Freedom of Expression and Hate Speech

The project focuses on building the capacities of activists who are already working towards specific goals in order to enhance their skills for using new technologies, combined with leadership skills and critical thinking skills that are not provided by the state education system (rhetoric, argument writing). The primary project beneficiaries will form a core group […]

Good Governance Action Network

The action is designed to amplify the efforts of CSOs to address and advance good governance issues by providing tools, skills and know-how via training and coaching to enhance their advocacy work along with the grants received for implementing concrete initiatives. With these tools and trainings, local CSOs will dramatically enhance connections horizontally, with their […]

Increasing Use of Governmental Websites as Tools for Transparency, Accountability and e-Participation

The research project examined the current level of use of governmental websites at municipal and state level (.gov.mk websites) in the areas of transparency, accountability and e-participation in decision making, and provided recommendations on how to overcome the obstacles that prevent realising the full potential of new technologies in these areas. The extent of the […]

Follow the money

The “Follow the money” web service (www.sledigiparite.mk) aims to familiarize citizens with the fiscal policies of local self-governments, through a simple and transparent presentation of their budgets, i.e. incomes and expenditures of the municipalities since 2008. The service contains information that would enable citizens to monitor the spending in their communities, in order to raise […]

New Media Sustainability Conference

The conference on new media sustainability in Macedonia took place on May 11, 2013, attended by about 80 representatives of the media sector, such as reporters and editors, NGO representatives, marketing agencies and international experts. The event was organized by Metamorphosis and financially supported by the U.S. Embassy. The conference aimed at communicating the experiences […]

Free Access to Public Information

The Republic of Macedonia adopted the Law on Free Access to Public Information in 2006, and the legal framework was improved with the amendments to the law in 2010. Despite this promising development of the legal framework, it is often difficult to assess and to know how much these laws actually correspond with reality and […]

ICT Tools Training for Online Journalism

Many online media outlets are being launched, while the quality of the processed information is being reduced due to the speed at which this information is disseminated. By improving the research skills of journalists, we will enhance their abilities to fully exploit the opportunities of the Internet as a source of information and as a tool for fast fact-checking.

Independent news portal in Albanian PORTALB.MK

PortAlb.mk is operated by a team of professional journalists striving to overcome the lack of relevant e-content in Albanian language from Macedonia and abroad.The team is comprised by young, yet experienced journalists, who are aiming to offer a wider range of news, exceeding the linguistic and other barriers between the media spheres in the country […]

Glasomer.mk

By launching Glasomer, the Metamorphosis Foundation from Skopje, in cooperation with citizens’ associations ‘Zašto ne’ from Sarajevo and LiNet from Belgrade, continued the regional initiative for implementation of new technologies for voter education and greater transparency of political subjects supported by the U.S. non-profit foundation NED (National Endowment for Democracy) funded by the U.S. Congress, […]

Free and Fair Elections 2011

The campaign centered around the Code of Conduct for Free and Fair Elections 2011 draws on lessons learned from past elections, calling on party leaders, candidates, and activists to behave in accordance with international election standards. The project is an online extension to the Free and Fair Election 2011 Campaign, conducted by the National Democratic […]

People With Disabilities Are Active Citizens

The overall objective of the project is to provide enhanced opportunities for people with disabilities (PwD) to become equal and active participants––socially and economically—in Macedonian society.

National Free and Open Source Software Policy

The goal of the project is to help create a National FOSS policy document for central and local government of Republic of Macedonia, based on the example of e-Croatia, in order to achieve higher efficiency in the work state bodies, as well as increased transparency and accountability of public procurement of computer equipment and software. […]