Decoding disinformation: Regional mapping of disinformation and civil society in the Western Balkans

As part of the Digital Activism Program, led by TechSoup in collaboration with regional partners, we present the 2023-2024 Regional Disinformation and Civil Society Mapping Reports. These reports focus on four key regions in Central and Eastern Europe: the Western Balkans, the Visegrad region, the Black Sea region and the Baltics. Each report provides a comprehensive analysis of disinformation trends, the influence of external actors, the war in Ukraine, and the unique challenges civil society organizations in these regions face, as well as the needs they have in order to effectively carry out their mission.

Since 2018, TechSoup’s Digital Activism Program and its partners in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and beyond have been dedicated to empowering civil society organizations to build sustainability by providing practical tools and skills. By highlighting the needs and shortcomings of civil society, these reports aim to bring to organizations the knowledge gained on how to strengthen their resistance to disinformation and enable effective adaptation of their strategies in the changed social context.

Stability Under Threat – FIMI in North Macedonia

Being a point of interest for the world’s superpowers, and a country where the best thriving element is corruption, in the past decade North Macedonia has faced significant challenges related to Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI). Although some of the main compounds are domestic, meaning poor media professionalism and political turmoil, the lack of […]

Assessment of Good Governance of the Legislative Branch in North Macedonia and the Region Through the Openness Index According to the Measurement for the Year 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 […]

Towards a Feasible Implementation of the Digital Services Act in the Western Balkans

The Study elaborates on the readiness of Western Balkan countries for the harmonization of their national regulations with the EU’s Digital Services Act. This Act represents the most ambitious regulation, both at the European Union and the global level that aims to protect the fundamental rights of users of digital services. It does so by […]