Assessment of good governance of the executive power in North Macedonia and the region through the Openness Index

With support from Open Society Foundation – Macedonia and the National Endowment for Democracy, the Metamorphosis Foundation, in collaboration with partners from the regional network of CSOs – Accountability, Technology and Institutional Openness Network in Southeast Europe (ACTION SEE), prepared an assessment of the state of good governance of the executive powers of four countries […]

Assessment of good governance of the legislative branch in North Macedonia and the region through the Openness Index 2023

With support from Open Society Foundation – Macedonia and the National Endowment for Democracy, the Metamorphosis Foundation, in collaboration with partners from the regional network of CSOs – Accountability, Technology and Institutional Openness Network in Southeast Europe (ACTION SEE), prepared an assessment of the state of good governance of the assemblies of four countries from […]

Assessment of good governance in North Macedonia and the region through the Openness Index – Assembly and Executive branch of power – 2021 measurement

With support from USAID’s Civic Engagement Project and the National Endowment for Democracy, the Metamorphosis Foundation, in collaboration with partners from the regional network of CSOs – Accountability, Technology and Institutional Openness Network in Southeast Europe (ACTION SEE), prepared an assessment of the state of good governance of the assemblies and executive branches of the […]

Openness Index for the Local Government for 2022

The Metamorphosis Foundation for Internet and Society, within the framework of the USAID Project for Civic Engagement, assessed the state of good governance in the local self-government units (LGUs) in the Republic of North Macedonia for 2022. The assessment is the result of a conducted research based on the Openness Index. The 2022 survey found […]

Visualization: Openness Index of LSGU for 2021

The Metamorphosis Foundation for Internet and Society, within the USAID Civic Engagement Project, assessed the state of good governance of the local self-government units in the Republic of North Macedonia for 2021. The assessment is the result of a survey based on the Openness Index. The visualization shows the performance of local government in the […]

Openness Index of the LSGUs 2021

The Metamorphosis Foundation for Internet and Society, within the USAID Civic Engagement Project, assessed the state of good governance in the local self-government units in the Republic of North Macedonia for 2021. The assessment is the result of a survey based on the Openness Index. The openness of LSGUs is assessed through four main principles: […]

alGOVrithms 2.0 The State of Play

Metamorphosis Foundation, in partnership with Kohovolit.eu from Czechia, K-Monitor – Hungary, Open Data Kosovo – Kosovo, and ePaństwo Foundation from Poland prepared “alGOVrithms 2.0: The State Of Play” report. The report focuses on the usage of Automated Decision Making (ADMs) in government-citizens relations in Czechia, Hungary, Kosovo, North Macedonia, and Poland. The research-partners were examining […]

The electoral system remains a source of crisis in North Macedonia

With the latest amendments to the Electoral Code from February 2020, some improvements have been made, primarily in voter registration, in voting procedures, and in expanding and clarifying the competencies of the State Audit Office (SAO) and the State Commission for Prevention of Corruption (SCPC) on financial control. However, the election model remained with six […]

Anti-corruption reforms: SCPC and civil society organizations – rare lights in the tunnel

The work of the new composition of the Anti-Corruption Commission, the commitment of several civil society organizations and the prospects of the new Law on Public Prosecution are the only lights in the tunnel of the reform achievements of North Macedonia in the field of anti-corruption and the fight against organized crime in 2019 and […]

Judicial Reforms: the legal framework is completed, EU is satisfied, but there are still doubts in the country

The key area for faster EU integration, the functioning of the legal state and the rule of law, in one word – the judiciary, is currently in a strange situation difficult to define. Progress has been registered compared to 2019 both in terms of the legal framework and in terms of advancing the practice in […]

Media Reforms: Great Expectations – Little Achievement

Being familiar with the yo-yo effect in many areas that are critical to democracy in the Republic of North Macedonia, we titled last year’s media sector reform survey “Media Reforms – Never Enough”. We assessed this are as generally positive but also cautioned against the dangers if the reforms are not continued. An additional problem […]

Public Administration Reform: The merit system remains a problem, while the digitization of services progresses

The reform of the most complicated part of society for reforming – the public administration – is advancing, though not at the desired speed and in segmentation. This would be the basic conclusion of the second consecutive survey of the course of public administration reforms that we conducted in January this year.