Growth of eGovernment services in Macedonia

This study shows the enormous growth of eGovernment services in Republic of Macedonia for the period of 2004 up to 2007. It is shown that in comparison to the EU member states and new member states Macedonia has also growing trend and will reach the objectives set in EU states, but at least 5 years later. Plenty of activities have been realized to enable this enormous growth, such as, establishing of National Strategy for Information Society (as possibility for donors to see where Macedonia would like to be and how it will reach the goal), realization of government contract with Microsoft for establishing basic eServices portal, and finally the most beneficial are the donor programs to support Macedonia, especially those by USAID, UNDP and EAR.
This growing tendency shows that now (2007) the Republic of Macedonia has already successfully realized the stage of establishing the infrastructure, and now is realizing the stage of establishing services. We can only comment that now (2007) EU states are in the stage of increasing the usage by establishing more content and interoperable functions. The comparison shows that the stage that Macedonia reaches in 2007 is comparable to the stage that most EU countries have reached in 2001/2002.

STATE FUNDING IN NORTH MACEDONIA: MAKING THE SYSTEM FAIRER, STRONGER, AND MORE TRANSPARENT

This policy document builds on the findings of an in-depth study on paid political advertising during the 2024 parliamentary elections.[1] It aims to identify sustainable and realistic, long-term solutions to improve the system of political financing in the country. And, whilst we have focused on the use of indirect state funding through media – inclusive […]

Towards Inclusive Internet Portals and Election Advertising in North Macedonia

This Policy document is based on findings from the research that explored the 2024 Parliamentary elections in North Macedonia from a social inclusion perspective, with a particular focus on persons with disabilities and ethnic communities. Persons with disabilities were considered within a socio-economic conceptual stream, as a multiply vulnerable group, socially and politically deprived due […]

BRIDGING THE GENDER GAP: STRENGTHENING WOMEN’S REPRESENTATION IN POLITICAL ADVERTISING AND COVERAGE ON INTERNET PORTALS IN NORTH MACEDONIA

This policy document builds on the findings of IFES North Macedonia in-depth study on paid political advertising during the 2024 parliamentary elections. It aims to identify sustainable, long-term solutions to improve the inclusion and representation of women and gender issues in internet portals. The in-depth study noted that in the short term some practical improvements […]