Struga while the last one in Mavrovo, will cover topics connected to the strategies of effective storytelling, mobile journalism, audio recording and video production as ...

During the month of February, the Critical Thinking for Mediawise Citizens – CriThink project conducted a series of three webinars. While the topic selection addressed the expressed needs of the sub-grantees of the Small Grants Scheme, the webinars were open to the public as participation would benefit the wider civil society and media organizations. The webinars are integral part of the CriThink capacity building methodology, which also consists of financial support, training and mentoring ...